Section 1. Section 1
of Republic Act Numbered Nine hundred eighty is amended to read as
follows:
"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, the Lyceum of the
Philippines is hereby granted a franchise to construct, maintain and
operate, for educational and commercial purposes and in the public
interest, a radio broadcasting station in the City of Manila."
Sec. 2. Section seven of the same Act is amended
to read as follows:
"Sec. 7. (a) The grantee shall be liable to pay the same
taxes, unless exempted therefrom, on its real estate, buildings, and
personal property, exclusive of the franchise, as other persons or
corporations are now or hereafter may be required by law to pay.
"(b) The grantee
shall further be liable to pay all other taxes as provided in the
National Internal Revenue Code by reason of this franchise."
Sec. 3. The same Act is further amended by
inserting between sections nine and ten thereof two new sections to be
known as sections nine-a and nine-b which shall read as follows:
"Sec. 9-a. The grantee shall execute a bond in favor of the
Government of the Philippines in the sum of twenty thousand pesos to
guaranty for the faithful compliance and fulfillment of the grantee's
obligations hereunder during the first three years of the life of this
franchise. If, after three years from the date of the acceptance of
this franchise, the grantee shall fulfill said obligations, or as soon
thereafter as the grantee shall have fulfilled the same, the bond
aforesaid shall be cancelled by the Secretary of Public Works and
Communications.
"Sec. 9-b. The grantee shall not require any previous
censorship of any speech, play, or other matter to be broadcast from
its station; 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."
Sec. 4. This Act shall take effect upon its
approval.cralaw
Approved: June 14, 1956