81 The funds for the holding of the ARMM elections shall be taken from the savings of the national government or shall be provided in the General Appropriations Act (GAA). SEC. 8. The incumbent Regional Governor, Regional Vice Governor, and members of the Regional Legislative Assembly of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao shall continue in office pursuant to existing laws and until their successors shall have been duly elected and qualified. SEC. 9. Within one (1) year from its organization, the Regional Assembly shall, by law, create a code commission on Muslim and a code commission on tribal laws. Each code commission shall have three (3) members. The code commissions shall codify tribal laws and Islamic laws and jurisprudence within three (3) years from their creation and submit the same to the Regional Assembly for enactment into law. The Chairs and Commissioners of the code commissions shall be entitled to reasonable per diems for the work. SEC. 10. Initial Funds for the Regional Government. – The sum of Fifteen million pesos (P15,000,000), which shall be charged against the Contingent Fund of the President, is hereby appropriated for the initial organizational requirements of the Regional Government. Any deficiency shall be taken from savings of the central government or national government. An amount not exceeding Ten million pesos (P10,000,000) thereof shall be allotted to the Commission on Elections to undertake an information campaign on this Organic Act. The Commission on Elections shall determine the manner of campaigning and the deputization of government agencies for the purpose. The Commission on Elections shall adopt measures to ensure the dissemination of the said impartial information campaign. SEC. 11. Annual Assistance. – In addition to the regular annual allotment to fund the regular operations of the Regional Government, such amounts as may be needed to fund the infrastructure projects duly identified, endorsed, and approved by the Regional Economic and Development Planning Board as created herein shall be provided by the central government or

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