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Section 20October 23, 1989, Sec./Art. 20
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(A) No money shall be paid out of the Regional Treasury except in pursuance of an appropriation made by regional law.
(B) No public money or property shall be appropriated, applied, paid or used directly or indirectly for the use, benefit or support of any sect, church, denomination, sectarian institution, or system of religion or for the use, benefit or support of any priest, preacher, minister, imam or other religious teacher or dignitary as such, except when such priest, preacher, minister, imam or dignitary is assigned to the regional police or government orphanage and rehabilitation centers or similar institutions.
(C) All money collected on any regional tax levied for a special purpose shall be treated as a special fund and paid out for such purpose only. If the purpose for which a special fund was created has been fulfilled or abandoned, the balance, if any, shall be transferred to the general fund of the Regional Government.itc@alf
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