not included or cited in the main indices of the Chan Robles Virtual Law Library This page features the full text of Act No. 4062 AN ACT TO RESERVE TO THE PHILIPPINE LEGISLATURE THE DISPOSITION OF THE WATERS OF THE PUBLIC DOMAIN FOR THE UTILIZATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF HYDRAULIC POWER. chan robles virtual law library ACT NO. 4062 chan robles virtual law library
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1. Except by special franchise
approved by the Philippine Legislature, no hydraulic power rights or
franchises
shall be granted on waters of the public domain to private persons,
associations
or corporations, such rights being reserved exclusively for Government
which may utilize, develop, or otherwise dispose of same for the
benefit
of the public: Provided, however, That hydraulic power to be developed
for private or domestic use and not for sale to the public and
franchises
or rights acquired prior to the approval of this Act shall be excepted
from the provisions hereof: Provided, further, That nothing in this Act
shall be understood as prohibiting or restricting the use for
irrigation
purposes in accordance with law, of such streams as may not be
considered,
in the opinion of the Secretary of Public Works and Communications,
appropriate
or necessary for the development of hydraulic power for public use.
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Sec. 2. All Acts or parts of Acts inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed. chan robles virtual law library
Sec.
3. This Act shall take
effect on its approval.
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