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LAWS & EXECUTIVE ISSUANCES(1900-2015)

TELECOMMUNICATION

ISBN: 978-621-8014-09-1

foreword

telecommunications provide the

indispensible channels through

which informa! on and knowledge can

be processed and disseminated more

swi" ly and more eff ec! vely to serve

the needs of peoples and communi! es.

Radical and swi" changes in telecommunica! ons challenge our

capabili! es to adapt to their mul! farious uses and harness the

powers they unleash for ini! a! ng and sustaining socio-economic and

poli! cal changes that we deem impera! ve for a$ aining progress and

development in the long term.

Laws, rules and regula! ons impac! ng on the kind and quality

of telecommunica! ons accessible to our people and made available to

those who hold stewardship over the governance of na! onal aff airs on

all fronts must not only be responsive to present and future needs for

na! onal growth and development but must, likewise, strengthen our

capabili! es to strategically adapt to and harness telecommunica! ons

advancements to address the public welfare and serve the na! onal

interest.

This compendium of Philippine laws and execu! ve issuances

on telecommunica! ons, part of the con! nuing legisla! ve publica! on

program ini! ated by the Offi ce of the Secretary General with our full

support, is intended to serve as reference materials for legislators

Republic of the Philippines

House of RepresentativesQuezon City, Metro Manila

and other prac oners in the fi eld of public policy to help them

discover more eff ec ve means of strengthening policy support and

regulatory mechanisms on educa on so as to ul mately render the

same an authen c resource channel for na onal development.

This publica on will also be helpful to students, researchers,

the general public and even those engaged in the arena of foreign

investments themselves as it can provide them a historical or

evolu onary perspec ve on Philippine laws and regula ons on the

subject.

Laws and execu ve issuances cra ed from the American

period to the Commonwealth era, the Japanese occupa on up to

the country’s independence from American rule to date covering the

period 1913 to 2015 are brought together in this compendium. The

reader will see laws that are denominated as Acts, Commonwealth

Acts, Presidential Decrees, Batas Pambansa and Republic Acts

indica ng their enactment in various eras of our legisla ve history,

as well as Execu ve Orders which exemplify presiden al issuances

and other execu ve regula ons implemen ng per nent laws.

This is the eight book in our series of topical compila ons of

laws produced by the Offi ce of the Secretary General, a most useful

and commendable program of legisla ve documenta on which

indisputably enriches the terrain of legisla ve policy-making in the

country.

I acknowledge and commend the strategic ini a ves and

persistent eff orts of the House Secretary General, Dr. Marilyn B.

Barua-Yap in the publica on of this compendium with the support

of the staff of the Legisla ve Informa on Resource Management

Department consis ng of the Legisla ve Library Service and the

Archives and Museum Management Service headed by Deputy

Secretary General Edgardo H. Pangilinan.

FELICIANO BELMONTE, JR.

Speaker

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LEGISLATIVE MEASURES

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PUBLIC LAWS PAGE

ACT NO. 461 5

AN ACT AMENDING ACT NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-FIVE, ENTITLED “AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE ORGANIZATION AND GOVERNMENT OF THE INSULAR CONSTABULARY, AND FOR THE INSPECTION OF THE MUNICIPAL POLICE,” SO AS TO PROVIDE FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF THE PRESENT TELEGRAPHIC SYSTEM IN THE ARCHIPELAGO, SO FAR AS MAY BE DESIRABLE AND PRACTICABLE.

ACT NO. 667 7

AN ACT PRESCRIBING THE METHOD OF APPLYING TO GOVERNMENTS OF MUNICIPALITIES, EXCEPT THE CITY OF MANILA, AND OF PROVINCES FOR FRANCHISES TO CONSTRUCT AND OPERATE STREET RAILWAY, ELECTRIC LIGHT AND POWER AND TELEPHONE LINES, THE CONDITIONS UPON WHICH THE SAME MAY BE GRANTED, CERTAIN POWERS OF THE GRANTEES OF SAID FRANCHISES AND OF GRANTEES OF SIMILAR FRANCHISES UNDER SPECIAL ACT OF THE COMMISSION, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

ACT NO. 910 14

AN ACT AMENDING ACT NUMBERED FOUR HUNDRED AND SIXTY-ONE BY CREATING THE OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF THE TELEGRAPHIC DIVISION OF THE PHILIPPINES CONSTABULARY.

