REPUBLIC ACT NO. 4601 - AN ACT TO
AMEND REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED FORTY HUNDRED SEVENTY-FIVE, ENTITLED "AN
ACT GRANTING TEODORO N. ROMASANTA A TEMPORARY PERMIT TO ESTABLISH,
MAINTAIN AND OPERATE RADIOTELEPHONE AND RADIOTELEGRAPH COASTAL
STATIONS, WITH THE CORRESPONDING RELAY STATIONS AND PUBLIC FIXED AND
PUBLIC BASED AND LAND MOBILE STATIONS FOR THE TRANSMISSION AND
RECEPTION OF RADIOTELEPHONE AND RADIOTELEGRAPH COMMUNICATIONS WITHIN
THE PHILIPPINES"
Section 1. Section one of Republic Act Numbered Forty hundred
seventy-five is hereby 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, not inconsistent with this Act,
there is hereby granted to Teodoro N. Romasata Inc., his successors, or
assigns a temporary permit to establish, maintain and operate radio
stations for radio broadcasting, at such places as the Secretary of
Public Works and Communications may approve, radio stations for the
transmission and reception of wireless messages on radiotelegraph
and/or radiotelephone, in the foreign and domestic public fixed
point-to-point, land based, land mobile, aeronautical, communication
service to individual firms and/or companies within their respective
internal framework and coastal marine service with the corresponding
relay stations and including the reception and transmission of
radioteletype, radiophoto, facsimile, paging, pictures, advertisements
through space satellites and/or such other types of emission from or to
foreign countries and within the Philippines and with vessels at sea
and aircraft over the air, irrespective or whether such vessels and
aircraft are within or without the Philippines."
Sec. 2. The same Act is hereby amended by
inserting between Section s thirteen and fourteen thereof a new section
to be known as Section thirteen-A which shall read as follows:
"Sec. 13-A. In consideration of the franchise and
rights hereby granted, the grantee shall pay a franchise tax equal to
three per centum of the gross earnings derived from his radio station
and stations for radio telecommunications."
Sec. 3. The title of the same Act is hereby
amended to read as follows:
"An Act granting Teodoro N. Romasanta, Inc., a temporary permit to
establish, maintain and operate radio stations for radio broadcasting,
stations for domestic and international telecommunications."
Sec. 4. This Act shall take effect upon its
approval.
Approved: June 19, 1965
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