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Republic Act
Approved June 15, 1968

Republic Act No. 5273

An act granting feliciana e. alvarez a franchise to construct, maintain and operate an ice plant and cold storages, and to distribute and sell ice so manufactured and furnish cold storage service in the city of quezon

An Act Granting Feliciana E. Alvarez a Franchise to Construct, Maintain and Operate an Ice Plant and Cold Storages, and to Distribute and Sell Ice so Manufactured and Furnish Cold Storage Service in the City of Quezon

In plain language

This Act grants Feliciana E. Alvarez a 25‑year franchise to construct, operate, maintain an ice plant and cold storage facilities in Quezon City, authorizing the manufacture, distribution, and sale of ice and provision of cold storage services, subject to regulation by the Public Service Commission.

  • 25‑year franchise for ice plant and cold storage operations
  • Authority to manufacture, distribute, and sell ice
  • Requirement to commence manufacture within two years or franchise voids
  • Regulation by Public Service Commission
  • Subject to Commonwealth Act 146 on rates
  • Franchise effective upon approval
Franchise
Ice Plant
Cold Storage
Quezon City
Public Service Commission

REPUBLIC ACT No. 5273

An Act Granting Feliciana E. Alvarez a Franchise to Construct, Maintain and Operate an Ice Plant and Cold Storages, and to Distribute and Sell Ice so Manufactured and Furnish Cold Storage Service in the City of Quezon

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

Section 1

Subject to the conditions imposed by this Act, there is granted to Feliciana E. Alvarez, her successors or assigns, for a period of twenty-five years after the approval of this Act, the right, privilege and authority to construct, maintain and operate an ice plant and cold storages in the City of Quezon for the purpose of manufacturing ice and furnishing cold storage, and to sell and distribute the ice so manufactured and render cold storage service and facilities in the said city, and to collect a schedule of rates, prices and charges for the ice so manufactured, distributed and sold, and for the cold storage furnished which schedule of rates, prices and charges shall at all times be subject to regulation by the Public Service Commission.

Section 2

All the machinery, equipment and appurtenances to be used by the grantee shall be modern, safe and first class in every respect.

Section 3

If the grantee shall not commence the manufacture of ice within two years from the approval of this Act, unless prevented by an act of God, or by force majeure, martial law, riot, civil commotion, usurpation by a military power or any other cause beyond the grantee's control, this franchise shall become null and void.

Section 4

This franchise is granted subject to the provisions of Commonwealth Act Numbered One hundred forty-six, as amended, only with respect to the fixing or rates, and with the understanding and upon the condition that it shall be subject to amendment, alteration and/or repeal by the Congress of the Philippines when public interest so requires.

Section 5

In the event of any competing individual, association of persons, or corporation receiving from the Congress of the Philippines a similar franchise in which there shall be any term or terms more favorable than those herein granted or tending to place the herein grantee at any disadvantage, then such term or terms shall ipso facto become a part of the terms hereof and shall operate equally in favor of the grantee as in the case of said competing individual, association of persons or corporation.

Section 6

This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

Approved: June 15, 1968.

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