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LAWS AND EXECUTIVE ISSUANCES ON EDUCATION

PUBLIC LAWS PAGE

ACT NO. 1022 15

AN ACT AMENDING SECTION TEN OF ACT NUMBERED SIX HUNDRED AND SIXTY-SEVEN, BY PROVIDING THAT A MORTGAGE ISSUED BY AN OWNER OF AN ELECTRIC STREET RAILWAY, ELECTRIC TELEPHONE LINE, OR AN ELECTRIC LIGHT OR POWER LINE CONSTRUCTED BY AUTHORITY OF A GENERAL OR SPECIAL ACT OF THE COMMISSION, UPON THE FRANCHISES, PLANT, EQUIPMENT, AND PROPERTY OWNED AND OPERATED IN CONNECTION WITH THE FRANCHISE THEREFOR, MAY BE RECORDED IN THE ENGLISH OR SPANISH LANGUAGE.

ACT NO. 1407 17

AN ACT ABOLISHING CERTAIN BUREAUS OF THE INSULAR GOVERNMENT, REDUCING’ THE NUMBER OF BUREAUS BY CONSOLIDATING CERTAIN BUREAUS : WITH OTHERS, PRESCRIBING THE DUTIES OF THE VARIOUS BUREAUS AND CERTAIN OFFICIALS THEREOF, FIXING THE SALARIES OF CHIEFS AND ASSISTANT CHIEFS OF BUREAUS AND CERTAIN OTHER OFFICIALS THEREOF, REORGANIZING THE DEPARTMENTS OF THE INTERIOR, COMMERCE AND POLICE, FINANCE AND JUSTICE, AND PUBLIC INSTRUCTION, ASSIGNING CERTAIN BUREAUS TO THE IMMEDIATE AND DIRECT EXECUTIVE CONTROL OF THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

ACT NO. 2185 22

AN ACT APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF WIRELESS TELEGRAPH STATIONS IN THAT PART OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS INHABITED BY MOROS OR OTHER NON-CHRISTIAN TRIBES, PROVIDED A LIKE AMOUNT SHALL BE APPROPRIATED BY THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES AND MADE AVAILABLE FOR USE IN CONNECTION WITH THE MONEY HEREIN APPROPRIATED.

ACT NO. 2191 24

AN ACT MAKING IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE THE SUM OF FIFTY-SEVEN THOUSAND PESOS OF THE AMOUNT APPROPRIATED BY ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-FIVE FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF WIRELESS TELEGRAPH STATIONS IN THAT PART OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS INHABITED BY MOROS OR OTHER NON-CHRISTIAN TRIBES.

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PUBLIC LAWS PAGE

ACT NO. 2274 25

AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF ONE THOUSAND PESOS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A TELEPHONE LINE FROM BONTOC TO CERVANTES IN THE MOUNTAIN PROVINCE.

ACT NO. 2407 26

AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS, HOSPITALS, AND DISPENSARIES, AND EXTENSION OF TELEGRAPH LINES AND WIRELESS STATIONS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF MINDANAO AND SULU FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FOURTEEN.

ACT NO. 3338 27

AN ACT IMPOSING AN ANNUAL REGISTRATION FEE ON RADIO RECEIVERS, CREATING A RADIO BROADCASTING FUND THEREFROM, PROVIDING FOR THE DISPOSITION AND APPLICATION OF SAID FUND, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

ACT NO. 3396 32

AN ACT TO MAKE THE INSTALLATION OF RADIO APPARATUS OBLIGATORY FOR SHIPS OF PHILIPPINE REGISTER, PROVIDE FOR THE OPERATION THEREOF, AND ESTABLISH PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS.

ACT NO. 3530 35

AN ACT TO CREATE AN ADDITIONAL POSITION OF UNDERSECRETARY OF COMMERCE AND COMMUNICATIONS AND TO APPROPRIATE THE NECESSARY FUNDS FOR THE PAYMENT OF HIS SALARY FOR THE MONTHS FROM AUGUST TO DECEMBER, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND TWENTY-NINE.

ACT NO. 3679 36

AN ACT APPROPRIATING SEVENTY THOUSAND PESOS FOR THE TEMPORARY ADMINISTRATION AND OPERATION BY THE BUREAU OF POSTS OF RADIO STATIONS AND RADIO OR TELEGRAPH SERVICE AT MANILA, CEBU, ILOILO, ZAMBOANGA, DAVAO, CAGAYAN DE MISAMIS, TACLOBAN, APARRI, AND LAOAG, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

ACT NO. 3689 38

AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE SECRETARY OF COMMERCE AND COMMUNICATIONS TO MAKE A SURVEY OF THE EXISTING

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ELECTRIC SERVICES WITH A VIEW TO PLACING THE SAME ON A BASIS OF ADEQUATE COORDINATION AND INSURING GREATER EFFICIENCY IN THE GOVERNMENT TELEGRAPH SERVICE, PLACING THE BUREAU OF POSTS TEMPORARILY IN CHARGE OF THE ADMINISTRATION, MAINTENANCE, AND OPERATION OF CERTAIN RADIO AND TELEGRAPH STATIONS, AND APPROPRIATING THE NECESSARY FUNDS FOR THIS PURPOSE.

