REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1833 - AN ACT
GRANTING MR. BALDOMERO A. DAVID, RESIDING AT SAN JOSE, NAVOTAS, RIZAL,
A TEMPORARY PERMIT TO CONSTRUCT, MAINTAIN AND OPERATE PUBLIC COASTAL
RADIO STATIONS IN THE PHILIPPINES, TOGETHER WITH SUCH OTHER RADIO
STATIONS AS MAY BE NECESSARY FOR THE OPERATION OF THE SERVICE, SUCH AS
FIXED AND LAND BASED RADIO STATIONS, FOR THE RECEPTION AND TRANSMISSION
OF RADIO COMMUNICATIONS WITHIN THE PHILIPPINES NOT AT PRESENT SERVED BY
GOVERNMENT-OWNED PUBLIC RADIOTELEGRAPH OR RADIOTELEPHONE SYSTEMS |
Section 1. There
is hereby granted to Mr. Baldomero A. David, residing at San Jose,
Navotas, Rizal, his successors or assigns, hereinafter referred to as
the "grantee," a temporary permit to construct, maintain and operate in
the Philippines at such places as said grantee may select, subject to
the approval of the Secretary of Public Works and Communications or any
competent authority who is nor shall be authorized now or in the future
to give such approval, public coastal radio stations, together with
such other radio stations as may be necessary for the operation of the
service, such as fixed and land based radio stations, for the reception
and transmission of wireless messages on radiotelegraphy and/or
radiotelephony with vessels at sea: Provided, however, That the grantee
shall establish and operate such stations in places not at present
served by public radiotelegraph or radiotelephone systems owned by the
Government. Sec. 2. The President of the Philippines shall have the power and authority to permit the location of any or all of the radio stations that may be established under this permit on the public domain upon such terms as he may prescribe.cralaw Sec. 3. This grant shall continue to be in force during the time that the Government has not established a similar public coastal radio service at the places selected by the grantee, in no case to exceed fifty years, and is made upon the express condition that the same shall be void unless the construction of at least one public coastal radio station be begun within two years from the date of approval of this Act and be completed within three years from said date.cralaw Sec. 4. A special right is hereby reserved to the President of the Philippines, in time of war, insurrection, public peril or calamity or domestic trouble, to cause the closing of the radio stations, or to authorize the temporary use or possession thereof by any department of the Government upon payment of just compensation.cralaw Sec. 5. The grantee, his successors or assigns, shall hold the national, provincial, 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 the stations by the grantee, his successors or assigns.cralaw Sec. 6. The stations of the grantee shall be constructed and operated in accordance with the established engineering standards and practice and subject to existing radio laws and regulations, and the frequencies or wave lengths shall be selected with a view to avoiding interference with the operation of other radio stations in the Philippines.cralaw Sec. 7. No private property shall be taken for any purpose by the grantee without proper condemnation proceedings and just compensation paid or tendered therefore, and any authority to take and occupy land contained herein shall not apply to the taking, use or occupation of any land except such as is required for the actual necessary purpose for which this permit is granted.cralaw Sec. 8. The right is hereby reserved to the
Government of the Philippines, through the Public Service Commission or
such other government agency as may hereafter be duly authorized, to
fix the maximum rates or charges to be charged by the grantee. Section 10. As a condition of the granting of this permit, the grantee shall execute a bond in favor of the Government of the Philippines in the sum of fifty thousand pesos, in form and with sureties satisfactory to the Secretary of Public Works and Communications or other competent authority, conditioned upon the faithful performance of the grantee's obligations hereunder during the first three years of the life of this permit. If after three years from the date of the acceptance of this permit, the grantee shall have fulfilled the same, the bond aforesaid shall be cancelled by the Secretary of Public Works and Communications or other competent authority.cralaw Section 11. Acceptance of this permit shall be given in writing within six months after approval of this Act. When so accepted by the grantee and upon the approval of the bond aforesaid by the Secretary of Public Works and Communications or other competent authority, the grantee shall be empowered to exercise the privileges granted thereby.cralaw Section 12. The grantee shall not lease, transfer, grant the usufruct of, sell or assign this permit, nor the rights or privileges acquired thereunder to any person, firm, company, corporation or other commercial or legal entity, nor merge with any other person, firm, company or corporation organized for the same purpose, without the approval of the Congress of the Philippines first had. Any corporation to which this 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 permit is sold, transferred, or assigned shall be subject to all conditions, terms, restrictions and limitations of this permit as fully and completely and to the same extent as if the permit had been originally granted to the said person, firm, company, corporation or other commercial or legal entity.cralaw Section 13. The permit hereby granted shall be
subject to amendment, alteration or repeal by the Congress of the
Philippines when the public interest so requires, and the rights to use
and occupy public property and places hereby granted shall revert to
the respective government upon termination of this permit by such
repeal, amendment or alteration, or by forfeiture or expiration in due
course. Section 15. This Act shall take effect upon its
approval.cralaw Approved: June 22, 1957 |