Section 4
SEC. 4. The expenses for the maintenance of the Office of the Government Corporate Counsel, shall be paid from assessments which the President of the Philippines shall determine and make upon government-owned or controlled corporations, or corporations the majority stock of which is owned or controlled by the Government, and instrumentalities of the Government performing proprietary functions, and which assessments shall be paid by said entities to the General Fund within the first quarter of every fiscal year: Provided, That the General Fund shall advance such sums as may be necessary for said maintenance, which is hereby appropriated. In addition to said assessments, whenever a government-owned and controlled corporation, or corporation the majority stock of which is owned or controlled by the Government, or an instrumentality of the Government performing proprietary functions, is awarded attorney's fees in a judicial proceeding handled by the Office of the Government Corporate Counsel, one-half of said attorney's fees shall be paid directly to the General Fund.