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REPUBLIC ACT NO. 5153 - AN
ACT GRANTING THE PANGASINAN TRANSPORTATION COMPANY (PANTRANCO) A
FRANCHISE TO ESTABLISH, 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 Pangasinan Transportation Company (PANTRANCO) a franchise to establish, maintain and operate at such places as the said grantee 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 on radiotelegraph or radiotelephone, each station to be provided with a radio transmitting apparatus and a radio receiving apparatus. Sec. 2. This franchise shall continue to be in force during the time that the Government has not established a 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 one year from the date of approval of this Act and be completed within two years from said date. Sec. 3. The grantee 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 temporary 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 in 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 stations as not to interfere with the operation 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 operation 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 or sell or assign this franchise, or the rights
or privilege acquired thereunder to any person, firm, company or other
commercial or legal entity, nor merge with any other person, company or
corporation organized for the same purpose, without the approval of the
Congress of the Philippines first had. Any corporation to which this
franchise 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 franchise is sold, transferred or assigned
shall be subject to all conditions, terms, restrictions and limitations
of this franchise as fully and completely and to the same extent as if
the franchise 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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