Section 4
SEC. 4. Immediately upon the rendition of a judgment in a proceeding, civil or criminal, in admiralty, the court shall deliver a transcript of the proceedings to the Military Governor, in case such proceedings were had in a court located at Manila, and the Military Governor shall thereupon approve, modify, or annul the judgment, as in bis judgment equity may require. But if the proceedings were had in a court located at another port in the Philippine Islands, the transcript shall forthwith be delivered to the commanding general of the department in which the court is located, who shall approve, modify, or annul the judgment, as in his judgment equity may require. But in the latter case the commanding general of the department may. if in his opinion the case is of sufficient importance to warrant such a course, and delay would not be unreasonably injurious to the parties, remit the transcript to the Military Governor and be governed by his directions in approving, modifying, or annulling the judgment. Nothing herein container shall be deemed to restrict the right of the Military Governor to mitigate or remit any sentence imposed by a provost court in the exercise of the criminal jurisdiction in admiralty herein provided.