Republic Act
Approved June 16, 1953

Republic Act No. 870

An act granting the basilan lumber company a temporary permit to establish, maintain and operate private fixed point-to-point radiotelephone stations for the transmission and reception of wireless messages to and from said stations

An Act Granting the Basilan Lumber Company a Temporary Permit to Establish, Maintain and Operate Private Fixed Point-to-Point Radiotelephone Stations for the Transmission and Reception of Wireless Messages to and from Said Stations

In plain language

This act grants the Basilan Lumber Company a temporary permit to operate radiotelephone stations in Basilan and other parts of the Philippines, subject to approval by the Secretary of Public Works and Communications, and outlines conditions and limitations for operation.

  • Grant of temporary permit to operate radiotelephone stations.
  • Presidential authority to permit construction on public land.
  • Permit validity until similar service is established with a one-and-a-half-year operation requirement.
  • Limitation to the company's business; no domestic telecommunication activity allowed.
  • Operation begins after frequency allotment by the Secretary of Public Works and Communications.
  • Non-interference with other radio stations required.
  • Indemnification of government against claims arising from station operations.
  • Subject to existing and future corporation laws.
  • Emergency presidential authority to close or repurpose stations.
  • Permit subject to amendment, alteration, or repeal by Congress.
  • Act effective upon approval.
Telecommunications
Licensing
Private Radiotelephone
Basilan
Philippines

[ REPUBLIC ACT NO. 870, June 16, 1953 ]

AN ACT TO EXTEND THE EFFECTIVITY OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED FIVE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-SEVEN, BY FURTHER AMENDING SECTION SEVEN THEREOF, ENTITLED "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE SIX OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED FOUR HUNDRED AND SIXTY-SIX, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE NATIONAL INTERNAL REVENUE CODE."

Be is enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled:

Section 1

Section seven of Republic Act Numbered Five hundred and sixty-seven, as amended by Republic Act Numbered Seven hundred and twenty-five, is further amended to read as follow:

"Section 7. This Act shall take effect upon its approval, but unless otherwise expressly extended by Congress, the increased taxes provided for in this Act shall continue in force and effect until December thirty-one, nineteen hundred and fifty-four.

Section 2

This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

Approved, June 16, 1953.

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