PHILIPPINE LAWS, STATUTES, CODES & ISSUANCES
PHILIPPINE LAWS, STATUTES AND CODES
REPUBLIC ACTS
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 2307 - AN ACT
GRANTING THE WESTERN MINDANAO LUMBER COMPANY, INCORPORATED, A TEMPORARY
PERMIT TO CONSTRUCT, MAINTAIN AND OPERATE PRIVATE FIXED POINT-TO-POINT
AND LAND-BASED RADIO STATIONS FOR THE RECEPTION AND TRANSMISSION OF
RADIO COMMUNICATIONS WITHIN THE PHILIPPINES |
Section 1.
There is hereby granted to the Western Mindanao
Lumber Company, Incorporated, its successors or assigns, a temporary
permit to construct, maintain and operate in the Philippines, at such
places as the said company may select, subject to the approval of the
Department Secretary under whose jurisdiction the Radio Control
Division is functioning, or any competent authority who is or shall be
authorized to such approval, such private fixed point-to-point and
land-based radio stations for the reception and transmission of
wireless messages on radiotelegraphy or radiotelephony, each station to
consist of two radio apparatus comprising of a receiving and sending
radio apparatus. Sec. 2. President of the Republic of the Philippines shall have the power and authority to permit the location of said private fixed point-to-point and land-based radio stations or any of them in the public domain upon such terms as he may prescribe. Sec. 3. 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 grantee shall start operation of said stations within one and one-half years from the date of approval of this Act. Sec. 4. 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 temporary permit is to secure to the grantee the right to construct, install, establish and operate private fixed point-to-point and land-based radio stations in places within the Philippines as the interest of the company and its trade and business may justify. Sec. 5. A special right is hereby reserved to the President of the Republic of the Philippines in time of war, insurrection, public peril, emergency or disturbance of peace and order, to cause the closing of the station or stations, or to authorize the temporary use or possession thereof by any department of the Government upon payment of just compensation. Sec. 6. 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. 7. 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. 8. 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 of its radio stations.
Sec. 9. The grantee, its successors or assigns,
shall be subject to the corporation laws of the Philippines now
existing or hereafter enacted. Section 11. The grantee, its successors or assigns, is authorized to operate its private fixed point-to-point radio stations in the medium frequency, high frequency and very high frequency that may be assigned to it by the licensing authority. Section 12. 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.
Section 13. This Act shall take effect upon its
approval. Approved: June 19, 1959 |