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Approved June 22, 1963

Republic Act No. 3686

An act to amend republic act numbered thirty-one hundred sixty-eight, entitled "an act granting the southern industrial projects, inc. a temporary permit to construct, maintain and operate private fixed point-to-point radio stations for the reception and transmission of radio communications from manila to the municipality of cortes, province of bohol, and vice versa"

An Act to Amend Republic Act Numbered Thirty-One Hundred Sixty-Eight, Entitled "An Act Granting the Southern Industrial Projects, Inc. a Temporary Permit to Construct, Maintain and Operate Private Fixed Point-to-Point Radio Stations for the Reception and Transmission of Radio Communications from Manila to the Municipality of Cortes, Province of Bohol, and Vice Versa"

In plain language

Republic Act No. 3686 amends RA 3168 to grant Southern Industrial Projects Inc. (SIP) a temporary permit to construct, maintain and operate private fixed point-to-point radio stations between Manila and Cortes, Bohol, and to regulate the use of such facilities while restricting SIP from engaging in domestic telecommunications business without Congress’ assent.

  • Grant temporary permit to SIP for radio stations
  • Prohibit SIP from domestic telecom business without Congress’ assent
  • Authorize SIP to operate stations in medium, high, and very high frequencies
  • Require approval from Department Secretary or competent authority
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REPUBLIC ACT No. 3686

An Act to Amend Republic Act Numbered Thirty-One Hundred Sixty-Eight, Entitled "An Act Granting the Southern Industrial Projects, Inc. a Temporary Permit to Construct, Maintain and Operate Private Fixed Point-to-Point Radio Stations for the Reception and Transmission of Radio Communications from Manila to the Municipality of Cortes, Province of Bohol, and Vice Versa"

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

Section 1

Sections one, four and eleven of Republic Act Numbered Thirty-one hundred sixty-eight are hereby amended to read as follows:

> "Sec. 1. There is hereby granted to the Southern Industrial Projects Inc., its successors or assigns, a temporary permit to construct, maintain and operate radio stations for the reception and transmission of radio communications from Manila to the Municipality of Cortes, Province of Bohol, and vice versa, and at such places as the said 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, coastal, land-based, aeronautical and land mobile radio stations for the reception and transmission of wireless messages or radio-telegraphy or radio-telephony, each station to consist of two radio apparatus consisting of a receiving and sending radio apparatus. > > "Sec. 4. The grantee 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, coastal, land-based, aeronautical and land mobile radio stations in places within the Philippines as the interest of the company and its trade and business may justify. > > "Sec. 11. The grantee, its successors or assigns, is authorized to operate its private fixed point-to-point, coastal, land-based, aeronautical and land mobile radio stations in the medium frequency, high frequency, and very high frequency, that may be assigned to it by the licensing authority."

Section 2

The title of Republic Act Numbered Thirty-one hundred sixty-eight is amended to read as follows:

> "An Act granting the Southern Industrial Projects, Inc., a temporary permit to construct, maintain and operate private fixed point-to-point, coastal, land-based, aeronautical and land mobile radio stations for the reception and transmission of radio communications from Manila to the Municipality of Cortes, Province of Bohol, and vice-versa."

Section 3

This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

Approved: June 22, 1963.

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