PHILIPPINE LAWS, STATUTES, CODES & ISSUANCES
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REPUBLIC ACTS
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1877 - AN ACT
GRANTING THE PHILIPPINE IRON MINES, INC., A TEMPORARY PERMIT TO
CONSTRUCT, MAINTAIN AND OPERATE PRIVATE FIXED POINT-TO-POINT AND LAND
BASED AND LAND MOBILE RADIO STATIONS AND PRIVATE AERONAUTICAL LAND
STATIONS FOR COMMUNICATION WITH GRANTEE'S OWN PLANE OR PLANES FOR THE
RECEPTION AND TRANSMISSION OF RADIO COMMUNICATIONS
WITHIN THE PHILIPPINES |
Section 1. There
is hereby granted to the Philippine Iron Mines, Inc., its successors or
assigns, a temporary permit to construct, 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 land based and land mobile radio
stations and private aeronautical land stations for communication with
grantee's own plane or planes 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. 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 or installation of said stations is begun within one year from the date of approval of this Act and be completed within two years from said date.cralaw Sec. 3. The grantee, its successors or assigns, shall not engage in domestic business of telecommunications in the Philippines, it being understood that the purpose of this temporary permit is to secure to the grantee the right to construct, install, maintain and operate private fixed point-to-point and land based and land mobile radio stations and private aeronautical land stations for communications with grantee's own plane or planes in such places within the Philippines as the interest of the grantee's business justify.cralaw Sec. 4. No fees shall be charged by the grantee 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. 5. The grantee, its successors or assigns, shall so construct and operate its radio stations in such manner that the same will not interfere with the operations of other radio stations maintained and operated in the Philippines.cralaw
Sec. 6. The grantee, its successors or assigns,
shall hold the national, provincial, city or municipal governments of
the Philippines harmless against 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. Sec. 8. The grantee, its successors or assigns, is authorized to operate its private fixed point-to-point and land based and land mobile radio stations, and private aeronautical land stations in the medium frequency, high frequency, and very high frequency that may be assigned to him by the Secretary of Public Works and Communications.cralaw Sec. 9. A special right is hereby reserved to the President of the Philippines in time of war, insurrection, public peril, emergency, 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 payment of just compensation.cralaw
Section 10. This temporary permit shall not be
transferred or in any way alienated without the previous consent of
Congress and shall be subject to amendments, alterations, 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 privileges
herein provided for. Approved: June 22, 1957 |
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