Section 7
SEC. 7. Upon the issuance of the presidential proclamation, the Solicitor General shall file a petition before the Court of First Instance of the province where the central or plantation concerned is situated, praying the court to appoint an administrator for the said central or plantation, as well as to ascertain the just compensation to be paid for the temporary operation or administration of the same. The administrator so appointed shall have the same powers and duties as a receiver, and the provisions of the Rules of Court governing receivers shall be applicable to the said administrator in so far as they are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act. The central or planter or plantation owner shall be notified of the petition and shall be entitled to be heard upon the questions raised therein. In the same proceedings the central or planter or plantation owner may raise, as a preferential question, the legality or propriety of the presidential proclamation, and this issue shall be decided before the ascertainment of compensation is considered: Provided, however, That the presidential proclamation shall be in full force and effect and shall not be interfered with in any way until final judgment is rendered declaring it illegal or unwarranted.