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AN ACT AMENDING REPUBLIC ACT NO.
8690, ENTITLED "AN ACT GRANTING THE
SANTOS TELEPHONE CORPORATION, INC. A FRANCHISE TO CONSTRUCT, ESTABLISH,
INSTALL, MAINTAIN AND OPERATE LOCAL EXCHANGE NETWORK IN THE
MUNICIPALITIES OF CALAUAG, LOPEZ, TAGKAWAYAN, GUINAYANGAN, PROVINCE OF
QUEZON; THE MUNICIPALITY OF STA. ELENA, PROVINCE OF CAMARINES NORTE;
AND THE MUNICIPALITY OF MAJAYJAY, PROVINCE OF LAGUNA." |
Section 1. Sec. 1 of Republic Act No. 8690, 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 Santos Telephone
Corporation, 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 purposes provide basic
telephone service or other means related to the foregoing now known to
science or which in the future may be developed, in the Province of
Quezon; the Municipality of Sta. Elena, Province of Camarines Norte;
the municipalities of Del Gallego and Ragay, Province of Camarines Sur;
and the Municipality of Majayjay, Province of Laguna, for public
domestic telecommunications." Sec. 2. Sec. 4 of Republic Act No. 8690, 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 grantee, in at least two (2) newspapers of general circulation in the Philippines. Approved:
April 24, 2001. |
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