REPUBLIC ACT NO. 2381 - AN ACT
GRANTING THE SARANGANI CATTLE CO., INC., A TEMPORARY PERMIT TO
CONSTRUCT, MAINTAIN AND OPERATE PRIVATE FIXED POINT-TO-POINT RADIO
STATIONS FOR THE RECEPTION AND TRANSMISSION OF RADIO COMMUNICATIONS
WITHIN THE PHILIPPINES |
Section 1. There is hereby granted to the Sarangani Cattle Co.,
Inc., 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 give said
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.cralaw Sec. 2. The 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 on the public domain upon such terms as he may
prescribe. 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.cralaw Sec. 5. A special right is hereby reserved to the President of the Republic of the Philippines in time of war, insurrection, public peril, calamity or disturbance of peace or 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.cralaw 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.cralaw Sec. 6-A. The grantee shall file a bond in the amount of fifty thousand pesos to guarantee the full compliance and fulfillment of the conditions under which this franchise is granted. If after four years from the date of the approval of this Act the grantee shall have fulfilled said conditions or as soon thereafter as the grantee shall have fulfilled the same, the bond aforesaid shall be cancelled by the Government.cralaw 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.cralaw 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. Section 10. 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.cralaw Section 10.-A. The grantee shall not lease, transfer, grant the usufruct of, sell or assign this franchise nor the rights and privileges acquired thereunder to any person, firm, company, corporation or other commercial or legal entity nor merge with 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 franchise 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 franchise is sold, transferred or assigned shall be subject to all conditions, terms, restrictions and limitations of this franchise as fully and completely and to the same extent as if the franchise had been originally granted to the said person, firm, company, corporation or other commercial or legal entity.cralaw Section 11. 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.cralaw Section 12. This Act shall take effect upon its
approval.cralaw Approved: June 20, 1959 |