PHILIPPINE LAWS, STATUTES, CODES & ISSUANCES
PHILIPPINE LAWS, STATUTES AND CODES
REPUBLIC ACTS
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1841 - AN ACT
GRANTING THE EDWARD J. NELL COMPANY AND/OR ITS SISTER COMPANY, THERCON,
INC., A TEMPORARY 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 Edward J. Nell Company and/or its sister
company, theRCON, Inc., their successors or assigns, a temporary permit
to construct, maintain and operate in the Philippines, at Manila 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 on radiotelegraphy or
radiotelephony, each station to be provided with a radio transmitting
apparatus and a radio receiving apparatus. Sec. 2. This temporary 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 one 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 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 on 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 not construct and operate its radio stations as not to interfere
with the operation of other radio stations maintained and operated in
the Philippines. 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 temporary permit, nor the rights or privileges acquired thereunder to any person, firm company, corporation or other commercial or legal entity nor merge with the 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 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, 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 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.
Section 10. A special right is hereby reserved to the
President of the Philippines in time of war, insurrection, public
peril, emergency, 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 payment of
just compensation.
Section 12. This Act shall take effect upon its
approval. Approved: June 22, 1957 |