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 908 72d CON GRESS. SESS. II. CHS. 126, 127 . FEB. 25, 27, 1933. banks and/or trust companies in the State in which such national banking associations are located may have with respect to such State institutions under State laws now in force or hereafter enacted Pro vid ed, That nothing herein shall be construed to permit the establishment of branches of either national or State member banks or allow consolidation of either national or State member banks not allowed by existing laws. As sess ment of ex- Expenses incurred by the Comptroller of the Currency in the exercise of such powers may be assessed by him against the banks concerned and, when so assessed, shall be paid by such banks. Po wers not imp aire d Nothing herein shall be construed to impair any power otherwise hereby possessed by the Comptroller of the Currency, the Secretary of the Treasury or the Federal Reserve Board. Duration. The powers herein conferred shall terminate six months from its approval by the President ; but the President of the United States may extend its force by proclamation for an additional six months. Approved, February 25, 1933 . Proviso. Restriction. pauses. February 27.1933. AN ACT [H.R .7621 .) To provide a new Code of Civil Procedure for the Canal Zone and to repeal the [Public . No . 376 .1 existing Code of Civil Procedure . Be it en acted by the Sen ate and House o f Represe ntatives o f the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the thirty- nine chapters hereinafter set forth shall constitute the Code of Civil Procedure for the Canal Zone . Code of Civil Pr o- cedure, Canal Zone . PRELIMINARY PR OVIS IONS . Title . Effective date . Not retroactive . R ul e of construction . Holidays. Oomputation of tlme . Wo rds and phra ses . Construction of. Definition of terms . [CHA PTER 127 .] CHAPTER 1. PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS SECTION 1. TITLE OF THIS CODE.-This code shall be known as the Code of Civil Procedure of the Canal Zone . SE C . 2 . WHEN THIS CODE TAKES EFFECT .-This code shall take effect on the first day of October, 1933 . SEC. 3. NOT RETRoAcTIvE .-No part of it is retroactive unless expressly so declared. SEC. 4. ROLE OF CONSTRUCTION OF THIS CODE .-The rule of the com- mon Jaw, that statutes in derogation thereof are to be strictly con- strued, has no application to this code. The code establishes the law of the Canal Zone respecting the subjects to which it relates, and its provisions and all proceedings under it are to be liberally construed with a view to effect its objects and to promote justice. SEC. 5 . HOLIDAYS .-Holidays within the meaning of this code are every Sunday and such other days as are enumerated as holidays in section 7 of the Civil Code. SEC. 6. COMPUTATION OF TIME .-The time in which any Act pro- vided by law is to be done is computed by excluding the first day and including the last, unless the last day is a holiday, and then it is also excluded. SEC. 7. WOR DS AND P HRAS ES .-Words and phrases are construed according to the context and the approved usage of the language ; but technical words and phrases, and such others as have acquired a peculiar and appropriate meaning in law ; o r ar e de fine d in sec tion 8, are to be construed according to such peculiar and appropriate meaning or definition. SEC. 8. CERTAIN TERMS USED IN THIS CODE DEFINED : Word s us ed in this code in the present tense include the future as well as the present ; words used in the masculine gender include the feminine