Grant of Temporary Permit to H.R. Lopez Co., Inc. (Radio Stations)

June 22, 1957

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1848

AN ACT GRANTING TO H. R. LOPEZ CO., INC., A TEMPORARY PERMIT TO CONSTRUCT, INSTALL, ESTABLISH AND OPERATE PRIVATE FIXED POINT-TO-POINT AND PRIVATE COASTAL RADIO STATIONS FOR THE RECEPTION AND TRANSMISSION OF RADIO COMMUNICATIONS WITHIN THE PHILIPPINES

SECTION 1. There is hereby granted to H. R. Lopez Co., Inc., a temporary permit to construct, install, establish and operate in the Philippines and at such places as the company may select, subject to the approval of the Department Secretary under whose jurisdiction the Radio Control Division is functioning, or any competent authority who is or shall be authorized, to give said approval, such private fixed point-to-point and land-based and land-mobile radio stations for the reception and transmission of wireless messages on radiotelephony, each station to consist of two radio apparatus comprising of a receiving and sending radio apparatus. cdt

SECTION 2. The President of the Philippines shall have the power and authority to permit the location of said private fixed point-to-point and land-based radio stations or any of them on the public domain upon such terms as he may prescribe.

SECTION 3. This permit shall continue to be in force during the time that the Government has not established similar service at the places selected by the grantee.

SECTION 4. H. R. Lopez Co., Inc., shall not engage in domestic business of telecommunications in the Philippines without further special assent of the Congress of the Philippines, it being understood that the purpose of this temporary permit is to secure to the grantee the right to construct, install, establish and operate private fixed point-to-point and land-based radio stations in places within the Philippines as its interest and that of its trade and business may justify.

SECTION 5. A special right is hereby reserved to the President of the Philippines in time of war, insurrection, public peril, emergency, calamity, or disturbance of peace or order, to cause the closing of the station or stations or to authorize the temporary use or possession thereof by any department of the Government upon payment of just compensation.

SECTION 6. No fees shall be charged by the grantee as the radio stations that may be established by virtue of this Act shall engage in communication regarding the grantee's business only.

SECTION 7. The grantee, its successors or assigns, shall hold the national, provincial, and municipal governments of the Philippines harmless from all claims, accounts, demands or actions arising out of accidents or injuries, whether to property or to persons, caused by the construction or operation of the stations for reception and transmission of wireless messages by it.

SECTION 8. The grantee shall so construct and operate its radio stations as not to interfere with the operation of other radio stations maintained and operated in the Philippines.

SECTION 9. The grantee shall be subject to the corporation laws of the Philippines now existing or which may hereafter be enacted.

SECTION 10. The grantee is hereby authorized to operate its private stations on commercial frequencies that may be assigned to it by the licensing authority.

SECTION 11. The grantee shall not lease, transfer, grant the usufruct of, sell or assign this temporary 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 temporary 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 or other commercial or legal entity to which this temporary permit is sold, transferred, or assigned shall be subject to all conditions, terms, restrictions and limitations of this temporary permit as fully and completely and to the same extent as if the temporary permit had been originally granted to the said person, firm, company, corporation or other commercial or legal entity.

SECTION 12. This permit shall be subject to amendment, alteration, or repeal by the Congress of the Philippines when the public interest so requires, and shall not be interpreted to mean as an exclusive grant of the privilege herein provided for.

SECTION 13. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

Approved: June 22, 1957

Published in the Official Gazette, Vol. 53, No. 18, p. 6005 on September 30, 1957