Amendment to R.A. No. 7163 (Grant of Franchise to Progressive Broadcasting Corp.)
Republic Act No. 8162, enacted on September 23, 1995, amends Section 1 of Republic Act No. 7163, which originally granted a franchise to Progressive Broadcasting Corporation. The amendment allows the corporation to extend its operations to construct, install, operate, and maintain radio and television broadcasting stations throughout the Philippines, including necessary technological facilities. This act emphasizes the need for compliance with the Constitution and applicable laws, ensuring public interest in broadcasting services. It took effect 15 days after publication in two newspapers of general circulation.
September 23, 1995 *
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8162
AN ACT AMENDING SECTION ONE OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED SEVENTY-ONE HUNDRED SIXTY THREE, ENTITLED "AN ACT GRANTING PROGRESSIVE BROADCASTING CORPORATION A FRANCHISE TO CONSTRUCT, INSTALL, OPERATE AND MAINTAIN, FOR COMMERCIAL PURPOSES, RADIO BROADCASTING STATIONS AND TELEVISION STATIONS IN METRO MANILA AND IN REGIONS I, VI AND VII, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES," FOR THE PURPOSE OF EXTENDING ITS OPERATIONS THROUGHOUT THE PHILIPPINES
SECTION 1. Section 1 of Republic Act No. 7163 is hereby amended to read as follows:
"Sec. 1. Nature and Scope of Franchise.— Subject to the provisions of the Constitution and applicable laws, rules and regulations, there is hereby granted to the Progressive Broadcasting Corporation, hereunder referred to as the grantee, its successors or assigns, the franchise to construct, install, operate and maintain, for commercial purposes and in the public interest, radio broadcasting stations and television stations throughout the Philippines with the corresponding technological auxiliaries or facilities for special broadcast and other program and distribution services and relay stations and to install radio communication facilities for the grantee's private use in its broadcast services."
SECTION 2. Effectivity Clause. — This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days from the date of its publication in at least two (2) newspapers of general circulation in the Philippines. cd
* Lapsed into law on September 23, 1995, without the signature of the President, in accordance with Article VI, Section 27 (1) of the Constitution.
Published in Malaya and the Philippine Times Journal on October 23, 1995. Published in the Official Gazette, Vol. 92 No. 2 page 151 on January 8, 1996.