PHILIPPINE LAWS, STATUTES, CODES & ISSUANCES
PHILIPPINE LAWS, STATUTES AND CODES
REPUBLIC ACTS
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1443 - AN ACT
GRANTING THE VICTORIAS MILLING CO., 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 Victorias Milling Co., Inc., its successors or
assigns, a temporary permit to construct, maintain and operate in
Victorias, Occidental Negros 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 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 two years from the date of the approval of this Act. 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 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. 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 of 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, 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. Section 10. 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 privilege herein provided for.
Section 11. This Act shall take effect upon its
approval. Approved: June 14, 1956 |