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REPUBLIC ACT NO. 4966 - AN ACT
GRANTING THE M.L. InCORPORATED A PERMIT TO CONSTRUCT, MAINTAIN AND
OPERATE PRIVATE FIXED POINT-TO-POINT AND LAND-BASED AND LAND-MOBILE
RADIO STATIONS FOR THE RECEPTION AND TRANSMISSION OF RADIO
COMMUNICATIONS WITHIN THE PHILIPPINES Section 1. There is hereby granted to the M. L. Incorporated, its successors or assigns, a permit to construct, maintain and operate, in the Philippines, and at such places as the said company may select, subject to the approval of the Secretary of Public Works and Communications, private fixed point-to-point and land-based and land mobile radio stations for the reception and transmission of wireless messages by radiotelegraph or radiotelephone, each station to be provided with a radio transmitting apparatus and a radio receiving apparatus. Sec. 2. This permit shall continue to be in force during the time that the Government has not established similar service at the places selected by the grantee, and is granted upon the express condition that the same shall be void unless the construction or installation of said stations be begun within a year from the date of approval of this Act and be completed within two years from said date. Sec. 3. The grantee, its successors or assigns, shall not engage in domestic business of telecommunications in the Philippines without further special assent of the Congress of the Philippines, it being understood that the purpose of this permit is to secure to the grantee the right to construct, install, maintain, and operate private fixed point-to-point and land-based and land mobile radio stations at such places within the Philippines as the interest of the grantee may justify. Sec. 4. No fees shall be charged by the grantee as the radio stations that may be established by virtue of this Act shall engage in communications regarding the grantee's business only. Sec. 5. The grantee, its successors or assigns, shall so construct and operate its radio station as not to interfere with the operations of other radio stations maintained and operated in the Philippines. Sec. 6. The grantee, its successors or assigns, shall hold the national, provincial, city and municipal governments of the Philippines harmless from all claims, accounts, demands, or actions arising out of accidents or injuries, whether to property or to persons caused by the construction or operations of its radio stations. Sec. 7. The grantee, its successors or assigns, shall be subject to the corporation laws of the Philippines now existing or hereafter enacted. Sec. 8. The grantee, its successors or assigns, is authorized to operate its private fixed point-to-point and land-based and land mobile radio stations in the medium frequency, high frequency, and very high frequency that may be assigned to it by the Secretary of Public Works and Communications. Sec. 9. The grantee shall not lease, transfer,
grant the usufruct of, sell or assign this permit, or the rights or
privileges acquired thereunder to any person, firm company, corporation
or other commercial or legal entity, nor merge with any other person,
company or corporation organized for the same purposes, without the
approval of the Congress of the Philippines, first had. Any corporation
to which this permit may be sold, transferred, or assigned, shall be
subject to the corporation laws of the Philippines now existing or
hereafter enacted, and any person, firm, company, corporation or other
commercial or legal entity to which this temporary permit is sold,
transferred, or assigned shall be subject to all conditions, terms,
restrictions and limitations of this permit as fully and completely and
to the same extent as if the permit had been originally granted to the
said person, firm, company, corporation or other commercial or legal
entity. Enacted without Executive
approval, June 17, 1967. |
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