PHILIPPINE LAWS, STATUTES, CODES & ISSUANCES
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REPUBLIC ACTS
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1301 - AN
ACT GRANTING JORGE TIRADOR A TEMPORARY PERMIT TO CONSTRUCT, ESTABLISH,
MAINTAIN AND OPERATE PRIVATE FIXED POINT-TO-POINT AND PRIVATE COASTAL
RADIO STATIONS FOR THE RECEPTION AND TRANSMISSION OF RADIO
COMMUNICATION WITHIN THE PHILIPPINES |
Section 1. There
is hereby granted to Jorge Tirador, his heirs or assigns, a temporary
permit to construct, establish, maintain and operate in the
Philippines, at such places as the said grantee may select, subject to
the approval of the Secretary of Public Works and Communications,
private fixed point-to-point and private coastal radio stations for the
reception and transmission of wireless messages on radiotelegraphy or
radiotelephony, each station to be provided with a radio transmitting
apparatus and a radio receiving apparatus. Sec. 2. The President of the Philippines shall have the power and authority to permit the location of said private fixed point-to-point and private coastal radio stations or any of them on lands of the public domain upon such terms as he may prescribe.cralaw Sec. 3. This temporary permit shall continue to be in force during the time that the Government has not established similar service at the places selected by the grantee, and is granted upon the express condition that the same shall be void unless the construction of said stations be begun within one year from the date of approval of this Act and be completed within two years from said date.cralaw
Sec. 4. The grantee, his successors or assigns,
shall not engage in domestic business of telecommunications in the
Philippines without further special assent of the Congress of the
Philippines, it being understood that the purpose of this temporary
permit is to secure to the grantee the right to construct, establish,
maintain and operate private fixed point-to-point and private coastal
radio stations in such places within the Philippines as the interest of
the company and of its trade and business may justify. Sec. 6. No fees are chargeable, as the radio stations that may be established by virtue of this Act shall engage in communications regarding the grantee's business only.cralaw Sec. 7. The grantee, his heirs or assigns, shall so construct and operate its radio stations as not to interfere with the operation of other radio stations maintained and operated in the Philippines.cralaw Sec. 8. The grantee, his heirs or assigns, shall hold the national, provincial and municipal governments of the Philippines harmless from all claims, accounts, demands, or actions arising out of accidents or injuries, whether to property or to persons, caused by the construction or operation of its radio stations.cralaw Sec. 9. A special right is hereby reserved to the President of the Philippines in time of war, insurrection, public peril, calamity or disaster to cause the closing of the grantee's radio stations or to authorize the temporary use or possession thereof by any department of the Government upon just compensation.cralaw
Section 10. This temporary permit shall be subject to
amendment, alteration, or repeal by the Congress of the Philippines
when the public interest so requires, and shall not be interpreted as
an exclusive grant of the privilege herein provided for. Approved: June 16, 1955 |
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