Maintenance fund to be released separately and regularly.
Section 7
SEC. 7. Maintenance fund to be released separately and regularly.—Fifty per centum of all apportionable sums in the Highway Special Fund shall be released separately and as frequently as at least five million pesos are collected and/or accumulated in this Fund, but not less oftener than every quarter irrespective of what amount has been accumulated, for the maintenance of all existing and un-abandoned roads, streets and bridges to be distributed among the several provinces, chartered cities and municipalities as provided in section nine of this Act. It shall be unlawful for any fiscal officer to withhold, or cause the withholding of any moneys apportionable under this section beyond the quarterly period, except for causes determined under paragraph (b) of section nine of this Act.