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REPUBLIC ACTS
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1541 - AN ACT
GRANTING ZOILO E. MASCULINO A TEMPORARY PERMIT TO CONSTRUCT, MAINTAIN
AND OPERATE RADIO BROADCASTING STATIONS IN THE PHILIPPINES |
Section 1.
Subject to the provisions of the Constitution, as well as Act of
Numbered Three thousand eight hundred and forty-six, entitled "An Act
providing for the regulation of radio stations and radio communications
in the Philippine Islands, and for other purposes;" Act Numbered Three
thousand nine hundred and ninety-seven, known as the Radio Broadcasting
Law; Commonwealth Act Numbered One hundred forty-six, known as the
Public Service Act, and their amendments, and other applicable laws,
Zoilo E. Masculino is hereby granted, a temporary permit to construct,
maintain and operate, for commercial purposes and in the public
interest, radio broadcasting stations in the Philippines: Provided,
That this temporary permit shall be void unless the construction of at
least one radio broadcasting station be begun within one and half years
from the approval of said temporary permit: Provided, further, That the
grantee shall provide adequate public service time to enable the
Government, through the stations herein authorized, to reach the
population on important public issues; shall assist in the functions of
public information and education; shall conform to the ethics of honest
enterprises; and shall not use said stations for the broadcasting of
obscene or indecent language or speech, or for the dissemination of
deliberately false information or willful misrepresentation, or to the
detriment of the public health, or to incite, encourage or assist in
subversive or treasonable acts. Sec. 2. The grantee shall file a bond in the amount of fifty thousand pesos to guarantee the full compliance and fulfillment of the conditions under which this temporary permit is granted.cralaw Sec. 3. In the event of any competing individual, partnership or corporation receiving from the Congress a similar temporary permit in which there shall be any term or terms more favorable than those herein granted or tending to place the herein grantee at any disadvantage, then such term or terms shall, ipso facto, become a part of the terms hereof and shall operate equally in favor of the grantee as in the case of said competing individual, partnership or corporation.cralaw Sec. 4. In the event the Government should desire to maintain and operate for itself any or all of the radio broadcasting stations herein authorized, the grantee shall turn over such station or stations to the Government with all the serviceable equipment therein, at cost, less reasonable depreciation.cralaw Sec. 5. The grantee shall be liable to pay the same taxes on its real estate, buildings, and personal property, exclusive of the temporary permit, as other persons or corporation are now or hereafter may be required by law to pay.cralaw Sec. 6. The grantee shall not require any previous censorship of any speech, play or other matter to be broadcast from its stations; but if any such speech, play or other matter should constitute a violation of the law or infringement of a private right, the grantee shall be free from any liability, civil or criminal, for such speech, play or other matter: Provided, That the grantee, during any broadcast may cut off from ther speech, play or other matter being broadcast if the tendency is to propose and/or incite treason, rebellion or sedition, or the language used therein or the theme thereof is indecent or immoral.cralaw
Sec. 7. This Act shall take effect upon its
approval.cralaw Approved: June 16, 1956 |
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