Section 2
SEC. 2. It shall be the duty of the said Committee to revise all the existing substantive laws of the Philippines, and to modify the same in conformity with the customs, traditions, and idiosyncracies of the Filipino people and with the progressive principles of the science of law. The Committee shall complete its work not later than two years from the date of the approval of this Act, and shall submit to the President of the Philippines a report of the work undertaken by it together with the corresponding-drafts of the different codes for submission to the Congress of the Philippines.