REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1272 - AN
ACT GRANTING THE MONSERRAT BROADCASTING SYSTEM, INCORPORATED, A
TEMPORARY PERMIT TO CONSTRUCT, MAINTAIN AND OPERATE RADIO BROADCASTING
STATIONS IN THE PHILIPPINES |
Section 1.
Subject to the provisions of the Constitution, as well as 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, and other applicable laws,
the Monserrat Broadcasting System, Incorporated, is hereby granted a
temporary permit to construct, maintain and operate, for commercial
purposes and in the public interest, radio broadcasting stations in the
Philippines: Provided, That this temporary permit shall be void unless
the construction of at least one radio broadcasting station be begun
within six months from the date of approval of this Act and be
completed within two years from said date: Provided, further, That the
grantee shall provide adequate public service time to enable the
Government, through the stations herein authorized, to reach the
population on important issues; shall assist in the functions of public
information and education; shall conform to the ethics of honest
enterprise; and shall not use said stations for the broadcasting of
obscene or indecent language or speech, 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. Sec. 2. 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.cralaw Sec. 3. In the event of any competing individual, partnership or corporation receiving from the Congress a similar temporary permit in which there shall be any term or terms more favorable than those herein granted or tending to place the herein grantee at any disadvantage, then such term or terms shall, ipso facto, become a part of the terms hereof and shall operate equally in favor of the grantee as in the case of said competing individual, partnership or corporation.cralaw Sec. 4. In the event the Government should desire
to maintain and operate for itself any or all of the radio broadcasting
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. Sec. 6. The grantee shall not require any previous censorship of any speech, play or other matter to be broadcast from its stations; but if any such speech, play 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 or other matter: Provided, That the grantee, during any broadcast may cut off from ther the speech, play or other matter being broadcast if the tendency thereof is to propose and/or incite treason, rebellion or sedition, or the language used therein or the theme thereof is indecent or immoral.cralaw Sec. 7. This Act shall take effect upon its
approval. Approved: June 14, 1955 |