Electricity Regulation
Approved June 20, 1959

Republic Act No. 2398

An act granting to dancar electric company a franchise to construct, operate and maintain electric light, heat and power systems in the municipalities of danao, carmen and catmon, all in the province of cebu, and an ice plant in the municipality of danao, province of cebu, and to distribute and sell light, heat and/or power in the said municipalities and to distribute and sell ice in the whole province of cebu

An Act Granting to Dancar Electric Company a Franchise to Construct, Operate and Maintain Electric Light, Heat and Power Systems in the Municipalities of Danao, Carmen and Catmon, All in the Province of Cebu, and an Ice Plant in the Municipality of Danao, Province of Cebu, and to Distribute and Sell Light, Heat and/or Power in the Said Municipalities and to Distribute and Sell Ice in the Whole Province of Cebu

In plain language

Republic Act No. 2384 grants Dancar Electric Company a 25‑year franchise to construct, operate and maintain electric light, heat and power systems in Danao, Carmen and Catmon, Cebu, as well as an ice plant in Danao. The Act sets conditions such as PSC regulation of prices, capacity limits, reporting requirements, and nullity provisions if operations are not commenced within one year. It also allows the National Power Corporation to negotiate rates and permits government takeover of the franchise if desired.

  • 25‑year franchise for power and ice operations
  • PSC regulation of prices and capacity limits
  • Nullity if operations not commenced within one year
  • Annual quarterly financial reporting to Auditor General
  • Authority for National Power Corporation to negotiate rates
  • Competing franchise terms incorporated
  • Government takeover provision
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REPUBLIC ACT No. 2398

An Act to Convert the Sanchez Mira High School in the Municipality of Sanchez Mira, the Itawes High School in the Municipality of Tuao, and the Abulog High School in the Municipality of Abulog, All in the Province of Cagayan, into National Rural and Vocational High Schools to be Known, Respectively, as the Sanchez Mira National Rural and Vocational High School, the Itawes National Rural and Vocational High School and the Abulog National Rural and Vocational High School and to Authorize the Appropriation of Funds Therefor

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

Section 1

The Sanchez Mira High School located in the Municipality of Sanchez Mira, the Itawes High School located in the Municipality of Tuao, and the Abulog High School located in the Municipality of Abulog, all in the Province of Cagayan, are hereby converted into national rural and vocational high schools to be respectively known as the Sanchez Mira National Rural and Vocational High School, the Itawes National Rural and Vocational High School, and the Abulog National Rural and Vocational High School. The Director of Public Schools is empowered to reorganize said schools accordingly.

Section 2

The sum of one hundred thousand pesos is hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of any funds in the National Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the operation and maintenance of these rural and vocational high schools.

Section 3

This Act shall take effect upon the date the funds authorized herein to be appropriated shall have been provided for.

Approved: June 21, 1959.

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