Republic Acts
Republic Act No. 1447
REPUBLIC ACTS
| REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1447 - AN ACT
GRANTING T.H. VALDERRAMA AND SONS, INCORPORATED, A TEMPORARY PERMIT TO
ESTABLISH, MAINTAIN AND OPERATE PRIVATE FIXED POINT-TO-POINT
RADIOTELEPHONE STATIONS FOR THE TRANSMISSION AND RECEPTION OF WIRELESS
MESSAGES TO AND FROM SAID STATIONS |
| Section 1. T.H.
Valderrama and Sons, Incorporated, its successors or assigns, is hereby
granted a temporary permit to establish, maintain and operate private
fixed point-to-point radiotelephone stations in the City of Bacolod and
in other parts of the Philippines where it operates and its lumber
business, subject to the approval of the Secretary of Public Works and
Communications, for transmission and reception of wireless messages to
and from said stations, including its tugboats. Sec. 2. The President of the Philippines shall have the power and authority to permit the construction, maintenance, and operation of said private fixed point-to-point radiotelephone stations on any land of the public domain upon such terms as he may prescribe.cralaw Sec. 3. The temporary permit granted under this Act shall continue to be in force while the Government has not established similar service at place hereinabove stated, and subject to the condition that the grantee, its successors or assigns, shall start operation under said permit within one and a half years from the date of the approval of this Act.cralaw Sec. 4. The grantee, its successors or assigns,
shall not engage in domestic business of telecommunications in the
Philippines, it being understood that the temporary permit under this
Act merely secures the right of the grantee to establish, maintain, and
operate private fixed point-to-point radiotelephone stations at the
places hereinabove stated for no other purpose than to promote,
protect, and subserve the trade and business interests of the grantee
as a lumber company. Sec. 6. The grantee, its successors or assigns, shall so construct and operate such stations as not to interfere with the operation of other radio stations maintained and operated in the Philippines.cralaw Sec. 7. The grantee, its successors or assigns,
shall hold the national, provincial, city and municipal governments of
the Republic 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
radiotelephone stations. Sec. 9. A special right is hereby reserved to the President of the Philippines in time of war, rebellion, public peril, calamity, disaster or disturbance of peace and order to cause the closing of the grantee's radiotelephone stations or to authorize the temporary use and operation thereof by any department of the Government upon payment of just compensation.cralaw Section 10. The temporary permit granted under this Act 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 to the privilege herein provided for.cralaw Section 11. This Act shall take effect upon its
approval.cralaw Approved: June 14, 1956 |
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