Transitory provision.
Section 20
SEC. 20. Transitory provision.—All rights, duties, and powers established by Act Numbered Thirty-six hundred and thirteen, entitled the Marriage Law, with reference to the procedure for the issuance of the marriage license prior to the solemnization of marriage, the registration of marriages, and the filing of the documents in connection therewith, conferred and imposed by said Act upon the clerk of the Municipal Court of Manila and the municipal secretaries, are hereby transferred to the officer of the Health Service designated by the Director of said Service, in accordance with section three of this Act, and to the municipal treasurers, respectively, in their capacity as local civil registrars. All duties and powers established by subsections (d) and (e) of section twenty-two hundred and twelve of the Administrative Code, imposed and conferred by said section upon the municipal secretaries, are hereby likewise transferred to the municipal treasurers in their capacity as local civil registrars.