An Act to Amend Section One of Act Numbered Thirty-Eight Hundred and Forty Six Entitled "An Act Providing for the Regulation of Radio Stations and Radio Communications in the Philippine Islands, and for Other Purposes," Requiring the Grant of a Franchise from the National Assembly for the Establishment and/or Operation of Radio Broadcasting Stations
Commonwealth Act No. 571, enacted on June 7, 1940, amends existing regulations regarding radio stations in the Philippines. It mandates that any person or entity must obtain a franchise from the National Assembly to construct or operate commercial radio transmitting or broadcasting stations. However, exceptions are made for amateur, experimental, training, mobile, and remote stations, which do not require a franchise. Additionally, radio broadcasting stations already in operation prior to this Act are exempt from needing a franchise. The Act takes effect immediately upon approval.
Law Information
- Reference Number
- Commonwealth Act No. 571
- Date Enacted
- Category
- Statutes
- Subcategory
- Commonwealth Acts
- Jurisdiction
- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
Full Law Text
June 7, 1940
COMMONWEALTH ACT NO. 571
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION ONE OF ACT NUMBERED THIRTY-EIGHT HUNDRED AND FORTY SIX ENTITLED "AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE REGULATION OF RADIO STATIONS AND RADIO COMMUNICATIONS IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES," REQUIRING THE GRANT OF A FRANCHISE FROM THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT AND/OR OPERATION OF RADIO BROADCASTING STATIONS
SECTION 1. Section one of Act Numbered Thirty-eight hundred and forty-six, as amended by Commonwealth Act Numbered Three hundred and sixty-five, is further amended to read as follows:
"SECTION 1. No person, firm, company, association, or corporation shall construct, install, establish, or operate a radio transmitting station, or a radio receiving station used for commercial purposes, or a radio broadcasting station, without having first obtained a franchise therefor from the National Assembly: Provided, however, That no franchise from the National Assembly shall be necessary for the construction, installation, establishment, or operation of an amateur station, an experimental station, a training station, a station on board a mobile vessel, train, or aircraft, or a private station in a place so outlying and so remote as to afford no public communication system with the outside world: Provided, further, That radio broadcasting stations established and operating at the time of the approval of this Act without the franchise herein required shall be exempt from obtaining such franchise.
Unless otherwise specified, 'station' or 'radio station' as used in this Act shall refer to a radio transmitting station and its receiving equipment, a radio receiving station used for commercial purposes, or a radio broadcasting station."
SECTION 2. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
Approved, June 7, 1940.
Cite This Law
An Act to Amend Section One of Act Numbered Thirty-Eight Hundred and Forty Six Entitled "An Act Providing for the Regulation of Radio Stations and Radio Communications in the Philippine Islands, and for Other Purposes," Requiring the Grant of a Franchise from the National Assembly for the Establishment and/or Operation of Radio Broadcasting Stations, Commonwealth Act No. 571, Jun 7, 1940 (Philippines)
An Act to Amend Section One of Act Numbered Thirty-Eight Hundred and Forty Six Entitled "An Act Providing for the Regulation of Radio Stations and Radio Communications in the Philippine Islands, and for Other Purposes," Requiring the Grant of a Franchise from the National Assembly for the Establishment and/or Operation of Radio Broadcasting Stations, Commonwealth Act No. 571 (Phil. 1940)
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