REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1835 - AN ACT
GRANTING MR. HONORIO G. REYES, RESIDING AT FOUR HUNDRED SEVENTY-SIX
LAONG-LAAN, SAMPALOC, MANILA. A TEMPORARY PERMIT TO CONSTRUCT, MAINTAIN
AND OPERATE PUBLIC COASTAL RADIO STATIONS IN THE PHILIPPINES, TOGETHER
WITH SUCH OTHER RADIO STATIONS AS MAY BE NECESSARY FOR THE OPERATION OF
THE SERVICE, SUCH AS FIXED AND LAND BASE RADIO STATIONS, FOR THE
RECEPTION AND TRANSMISSION OF RADIO COMMUNICATIONS WITHIN THE
PHILIPPINES NOT AT PRESENT SERVED BY PUBLIC RADIOTELEGRAPH OR
RADIOTELEPHONE SYSTEMS |
Section 1. There
is hereby granted to Mr. Honorio G. Reyes, residing at four hundred
seventy-six Laong-Laan, Sampaloc, Manila, his successors or assigns,
hereinafter referred to as the "grantee," a temporary permit to
construct, maintain and operate in the Philippines at such places as
said grantee may select, subject to the approval of the Secretary of
Public Works and Communications or any competent authority who is or
shall be authorized now or in the future to give such approval, public
coastal radio stations, together with such other radio stations as may
be necessary for the operation of the service, such as fixed and land
base radio stations, for the reception and transmission of wireless
messages as radiotelegraphy and/or radiotelephony with vessels at sea:
Provided, however, That the grantee shall establish and operate such
stations in places not at present served by public radiotelegraph or
radiotelephone systems.cralaw Sec. 2. The President of the Philippines shall have the power and authority to permit the location of any or all the radio stations that may be established under this permit on the public domain upon such terms as he may prescribe.cralaw Sec. 3. This grant shall continue to be in force during the time that the Government has not established a similar public coastal radio service at the places selected by the grantee, in no case to exceed fifty years, and is made upon the express condition that the same shall be void unless the construction of at least one public coastal radio stations be begun within two years, from the date of approval of this Act and be completed within three years from said date.cralaw Sec. 4. A special right is hereby reserved to the
President of the Philippines, in time of war, insurrection, public
peril or calamity or domestic trouble, to cause the closing of the
radio stations, or to authorize the temporary use or possession thereof
by any department of the Government upon payment of just
compensation. Sec. 6. The stations of the grantee shall be constructed and operated in accordance with established engineering standards and practice and subject to existing radio laws and regulations, and the frequencies or wave length shall be selected with a view to avoiding interference with the operation of other radio stations in the Philippines.cralaw Sec. 7. No private property shall be taken for any purpose by the grantee without proper condemnation proceedings and just compensation paid or tendered therefor, and any authority to take and occupy land contained herein shall not apply to the taking, use or occupation to any land except such as is required for the actual necessary purposes for which this permit is granted.cralaw Sec. 8. The right is hereby reserved to the Government of the Philippines, through the Public Service Commission or such other government agency as may hereafter be duly authorized to fix the maximum rates or charges to be charged by the grantee.cralaw Sec. 9. The grantee shall keep an account of the gross receipts of the business transacted by him and shall furnish the Auditor General and the National Treasurer of the Philippines a copy of such account not later than thirty-first day of January each year for the preceding year. For the purpose of auditing the accounts rendered the Auditor General and the National Treasurer, all the books and accounts of the grantee or duplicates thereof, shall be subject to the official inspection of the Auditor General or his authorized representatives, and the audit and approval of such accounts by said officers shall be final and conclusive evidence as to the amount of said gross receipts, except that the grantee shall have the right to appeal to the courts of the Philippines under the terms and conditions provided in the laws of the Philippines.cralaw Section 10. As a condition of the granting of this permit the grantee shall execute a bond in favor of the Government of the Philippines in the sum of fifty thousand pesos, form and with sureties satisfactory to the Secretary of Public Works and Communications or other competent authority, conditioned upon the faithful performance of the grantee's obligations hereunder during the first three years of the life of this permit. If after three years upon the date of the acceptance of this permit, the grantee shall have fulfilled the same, the bond aforesaid shall cancelled by the Secretary of Public Works and Communications or other competent authority.cralaw Section 11. Acceptance of this permit shall be given in during within six months after approval of this Act. When so accepted by the grantee and upon the approval of the bond aforesaid by the Secretary of Public Works and Communications or other competent authority, the grantee shall be empowered to exercise the privileges granted thereby.cralaw Section 12. The grantee shall not lease, transfer,
grant the usufruct of, sell or assign this permit, nor the rights or
privileges acquired thereunder to any person, firm, company,
corporation or other commercial or legal entity, nor merge with any
other person, company or corporation organized for the same purpose,
without the approval of the Congress of the Philippines first had. Any
corporation to which this permit may be sold, transferred, or assigned,
shall be subject to the corporation laws of the Philippines now
existing or hereafter enacted, and any person, firm, company,
corporation and other commercial or legal entity to which this permit
is sold, transferred, or assigned shall be subject to conditions,
terms, restrictions, and limitations of the permit as fully and
completely and to the same extent as if the permit had been originally
granted to the said person, firm, company, corporation or other
commercial or legal entity. Section 14. This permit shall not be interpreted to mean an exclusive grant of the privileges herein provided for.cralaw Section 15. This Act shall take effect upon its
approval.cralaw Approved: June 22, 1957 |