REPUBLIC ACT NO. 5327 - AN
ACT AMENDING REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED FORTY-FOUR HUNDRED THIRTY-SEVEN,
ENTITLED, "AN ACT GRANTING BATAC CONSOLIDATED FACOMA, INC., A PERMIT TO
CONSTRUCT, MAINTAIN AND OPERATE A RADIO BROADCASTING STATION IN THE
MUNICIPALITY OF BATAC, PROVINCE OF ILOCOS NORTE"
Section 1. Section one of Republic Act Numbered Forty-four
hundred thirty-seven 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, Batac Consolidated Facoma, Inc.,
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-television station in the Municipality of Batac, Province
of Ilocos Norte: Provided, That this permit shall be void unless the
construction of said radio-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 important issues; shall assist in the functions 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. 2. This Act shall take effect upon its
approval.
Enacted without Executive
approval, June 15, 1968.
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