REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1009 - AN
ACT GRANTING THE MANILA YELLOW TAXICAB CO., INC., A TEMPORARY PERMIT TO
CONSTRUCT, MAINTAIN AND OPERATE PRIVATE FIXED POINT-TO-POINT LAND BASED
AND LAND MOBILE RADIO STATIONS FOR THE RECEPTION AND TRANSMISSION OF
RADIO COMMUNICATIONS WITHIN THE PHILIPPINES |
Section 1.
Subject to the provisions of the Constitution as well as of Act
Numbered Three thousand eight hundred forty-six, entitled "An Act
providing for the regulation of radio stations and radio communications
in the Philippine Islands, and for other purposes"; Act Numbered Three
thousand nine hundred ninety-seven, known as the Radio Broadcasting
Law; Commonwealth Act Numbered One hundred forty-six, known as the
Public Service Act, and their amendments, and other applicable laws,
not inconsistent with this Act, there is hereby granted to the Manila
Yellow Taxicab Co., Inc., its successors or assigns, a temporary permit
to construct, maintain and operate in the Philippines, at such places
as the said corporation may select and the Secretary of Public Works
and Communications may approve, private fixed point-to-point 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.cralaw 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, its successors
or assigns, 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 the approval of this Act and
be completed within two years from said date. 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.cralaw Sec. 5. The grantee, its successors or assigns, shall so construct and operate its radio stations as not to interfere with the operations of other radio stations maintained and operated in the Philippines.cralaw Sec. 6. The grantee, its successors or assigns, shall hold the national, provincial, city or 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.cralaw Sec. 7. The grantee, its successors or assigns,
shall be subject to the corporation laws of the Philippines now
existing or hereafter enacted. Sec. 9. A special right is hereby reserved to the President of the Philippines in time of war, insurrection, public peril, calamity or disaster to cause the closing of the grantee's radio stations or to authorize the temporary use or possession thereof by any department of the Government upon just compensation.cralaw 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. Approved: June 12, 1954 |