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REPUBLIC ACTS
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 2271 - AN ACT
GRANTING MR. GERARDO C. ALMENDRAS A FRANCHISE TO CONSTRUCT, MAINTAIN
AND OPERATE A RADIO BROADCASTING STATION IN THE CITY OF OZAMIS,
PHILIPPINES |
Section
1. Subject to the provisions of the Constitution, as
well as of Act Numbered Three thousand eight hundred 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 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, not inconsistent with this Act, Mr. Gerardo C.
Almendras is hereby granted a franchise to construct, maintain and
operate a radio broadcasting station in the City of Ozamis, Philippines.cralaw Sec. 2. This franchise shall continue for a period of twenty-five years from the date the said station shall be put in operation, and is granted upon the express condition that the same shall be void unless the construction of said station be begun within six months from the date of approval of this Act and be completed within two years from said date.cralaw Sec. 3. This franchise is likewise made upon the express condition that the grantee shall contribute to the public welfare, shall assist in the functions of public information and education, shall conform to the ethics of honest enterprise, and shall not use its station 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.cralaw Sec. 4. The grantees radio broadcasting station shall not be put in actual operations until the Secretary of Public Works and Communications shall have allotted to the grantee the frequency and wave length to be used under this franchise and issued to the grantee a license for such use.cralaw Sec. 5. A special right is reserved to the President of the Philippines, in time of war, rebellion, public peril, calamity, disaster or disturbance of peace and order, to cause the closing of said station or to authorize the temporary use and operation thereof by any department of the Government without compensating the grantee for the use of said station during the period when they shall be so operated.cralaw
Sec. 6. The grantee shall be liable to pay the
same taxes, unless exempted therefrom, on its real estate, buildings,
and personal property, exclusive of the franchise, as other persons or
corporations are now or hereafter may be required by law to pay. Sec. 7. The grantee 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 the stations of the grantee.cralaw Sec. 8. The franchise hereby granted shall be subject to amendment, alteration or repeal by the Congress of the Philippines when the public interest so requires.cralaw Sec. 9. As a condition to the granting of this franchise, the grantee shall execute a bond in favor of the Government of the Philippines, in the sum of fifty thousand pesos, in form and with sureties satisfactory to the Secretary of Public Works and Communications, conditioned upon the faithful performance of the grantee's obligations hereunder during the first three years of the life of this franchise. If, after three years from the date of acceptance of this franchise, the grantee shall have fulfilled said obligations, or as soon thereafter as the grantee shall have fulfilled the same, the bond aforesaid shall be cancelled by the Secretary of Public Works and Communications.cralaw Section 10. Acceptance of this franchise shall be given in writing within six months after approval of this Act. When so accepted by the grantee and upon the approval of the bond aforesaid by the Secretary of Public Works and Communications the grantee shall be empowered to exercise the privileges granted thereby.cralaw
Section 11. The grantee shall not lease, transfer,
grant the usufruct of, sell or assign this franchise nor the rights and
privileges acquired thereunder to any person, firm, company,
corporation or other commercial or legal entity, nor merge with any
other person, company or corporation organized for the same purpose,
without the approval of the Congress of the Philippines first had. Any
corporation to which this franchise may be sold, transferred or
assigned, shall be subject to the corporation laws of the Philippines
now existing or hereafter enacted, and any person, firm, company,
corporation or other commercial or legal entity to which this franchise
is sold, transferred or assigned shall be subject to all conditions,
terms, restrictions and limitations of this franchise as fully and
completely and to the same extent as if the franchise had been
originally granted to the said person, firm, company, corporation or
other commercial or legal entity. Section 13. This franchise shall not be interpreted as an exclusive grant of the privileges herein provided for.cralaw
Section 14. This Act shall take effect upon its
approval.cralaw |
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