PHILIPPINE LAWS, STATUTES, CODES & ISSUANCES
PHILIPPINE LAWS, STATUTES AND CODES
REPUBLIC ACTS
| REPUBLIC ACT NO. 2256 - AN ACT
GRANTING THE UNIVERSAL CEMENT CO., INC., A FRANCHISE TO ESTABLISH,
MAINTAIN AND OPERATE PRIVATE FIXED POINT-TO-POINT RADIOTELEPHONE
STATIONS FOR THE TRANSMISSION AND RECEPTION OF WIRELESS MESSAGES TO AND
FROM SAID STATIONS |
| Section 1. The
Universal Cement Co., Inc., is hereby granted a franchise to establish,
maintain and operate private fixed point-to-point radiotelephone
stations in the City of Manila, in the barrio of Dongoan, Municipality
of Danao, Province of Cebu, and in the barrio of Dana-Ili, Municipality
of Abulug, Province of Cagayan, for the transmission and reception of
wireless messages form the City of Manila to the barrio of Dongoan,
Municipality of Danao, Province of Cebu, and vice versa, from the
barrio of Dongoan, Municipality of Danao, Province of Cebu, to the
barrio of Dana-Ili, Municipality of Abulug, Province of Cagayan, and
vice versa, and from the barrio of Dana-Ili, Municipality of Abulug,
Province of Cagayan, to the City of Manila and vice versa. Sec. 2. This franchise shall continue to be in force for a period of twenty-five years 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 franchise is to secure to the grantee the right to establish, maintain and operate private fixed point-to-point radiotelephone station at the places hereinabove stated for no other purposes than to promote, protect and subserve the trade and business interests of the grantee. Sec. 4. No fees shall be charged by the grantee as the radiotelephone stations that may be established by virtue of this Act shall engage in communications regarding the grantee's business only. Sec. 5. The grantee shall so construct and operate its radiotelephone stations as not to interfere with the operation of other radio stations maintained and operated in the Philippines.
Sec. 6. The grantee is authorized to operate its
radio-telephone stations on the frequency and/or frequencies that may
be assigned to it by the Secretary of Public Works and
Communications. Sec. 8. This franchise shall be subject to amendment, alteration, or repeal by the Congress of the Philippines when the public service so requires, and shall not be interpreted as an exclusive grant of the privileges herein provided for. Sec. 9. Whenever in this Act the term "grantee" is used, it shall be held and understood to mean and represent the Universal Cement Co., Inc., its representatives, successors or assigns.
Section 10. This Act shall take effect upon its
approval. |