REPUBLIC ACT NO. 4524 - AN ACT
GRANTING ERIC FRIAL A FRANCHISE TO CONSTRUCT, MAINTAIN AND OPERATE A
RADIO BROADCASTING STATION IN THE CITY OF ROXAS |
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, Eric Frial is
hereby granted a franchise to construct, maintain and operate a radio
broadcasting station in the City of Roxas. Sec. 2. This franchise shall continue for a period of twenty-five years from the date the said station shall be put in operation, and is granted upon the express condition that the same shall be void unless the construction of said station be begun within six months from the date of approval of this Act and completed within two years from said date. Sec. 3. This franchise is likewise made upon the express condition that the grantee shall contribute to public welfare, shall assist in the functions of public information and education, shall conform to the ethics of honest enterprise, and shall not use his station for the dissemination of deliberately false information or willful misrepresentation or to the detriment of public health, or to incite, encourage or assist in subversive or treasonable acts. Sec. 4. The grantee's radio broadcasting station shall not be put into actual operation until the Secretary of Public Works and Communications shall have allotted to the grantee the frequency and wave lengths to be used under this franchise and issued to the grantee a license for such use. Sec. 5. The radio broadcasting station of the grantee shall be so constructed and operated and the wave lengths so selected as to avoid interference with existing radio stations and to permit the expansion of the grantee's service. Sec. 6. A special right is reserved to the President of the Philippines in time of war, rebellion, public peril, calamity, disaster or disturbance of peace or order, to cause the closing of the said station or to authorized the temporary use and operation thereof by any department of the Government without compensating the grantee for be so operated. Sec. 7. The grantee shall be liable to pay the same taxes, unless exempted therefrom on his 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. Sec. 8. The franchise hereby granted shall be subject to amendment, alteration, or repeal by the Congress of the Philippines when the public interest so requires. Sec. 9. Acceptance of this franchise shall be given in writing by the grantee within six months after the approval of this Act. When so accepted, the grantee shall be empowered to exercise the privilege granted thereby. SECTION 10. The grantee shall not lease, transfer, grant the usufruct of, sell or assign this franchise nor the rights and privileges acquired thereunder to any person, firm, company, corporation or other commercial or legal entity, nor merge with any other company or corporation organized for the same purpose, without the approval of the Congress of the Philippines first had. Any corporation to which this franchise 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 or other commercial or legal entity to which this franchise is sold, transferred or assigned shall be subject to all conditions, terms, restrictions and limitations of this franchise as fully and completely and to the same extent as if the franchise had been originally granted to the said person, firm, company, corporation or other commercial or legal entity. SECTION 11. This Act shall take effect upon its approval. Approved: June 19, 1965 |