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REPUBLIC ACTS
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 2281 - AN ACT
GRANTING THE LIANGA BAY LOGGING COMPANY, INC., A TEMPORARY PERMIT TO
ESTABLISH, MAINTAIN AND OPERATE PRIVATE FIXED POINT-TO-POINT
RADIOTELEPHONE STATIONS FOR THE TRANSMISSION AND RECEPTION OF WIRELESS
MESSAGES TO AND FROM SAID STATIONS |
Section 1.
The Lianga Bay Logging Company, Inc., is hereby
granted a temporary permit to establish, maintain and operate private
fixed point-to-point radiotelephone stations in any part of the
Philippines where it operates its business, subject to the approval of
the Secretary of Public Works and Communications, for the transmission
and reception of wireless messages to and from said stations.cralaw Sec. 2. The temporary permit granted under this Act shall continue to be in force while the Government has not established similar service at places hereinabove stated, and subject to the condition that the grantee shall start operation under said permit within one and a half years from the date of the approval of this Act.cralaw
Sec. 3. The grantee shall not engage in domestic
business of telecommunications in the Philippines, it being understood
that the temporary permit granted under this Act merely secures the
right of the grantee to establish, maintain and operate private fixed
point-to-point radiotelephone stations at the places hereinabove stated
for no other purpose than to promote, protect and subserve the trade
and business interest of the grantee as a logging company. Sec. 5. The grantee shall so construct and operate such stations as not to interfere with the operation of other radio stations maintained and operated in the Philippines.cralaw Sec. 6. The grantee shall hold the National, provincial, city and municipal governments of the Republic 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 radiotelephone stations.cralaw Sec. 7. The grantee shall be subject to the corporation laws of the Philippines now existing or which may hereafter be enacted.cralaw Sec. 8. A special right is hereby 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 closure of the grantee's radiotelephone stations or to authorize the temporary use and operation thereof by any department of the Government upon payment of just compensation.cralaw
Sec. 9. The temporary permit granted under this
Act 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.
Section 11. This Act shall take effect upon its
approval.cralaw Approved: June 19, 1959 |
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