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REPUBLIC ACT NO. 3131 - AN ACT TO
GRANT THE ALL-IN-ONE-SERVICE, INCORPORATED, A FRANCHISE TO CONDUCT A
MESSENGER AND DELIVERY EXPRESS SERVICE
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| Section 1. Any provision
of law to the contrary notwithstanding, the All-in-One-Service,
Incorporated, a Philippine corporation duly registered with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, is hereby granted a franchise to
conduct a messenger and delivery express service of packages and/or
oral messages, outside the territorial limits of the City of Manila at
regular intervals and/or in specific or rush emergency cases through
all hours of the day, for a period of fifty years from the approval of
this Act: Provided, however, That the said grantee shall not receive or
deliver matter described in Sections nineteen hundred fifty-four and
nineteen hundred fifty-five of the Administrative Code, and any
absolutely non-mailable matter received by it shall be forfeited to the
Government, and any matter unmailable under Section nineteen hundred
fifty-five of the said Code received by it shall be returned when
practicable to the person who deposited it but need not be delivered to
the addressee: Provided, further, That any willful violation of the
foregoing proviso by the said grantee shall be sufficient cause for the
repeal of this franchise: And, provided, finally, That the Postmaster
General, under such rules as he may prescribe with the approval of the
Secretary of Public Works and Communications, shall exercise
supervision over said grantee for the purpose of preventing any
violation of the foregoing provisos or the Postal Law and regulations. Sec. 2. The grantee is hereby empowered to fix its service charges subject to the approval of the Public Service Commission. Sec. 3. The All-in-One-Service, Incorporated, in addition to the taxes imposed by the Internal Revenue Code, shall also pay an additional annual tax at the rate of one per cent on its net profit, the proceeds of which shall accrue to the National Government. Sec. 4. This franchise is granted subject to the condition that it shall be subject to amendment, alteration, or repeal when the public interest so requires and shall not be understood as exclusive in character. Sec. 5. The grantee shall file a bond in the amount of five thousand pesos to answer for any loss or damage that any customer or customers may sustain. Sec. 6. This Act shall take effect upon its approval. Approved: June 17, 1961 |
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