Section 11August 1, 1989, Sec./Art. 11

The Regional Assembly shall enact laws that shall:

(1) Give priority to science, research, inventions, technology, education, and their development and utilization;

(2) Provide incentives, including tax deductions and funding assistance, and encourage private participation in basic and applied scientific researches;

(3) Regulate the transfer and promote the adoption of technology from all sources for regional benefit;

(4) Secure and protect the exclusive rights of scientists, inventors, scholars, writers, artists and other gifted citizens to their intellectual properties; and

(5) Introduce the full and effective participation of all sectors in the planning, programming, coordination and implementation of scientific and technological researches and the acquisition, adoption, innovation and application of science and technology for development.

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