REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1183 - AN
ACT GRANTING THE METROPOLITAN BROADCASTING CO., INC., A TEMPORARY
PERMIT TO CONSTRUCT, MAINTAIN AND OPERATE RADIO BROADCASTING STATIONS
AND STATIONS FOR TELEVISION IN THE PHILIPPINES |
Section 1.
Subject to the provisions of the Constitution, the Metropolitan
Broadcasting Co., Inc., is hereby granted a temporary permit, which
shall continue if force during the time that the Government has not
established similar service at the places selected by the grantee, to
construct, maintain and operate, for commercial purposes and in the
public interest, radio broadcasting stations and stations for
television in the Philippines: Provided, That this temporary permit
shall be void unless the construction of at least one radio
broadcasting station or one television station be begun within two
years from the date of approval of this Act, and be contemplated within
four years from said date: Provided, further, That the grantee shall
provide adequate public service time to enable the Government, through
the said radio broadcasting stations and stations for television, to
reach the population on important public issues; shall assist in the
functions of public information and education, shall conform to the
ethics of honest enterprise, and shall not use its stations for the
broadcasting and/or telecasting of obscene or indecent language,
speech, act or scene, or for the dissemination of deliberately false
information or willful misrepresentation, or to the detriment of the
public health, or to incite, encourage, or assist in subversive or
treasonable acts.cralaw Sec. 2. Such provisions of Act Numbered Thirty-eight hundred and 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 Thirty-nine hundred and ninety-seven, known as the Radio Broadcasting Law; Commonwealth Act Numbered One hundred and forty-six, known as the Public Service Act, and their amendments, as are applicable to radio broadcasting stations shall be applied, as far as practicable, to the television stations referred to in section one.cralaw Sec. 3. The grantee shall file a bond in the
amount of fifty thousand pesos to guaranty for the full compliance and
fulfillment of the conditions under which this temporary permit is
granted. Sec. 5. (a) The grantee shall be liable to pay
the same taxes on its real estate, buildings and personal property,
exclusive of the temporary permit, as other persons or corporations are
now hereinafter may be required by law to pay.cralaw Sec. 6. In the event of the Government should desire to maintain and operate for itself any or all of the stations herein authorized, the grantee shall turn over such station or stations to the Government with all the serviceable equipment therein, at cost, less reasonable depreciation.cralaw Sec. 7. The grantee shall not require any
previous censorship of any speech, play, act or scene or other matter
to be broadcast and/or telecast from its stations; but if any such
speech, play, act or scene or other matter should constitute a
violation of the law or infringement of a private right, the grantee
shall be free from any liability, civil or criminal, for such speech,
play, act or scene or other matter: Provided, that the grantee, during
any broadcast and/or telecast, may cut off from ther the speech, play,
act or scene or other matter being broadcast and/or telecast if the
tendency thereof is to propose and/or incite treason, rebellion or
sedition, or the language used therein or the scheme thereof is
indecent or immoral. Sec. 9. This Act shall take effect upon its
approval. |