Amendment to R.A. No. 7529 Re: Franchise Granted to Vanguard Radio Network Co., Inc.

June 19, 1995 *

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8069

AN ACT AMENDING SECTION ONE OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7529 FOR THE PURPOSE OF EXTENDING ITS OPERATION IN REGIONS 6, 7, 10, AND 11

SECTION 1. Section 1 of Republic Act No. 7529 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 Vanguard Radio Network Company, Inc., its successors or assigns, hereunder referred to as the grantee, a franchise to construct, install, operate and maintain for commercial purposes and in the public interest, radio and television broadcasting stations in the island of Luzon and in Regions 6, 7, 10, and 11 with the corresponding auxiliary, 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. Self-regulation by and Undertaking of Grantee.— The grantee shall not require any previous censorship in any speech, play, act, scene or other matter to be broadcast and/or telecast from its stations: Provided, That the grantee during any broadcast and/or telecast, shall cut off from the air the speech, play, act, scene, 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, and willful failure to do so shall constitute a valid cause for the cancellation of this franchise.

SECTION 3. Effectivity Clause.— This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

 

* Lapsed into law on June 19, 1995, without the signature of the President, in accordance with Article VI, Section 27 (1) of the Constitution.

Published in Malaya and the Manila Times on July 10, 1995. Published in the Official Gazette, Vol. 91 No. 37 page 5931 on September 11, 1995.