REPUBLIC ACT NO. 6009 - AN
ACT AMENDING REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED FORTY-FOUR HUNDRED THIRTY-SEVEN, AS
AMENDED (RE: CHANGE OF FRANCHISE GRANTEE FROM BATAC CONSOLIDATED
FACOMA, INC. TO BENJAMIN TORRES)
Section 1. The title of Republic Act Numbered Forty-four
hundred thirty-seven is hereby amended to read as follows:
"An Act granting Benjamin Torres a permit to construct, maintain and
operate a radio broadcasting and television station in the Municipality
of Batac, Province of Ilocos Norte."
Sec. 2. Section one of Republic Act Numbered
Forty-four hundred thirty-seven as amended, is hereby amended to read
as follows:
"Section 1. Subject to the provisions of the
Constitution as well as of Act Numbered Thirty-eight hundred and
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 Thirty-nine hundred and ninety-seven,
known as the Radio Broadcasting Law; Commonwealth Act Numbered One
hundred and forty-six, known as the Public Service Act, and their
amendments and other applicable laws, Benjamin Torres is hereby granted
a permit to construct, maintain and operate, for commercial purposes
and in the public interest, to cover Northern Luzon areas a radio
broadcasting and television station in the Municipality of Batac,
Province of Ilocos Norte: provided, that this permit shall be void
unless the construction of said radio broadcasting or television
station is begun within two years from approval of this amendatory
Act:provided, further, that the grantee shall provide adequate public
service time to enable the Government, through the station herein
authorized to reach the population on importation issues; shall assist
in the function of public information and education; shall conform to
the ethics of honest enterprise; and shall not use said station for
broadcasting, exhibiting obscene or indecent language or speech or for
the dissemination of deliberately false information or willful
misrepresentation or to the detriment of the public health, or to
incite, encourage or assist in subversive or treasonable acts."
Sec. 3. A new section is hereby inserted between
Section s one and two of the same Act to read as follows:
"Sec. 1-A. In consideration of this franchise the
grantee shall pay a tax equivalent to five per cent of his gross
income."
Sec. 4. This Act shall take effect upon its
approval.
Enacted without Executive
approval, August 4, 1969.
|