Section 2
SEC. 2. All criminal actions and proceedings now pending in the existing courts of justices of the peace in the city of Manila, together with all records, books, and proceedings relating to such actions and proceedings, are hereby transferred to the municipal courts established under the said Act Numbered One hundred and eighty-three, which shall have the same power and jurisdiction over them and over the defendants therein as if they had been primarily commenced, lodged, or filed therein. Such criminal actions and proceedings shall be tried in that judicial district of the city of Manila in which the offense is alleged to have been committed.