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REPUBLIC ACT NO. 3766 - AN ACT
GRANTING THE WESTERN CAGAYAN LUMBER COMPANY, INC., A TEMPORARY PERMIT
TO CONSTRUCT, MAINTAIN AND OPERATE PRIVATE FIXED POINT-TO-POINT,
PRIVATE COASTAL, PRIVATE AERONAUTICAL 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 Western Cagayan Lumber Company, Inc.,
its successors or assigns, a temporary permit to construct, maintain
and operate in the City of Manila and at such places in the Philippines
as the said company may select, subject to the approval of the
Secretary of Public Works and Communications, private fixed
point-to-point, private coastal, private aeronautical and land based
and land mobile radio stations for the reception and transmission of
wireless messages on radiotelegraphy or radiotelephony, each station to
be provided with a radio transmitting apparatus and radio receiving
apparatus. Sec. 2. This
temporary permit 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 two years from the
approval of this Act. Sec. 3. The
grantee, its successor 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 temporary
permit is to secure to the grantee the right to construct, install,
operate and maintain private fixed point-to-point, private coastal,
private aeronautical and land based and land mobile radio stations in
such places within the Philippines as the interest of the trade and
business 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 on 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, it successors of assigns, is
authorized to operate its private fixed point-to-point, private
coastal, private aeronautical 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 temporary 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, firm, company, or corporation organized for the same
purpose, without the approval of the Congress of the Philippines first
had. Any corporation to which this temporary 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, or corporation, 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 temporary
permit as fully and completely and to the same extent as if the
temporary permit had been originally granted to the said person, firm,
company, corporation, or other commercial or legal entity. Sec. 10. A
special right is hereby reserved to the
President of the Philippines in time of war, insurrection, public
peril, calamity, or disaster to cause the closing of the grantee's
radio stations or to authorize the temporary use or possession thereof
by any department of the Government upon just compensation.
Sec. 11. This
temporary permit shall be subject to
amendment, alteration, or repeal by the Congress of the Philippines
when the public interest so requires, and shall not be interpreted as
an exclusive grant of the privileges herein provided for. Sec. 12. This
Act shall take effect upon its
approval. Approved: June 22, 1963 |
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