REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1830 - AN
ACT GRANTING THE NATIONAL FEDERATION OF SUGARCANE PLANTERS, A TEMPORARY
PERMIT TO CONSTRUCT, MAINTAIN AND OPERATE PRIVATE FIXED POINT-TO-POINT
RADIO STATIONS FOR THE RECEPTION AND TRANSMISSION OF RADIO
COMMUNICATIONS WITHIN THE PHILIPPINES |
Section 1. There
is hereby granted to the National Federation of Sugarcane Planters, its
successors or assigns, a temporary permit to construct, maintain and
operate in the Philippines, at such places as the said company may
select, subject to the approval of the Department Secretary under whose
jurisdiction the Radio Control Division is functioning, or any
competent authority who is or shall be authorized to give said
approval, such private fixed point-to-point and land-based radio
stations for the reception and transmission of wireless messages on
radiotelegraphy or radiotelephony, each station to consist of two radio
apparatus comprising of a receiving and sending radio
apparatus. Sec. 2. The President of the Philippines shall have the power and authority to permit the location of said private fixed point-to-point and land-based radio stations or any of them on the public domain upon such terms as may be prescribed.cralaw Sec. 3. 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 grantee shall start operation of said stations within one and one-half years from the date of approval of this Act.cralaw Sec. 4. The grantee shall not engage in domestic business of telecommunication in the Philippines without further special assent of the Congress of the Philippines, it being understood that the purpose of this temporary permit is to secure to the grantee the right to construct, install, establish and operate private fixed point-to-point and land-based radio stations in places within the Philippines as the interest of the company and its trade and business may justify.cralaw Sec. 5. A special right is hereby reserved to the President of the Philippines in time of war, insurrection, public peril, emergency, calamity, or disturbance of peace or order, to cause the closing of the station or stations or to authorize the temporary use or possession thereof by any department of the Government upon payment of just compensation.cralaw Sec. 6. No fees shall be charged by the grantee as the radio stations that may be established by virtue of this Act shall engage in communication regarding the grantee's business only.cralaw Sec. 7. The grantee, its successors or assigns, shall so construct and operate its radio stations as not to interfere with the operation of other radio stations maintained and operated in the Philippines.cralaw Sec. 8. The grantee, its 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, cause by the construction or operation of its radio
stations. Section 10. The grantee, its successors or assigns, shall be subject to the corporation laws of the Philippines now existing or hereafter enacted.cralaw Section 11. The grantee, its successors or assigns, is authorized to operate its private fixed point-to-point radio stations in the medium frequency, high frequency and very high frequency that may be assigned to it by the licensing authority.cralaw Section 12. This temporary permit 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 of the privilege herein provided for. Approved: June 22, 1957 |