Act
Approved June 16, 1956

Republic Act No. 1564

An act granting eliseo b. lemi a temporary permit to construct, maintain and operate radio broadcasting stations and stations for television in the philippines.

AN ACT GRANTING ELISEO B. LEMI A TEMPORARY PERMIT TO CONSTRUCT, MAINTAIN AND OPERATE RADIO BROADCASTING STATIONS AND STATIONS FOR TELEVISION IN THE PHILIPPINES.

In plain language

Republic Act No. 1553 grants Eliseo B. Lemi a temporary permit to construct, maintain, and operate radio and television broadcasting stations in the Philippines under specified conditions, including construction timelines, public service obligations, and financial guarantees.

  • Temporary permit granted with conditions on construction timelines
  • Public service broadcasting time required
  • Bond of fifty thousand pesos for compliance
  • Existing radio regulations applied to TV stations
  • Government may acquire stations
  • No prior censorship except for prohibited content
  • Transfer of permit requires congressional approval
Broadcasting
Radio
Television
Temporary Permit
Philippines
Public Service

REPUBLIC ACT No. 1564

An Act Granting Maternity Leave to Women in Government Service Under Temporary Appointments Who Have Rendered Less Than Two Years of Service, by Amending Commonwealth Act Numbered Six Hundred and Forty-Seven, as Amended

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippine Congress Assembled:

Section 1

Section one of Commonwealth Act Numbered Six hundred and forty-seven, as amended, is further amended by adding thereto two new subsections which shall read as follows:

> "(d) Temporary employees who have rendered less than two years of continuous service shall be entitled to a number of days of maternity leave with pay based on the ratio of thirty days of maternity leave to two years of continuous service. > > "(e) Temporary employees, who passed civil service examinations given before the date of the application for maternity leave but the result of which examinations were released after such date of application, shall be entitled to the maternity leave granted to regular employees as of the date when said examinations were given."

Section 2

Such sums as are necessary to carry into effect the provisions of this Act are authorized to be appropriated, out of any funds in the National Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to carry into effect the provisions of this Act.

Section 3

This Act shall take effect as of June sixteen, nineteen hundred and fifty-one.

Approved: June 16, 1956.

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