Section 21December 9, 1992, Sec./Art. 21

Appropriations. – Such sums as may be necessary for the implementation of this Act shall be taken from the current fiscal year appropriations of the Office of Energy Affairs, the Office of Energy Affairs special fund created under Section 8 of Presidential Decree No. 910, and such amounts as the President of the Philippines may allocate from other resources in accordance with law: Provided, That the total amount shall not exceed Three hundred million pesos (P 300,000,000). Thereafter, the amount needed for the operation and maintenance of the Department shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act.

Subject to existing rules and regulations, the funds and monies collected or which the otherwise come into the possession of the Department and its bureaus from fees, surcharges, fines, and penalties which the Department and its bureaus may impose and collect under this Act, as well as an amount to be determined at the beginning of every calendar year representing twenty percent (20%) of the outstanding balance of the funds and monies forming part of the special fund under Section 8 of Presidential Decree No. 910, shall be disbursed for expenses necessary for the effective discharge of the powers and functions of the Department under this Act.

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