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REPUBLIC ACTS
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 2963 - AN ACT
AMENDING CERTAIN SECTION AND THE TITLE OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED TWENTY
HUNDRED THIRTY-SIX, ENTITLED "AN ACT GRANTING THE RADIO COMMUNICATIONS
OF THE PHILIPPINES A FRANCHISE TO ESTABLISH RADIO STATIONS FOR DOMESTIC
TELECOMMUNICATIONS" |
Section
1. Section one of Republic Act Numbered Twenty
hundred thirty-six is amended to read as follows: "Section 1.
Subject to the provisions of the Constitution, and to the provisions,
not inconsistent herewith, of Act Numbered Three thousand eight hundred
and forty-six, entitled "An Act providing for the regulation of radio
stations and radio communications in the Philippines Islands, and for
other purposes;" Commonwealth Act Numbered One hundred forty-six, known
as the Public Service Act, and their amendments, and other applicable
laws, there is hereby granted to the Radio Communications of the
Philippines, Inc., its successors or assigns, the right and privilege
of constructing, installing, establishing and operating in the
Philippines, at such places as the said corporation may select and the
Secretary of Public Works and Communications may approve, radio
stations for the reception and transmission of wireless messages on
radiotelegraphy and/or radiotelephony, including both coastal and
marine telecommunications, each station to consist of two radio
apparatus comprising of a receiving and sending radio apparatus,
stations for international telecommunications and stations for
broadcasting, including television."
Sec. 2. Section three of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows: "Sec. 3.
This franchise shall continue for a period of fifty years from the date
the first of said stations shall be placed in operation, and is granted
upon the express condition that the same shall be void unless the
construction of said stations be begun within two years from the date
of the approval of this Act and be completed within four years from
said date: Provided, however, That the two years period within which
the construction of the stations for international television shall be
begun and the four years within which the construction shall be
completed shall be counted from the date of the approval of this
amendatory Act."
Sec. 3. The title of Republic Act Numbered Twenty hundred thirty-six is amended to read as follows: "An Act granting the Radio Communications of the Philippines, Inc., a franchise to establish radio stations for domestic telecommunications, stations for international telecommunications and stations for broadcasting, including television." Sec. 4. Whenever the name "Radio Communications of the Philippines," originally registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission appears in Republic Act Numbered Twenty hundred thirty-six as well as in the amendatory Act, it should mean the "Radio Communications of the Philippines, Inc." Sec. 5. This Act shall take effect upon its approval. Enacted without Executive
approval, June 19, 1960. |
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