REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1339 - AN
ACT GRANTING ANTONIO HERAS A TEMPORARY PERMIT TO CONSTRUCT, MAINTAIN
AND OPERATE PRIVATE FIXED POINT-TO-POINT AND LAND BASED AND LAND MOBILE
RADIO STATIONS FOR THE RECEPTION AND TRANSMISSION OF RADIO
COMMUNICATIONS WITHIN THE PHILIPPINES |
Section 1. There
is hereby granted to Antonio Heras, proprietor of JD Transit and Taxi,
his successors or assigns a temporary permit to construct, maintain and
operate in the Philippines, at such places as the grantee may select,
subject to the approval of the Secretary of Public Works and
Communications, private fixed point-to-point and 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. 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, 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.cralaw Sec. 3. The grantee, his successors or assigns, shall not engage in domestic business of telecommunications in the Philippines, it being understood that the purpose of this temporary permit is to secure to the grantee the right to construct, install, maintain, and operate private fixed point-to-point and land based and land mobile radio stations in such places within the Philippines as the interests of the grantee may justify.cralaw 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, his successors or assigns, shall so construct and operate his radio stations as not to interfere with the operation of other radio stations maintained and operated in the Philippines.cralaw Sec. 6. The grantee, his 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 his radio
stations. Sec. 8. 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 Sec. 9. This temporary permit shall be subject to
amendment, alteration, or repeal by the Congress of the Philippines
when public interest so requires, and shall not be interpreted as an
exclusive grant of the privilege herein provided for. Approved: June 16, 1955 |