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PHILIPPINE LAWS, STATUTES & CODES
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Republic Acts :
REPUBLIC ACTS
REPUBLIC
ACT NO. 9104
AN ACT AMENDING REPUBLIC ACT NO.
8589, ENTITLED "AN ACT GRANTING THE
SAMARTEL, INC. A FRANCHISE TO CONSTRUCT, ESTABLISH, INSTALL, MAINTAIN
AND OPERATE LOCAL EXCHANGE NETWORK IN THE ISLAND OF SAMAR."
AN ACT AMENDING REPUBLIC ACT NO.
8589, ENTITLED "AN ACT GRANTING THE
SAMARTEL, INC. A FRANCHISE TO CONSTRUCT, ESTABLISH, INSTALL, MAINTAIN
AND OPERATE LOCAL EXCHANGE NETWORK IN THE ISLAND OF SAMAR." |
Section 1. Sec. 1 of Republic Act No. 8589 is hereby amended
to read as follows: "Section 1. Nature and Scope of Franchise. — Subject to the
provisions of the Constitution and applicable laws, rules and
regulations, there is hereby granted to the Samartel Inc., hereunder
referred to as the grantee, its successors or assigns, a franchise to
construct, establish, install, maintain and operate for commercial
purposes and in the public interest, local exchange network, including
public calling stations or pay telephone stations or wireless local
loop and for such purpose provide basic telephone service or other
means related to the foregoing now known to science or which in the
future may be developed, in Region VI, Region VII and Region VIII, for
public domestic telecommunications." Sec. 2. Sec. 4 of Republic Act No. 8589 is hereby amended to read as follows: "Sec.
4. Responsibility to the Public. — The grantee shall
conform to the ethics of honest enterprise and shall not use its
stations for obscene or indecent transmission or for dissemination of
deliberately false information or willful misrepresentation, or assist
in subversive or treasonable acts. Sec. 3. Effectivity. — This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days from the date of its publication, upon the initiative of the herein grantee, in at least two (2) newspapers of general circulation in the Philippines. (Note:
Lapsed into law on April 9, 2001 without the signature of the
President, |
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