Manner and time of payment.
Section 3
SEC. 3. Manner and time of payment.—The special milling fee shall be paid by the sugar cane planter and the sugar central concerned in the same proportion as their respective shares of the sugar milled; and said fee shall constitute a lien upon the sugar quedan or warehouse receipt until the same is paid. It shall be the duty of the sugar central to collect the fee herein imposed and to remit, not later than fifteen days after the end of every month, the collection for the preceding month to the Treasurer of the Philippines who shall receive it for safekeeping: Provided, That the provisions of any existing law to the contrary notwithstanding, the release of any and all amounts from the Fund is declared ministerial upon the order and/or authorization of the Sugar Quota Administration.