REPUBLIC ACT NO. 3233 - AN ACT TO
FURTHER AMEND REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED FIVE HUNDRED SEVENTEEN, ENTITLED
"AN ACT GRANTING EDUARDO LOPEZ A PERMIT TO CONSTRUCT, MAINTAIN AND
OPERATE A COMMERCIAL RADIO BROADCASTING STATION IN THE PHILIPPINES"
Section 1.
Section one of Republic Act Numbered Five hundred
seventeen, as amended by Republic Acts Numbered Fifteen hundred and
forty-five and Nineteen hundred and ninety-six, is hereby further
amended to read as follows:
"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, there is hereby granted to
Eduardo Lopez, a permit to construct, maintain and operate, for
commercial purposes and in the public interest, radio broadcasting
stations and stations for television in the Philippines: Provided, That
this permit shall be void unless the construction of at least one more
broadcasting station or one television station be begun within two
years from the approval of this Act and completed within four years
from the said date: 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; and shall conform to the ethics of honest enterprise; and
shall not use said stations for the broadcasting or televising 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 title of Republic Act Numbered Five
hundred seventeen, as amended by Republic Acts Numbered Fifteen hundred
and forty-five and Nineteen hundred and ninety-six, is hereby further
amended to read as follows:
"An Act granting Eduardo Lopez and Company a permit to construct,
maintain and operate commercial radio broadcasting stations and
stations for television in the Philippines."
Sec. 3. This Act shall take effect upon its
approval.
Approved: June 17, 1961
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