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Approved June 19, 1965

Republic Act No. 4476

An act to amend republic act numbered twenty-three hundred twenty-nine, entitled "an act granting democrito o. plaza a temporary permit to construct, establish, maintain and operate private fixed point-to-point stations for the reception and transmission of radio communications within the philippines"

An Act to Amend Republic Act Numbered Twenty-Three Hundred Twenty-Nine, Entitled "An Act Granting Democrito O. Plaza a Temporary Permit to Construct, Establish, Maintain and Operate Private Fixed Point-to-Point Stations for the Reception and Transmission of Radio Communications Within the Philippines"

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This Act amends Sections 1, 2 and 4 of Republic Act No. 229 to grant Democrito O. Plaza a temporary permit to construct, establish, maintain and operate private fixed point-to-point, land-based, land-mobile, aeronautical and coastal radio stations in the Philippines, subject to Presidential and congressional oversight.

  • Grant temporary permit to Democrito O. Plaza for private fixed point-to-point and land-based/mobile radio stations
  • Presidential authority to permit location of such stations on public domain lands
  • Restriction on grantee's domestic telecom business without Congress assent
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REPUBLIC ACT No. 4476

An Act to Amend Republic Act Numbered Twenty-Three Hundred Twenty-Nine, Entitled "An Act Granting Democrito O. Plaza a Temporary Permit to Construct, Establish, Maintain and Operate Private Fixed Point-to-Point Stations for the Reception and Transmission of Radio Communications Within the Philippines

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

Section 1

Sections, one, two and four of Republic Act Numbered Twenty-three hundred twenty-nine are hereby amended to read as follows:

"Sec. 1. There is hereby granted to Democrito O. Plaza a temporary permit to construct, establish, maintain and operate in the Philippines, at such places as the grantee may select, subject to the approval of the Secretary of Public Works and Communications, private fixed point-to-point and land based and land mobile aeronautical and coastal radio stations, for the reception and transmission of wireless messages on radiotelegraphy or radiotelephony, each station to be provided with a radio transmitting apparatus and a radio receiving apparatus.

"Sec. 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 and land mobile aeronautical and coastal radio stations or any of them in lands of the public domain upon such terms as he may prescribe.

"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 private fixed point-to-point and land based and land mobile aeronautical and coastal radio stations at such places in the Philippines as the interest of the grantee and of his business may justify.

Section 2

This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

Approved: June 19, 1965.

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