ACT NO. 3846 41

AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE REGULATION OF RADIO STATIONS AND RADIO COMMUNICATIONS IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

ACT NO. 3871 47

AN ACT EMPOWERING THE SECRETARY OF COMMERCE AND COMMUNICATIONS TO WORK OUT A PLAN OF CONSOLIDATION OR ANY ALTERNATIVE ARRANGEMENT OF COORDINATION OF THE DOMESTIC ELECTRICAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS OR SERVICES, AND APPROPRIATING FORTY THOUSAND PESOS FOR EXPENSES IN CONNECTION THEREWITH AND TWO HUNDRED AND FORTY-FIVE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED AND FORTY PESOS FOR THE TEMPORARY OPERATION BY THE BUREAU OF POSTS OF ITS ELECTRICAL COMMUNICATIONS SERVICE.

ACT NO. 1851 50

AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE PROTECTION OF RIGHTS OF PROPERTY IN TELEGRAPHIC MESSAGES, AND TO PREVENT THE FORGING OR IMPROPER DISCLOSURE OF TELEGRAMS.

COMMONWEALTH ACTS

COMMONWEALTH ACT NO. 98 55

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES TO EFFECT URGENT REFORMS AND CHANGES IN RADIO BROADCASTING; TO NATIONALIZE OR ACQUIRE THE SAME, AND TO CREATE A RADIO BOARD.


AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES TO CONDUCT NEGOTIATIONS FOR THE ACQUISITION,

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MANAGEMENT AND OPERATION BY THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PHILIPPINES, OF THE MANILA ELECTRIC COMPANY, THE MANILA GAS CORPORATION, THE PHILIPPINE LONG DISTANCE TELEPHONE COMPANY, AND ANY OTHER PUBLIC UTILITY CONCERN WHOSE MANAGEMENT AND OPERATION BY THE GOVERNMENT ARE, IN HIS JUDGMENT, REQUIRED BY PUBLIC INTEREST.


AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION ONE OF ACT NUMBERED THIRTY-EIGHT HUNDRED AND FORTY-SIX ENTITLED “AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE REGULATION OF RADIO STATIONS AND RADIO COMMUNICATIONS IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES,” REQUIRING THE GRANT OF A FRANCHISE FROM THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT AND/OR OPERATION OF RADIO BROADCASTING STATIONS.


AN ACT APPROPRIATING FOUR MILLION SEVEN HUNDRED FIFTY-SIX THOUSAND AND SEVEN HUNDRED EIGHTY PESOS FOR THE RECONSTRUCTION, REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE OF RADIO STATIONS AND INSTALLATIONS, AND TELEGRAPH LINES AND STATIONS.


AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES TO GRANT TEMPORARY PERMITS TO CONSTRUCT, INSTALL, ESTABLISH AND OPERATE IN THE PHILIPPINES RADIO TRANSMITTING STATIONS, RADIO RECEIVING STATIONS FOR COMMERCIAL PURPOSES, TELEVISION OR RADIO BROADCASTING STATIONS.

REPUBLIC ACTS

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 129 65

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION FIFTEEN OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED FIVE HUNDRED AND TWENTY AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF SAN PABLO TO ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN A TELEPHONE SYSTEM.

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AN ACT APPROPRIATING TWO MILLION FOUR HUNDRED AND FORTY-FIVE THOUSAND PESOS FOR THE PURCHASE AND INSTALLATION OF AUTOMATIC TELEPHONE TO REPLACE THE PRESENT GOVERNMENT SECOND-HAND AND OBSOLETE MANUAL TELEPHONE SYSTEM, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.


AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE TRANSMISSION FREE OF CHARGE WITHIN THE PHILIPPINES OF MAIL MATTER AND TELEGRAMS OF THE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES


AN ACT TO DECLARE WAR SURPLUS EQUIPMENT, MATERIALS AND SUPPLIES ACQUIRED BY THE BUREAU OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS FROM THE UNITED STATES FOREIGN LIQUIDATION COMMISSION AND THE FORMER SURPLUS PROPERTY COMMISSION AS PERMANENTLY TRANSFERRED TO THAT BUREAU WITHOUT COSTS.


AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES TO NEGOTIATE AND CONTRACT WITH THE EXPORT AND IMPORT BANK OF TOKYO, JAPAN, OR WITH ANY OTHER FOREIGN FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS OR FOREIGN MANUFACTURING CORPORATIONS OR THEIR DULY AUTHORIZED AGENTS, IN THE NAME AND ON BEHALF OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, ONE OR SEVERAL LOANS, FOR THE PURPOSE OF FINANCING A NATIONWIDE TELECOMMUNICATIONS EXPANSION AND IMPROVEMENT PROJECT TO BE HANDLED BY THE BUREAU OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND TO GUARANTEE THE SAME FOR AND ON BEHALF OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.


AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE RECOGNITION AND USE OF ELECTRONIC COMMERCIAL AND NON-COMMERCIAL TRANSACTIONS, PENALTIES FOR UNLAWFUL USE THEREOF, AND OTHER PURPOSES

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AN ACT PROTECTING INDIVIDUAL PERSONAL INFORMATION IN INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS IN THE GOVERNMENT AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR, CREATING FOR THIS PURPOSE A NATIONAL PRIVACY COMMISSION, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES


AN ACT PROHIBITING AND PENALIZING UNAUTHORIZED INTERCEPTION, RECEPTION OR USE OF ANY SIGNAL OR SERVICE OVER A CABLE TELEVISION SYSTEM OR CABLE INTERNET SYSTEM AND/OR NETWORK, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

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PRESIDENTIAL DECREES PAGE

PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 36 137

CANCELLING FRANCHISES, PERMITS AND AUTHORIZATIONS GRANTED FOR THE OPERATION OF RADIO, TELEVISION AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES THAT HAVE REMAINED UNUSED BY THEIR HOLDERS AFTER A REASONABLE LENGTH OF TIME, THAT HAVE VIOLATED THE TERMS UNDER WHICH THEY WERE ISSUED; CREATING THE MASS MEDIA COUNCIL AND PRESCRIBING RULES AND REGULATIONS ON THE OPENING AND OPERATION OF MASS MEDIA.


PENALIZING UNAUTHORIZED AND ILLEGAL INSTALLATION/CONNECTIONS OF TELEPHONES

PRESIDENTIAL DECREE No. 59 142

AUTHORIZING THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES TO OBTAIN SUCH LOANS OR INCUR SUCH INDEBTEDNESS AS MAY BE NECESSARY TO FINANCE THE ACQUISITION OF COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT.


ESTABLISHING BASIC POLICIES FOR THE TELEPHONE INDUSTRY, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE THE PERTINENT PROVISIONS OF COMMONWEALTH ACT 146, AS AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE PUBLIC SERVICE ACT, THE FRANCHISE OF THE PHILIPPINE LONG DISTANCE TELEPHONE COMPANY UNDER ACT NO. 3436, AS AMENDED, AND ALL INCONSISTENT LEGISLATIVE AND MUNICIPAL FRANCHISES INCLUDING OTHER EXISTING LAWS.


PROVIDING FOR THE TRANSMISSION FREE OF CHARGE WITHIN THE PHILIPPINES OF MAIL MATTERS AND TELEGRAMS OF THE

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EXECUTIVE ISSUANCES


DEPARTMENT OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT


DIRECTING THAT TELEGRAPHIC TOLL FEES IN CONNECTION WITH THE TRANSMITTAL OF COMPLAINTS AND GRIEVANCES BY PRIVATE CITIZENS TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES, THE SECRETARY OF NATIONAL DEFENSE IN HIS CAPACITY AS CHAIRMAN OF THE SPECIAL CABINET COMMITTEE TO CHECK ON BACKSLIDING, AND ALL ACTION COMMITTEES OF SAID CABINET COMMITTEE AS WELL AS ALL PROVINCIAL GOVERNORS AND CITY MAYORS, BE LIMITED TO TEN CENTAVOS PER TELEGRAM.

PRESIDENTIAL DECREE No. 401-A 150

AMENDING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 401 ENTITLED “PENALIZING THE UNAUTHORIZED INSTALLATION OF WATER, ELECTRICAL OR TELEPHONE CONNECTIONS, THE USE OF TAMPERED WATER OR ELECTRICAL METERS, AND OTHER ACTS.

PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 576-A 152

REGULATING THE OWNERSHIP AND OPERATION OF RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

PRESIDENTIAL DECREE No. 1362 155

ALLOWING RADIO BROADCASTING AND TELEVISION STATIONS TO IMPORT RADIO OR TELEVISION EQUIPMENT, SPARE PARTS AND ALLIED TECHNICAL AND PROGRAM MATERIALS TO BE USED EXCLUSIVELY IN THEIR BROADCAST OPERATIONS SUBJECT TO CERTAIN CONDITIONS.


FACILITATING THE MERGER OR CONSOLIDATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES IN TELECOMMUNICATIONS.

PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1756-A 160

FACILITATING THE MERGER OR CONSOLIDATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES IN TELECOMMUNICATIONS.

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AMENDING CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 217 TO ACCELERATE THE IMPROVEMENT AND EXPANSION OF THE TELEPHONE INDUSTRY IN THE PHILIPPINES


CREATING THE MOVIE AND TELEVISION REVIEW AND CLASSIFICATION BOARD

EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 11 183

CREATING THE BOARD OF ADMINISTRATORS FOR BANAHAW BROADCASTING CORPORATION (BBC), RADIO PHILIPPINE NETWORK (RPN), AND INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING CORPORATION (IBC), TELEVISION AND RADIO STATIONS DEFINING ITS POWERS AND FUNCTIONS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.


CREATING A COMMITTEE ON THE PROPOSED PHILIPPINE PARTICIPATION IN GLOBAL SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM


REORGANIZING THE MINISTRY OF TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATIONS DEFINING ITS POWERS AND FUNCTIONS AND FOR OTHER PURPOSE

EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 125-A 206

AMENDING EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 125, ENTITLED “REORGANIZING THE MINISTRY OF TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATIONS, DEFINING ITS POWERS AND FUNCTIONS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES”


ESTABLISHING THE COUNCIL FOR INVESTMENTS IN TRADE, INDUSTRY, TOURISM, AGRICULTURE, NATURAL RESOURCES, TRANSPORTATION, COMMUNICATIONS AND SERVICES AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES


FURTHER AMENDING SECTION 5 OF PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 492, AS AMENDED

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VESTING THE JURISDICTION, CONTROL AND REGULATION

OVER THE PHILIPPINE COMMUNICATIONS SATELLITE

CORPORATION WITH THE NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS

COMMISSION.


REGULATING THE OPERATION OF CABLE ANTENNA

TELEVISION (CATV) SYSTEMS IN THE PHILIPPINES, AND FOR

OTHER PURPOSES


REQUIRING ALL RADIO STATIONS WITH MUSICAL FORMAT

PROGRAMS TO BROADCAST A MINIMUM OF FOUR ORIGINAL

PILIPINO MUSICAL COMPOSITIONS IN EVERY CLOCKHOUR

AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES


INSTITUTING THE “ADMINISTRATIVE CODE OF 1987”


ESTABLISHING THE NATIONAL COMPUTER CENTER


CREATING THE NATIONAL IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM

COMMITTEE.


CREATING A SPECIAL COMMITTEE TO DETERMINE THE TERMS

AND CONDITIONS FOR THE MERGER OF THE PHILIPPINE LONG

DISTANCE TELEPHONE COMPANY (PLDT) AND THE REPUBLIC

TELEPHONE COMPANY (RETELCO).


RESTRUCTURING THE TECHNOLOGY RESOURCE CENTER BY

INCREASING ITS CAPITALIZATION.


AMENDING EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 585 RECONSTITUTING

THE BOARD OF CENSORS FOR MOTION PICTURES, WHICH HAS

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BEEN RENAMED BOARD OF REVIEW FOR MOTION PICTURES

AND TELEVISION


ABOLISHING THE DATA PROCESSING CENTER OF THE BUREAU OF INTERNAL REVENUE

MATRIX: Grant, Transfer, Extension, Renewal and Mortgage 259

of Franchises and Permits for Telecommunication

Systems

APPENDIX List of Law Amendments 367

INDEX 373

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LEGISLATIVE MEASURES – PUBLIC ACTS

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LAWS AND EXECUTIVE ISSUANCES ON TELECOMMUNICATION

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PUBLIC ACTS

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ACT NO. 461

AN ACT AMENDING ACT NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED AND

SEVENTY-FIVE, ENTITLED "AN ACT PROVIDING FOR

THE ORGANIZATION AND GOVERNMENT OF THE

INSULAR CONSTABULARY, AND FOR THE INSPECTION

OF THE MUNICIPAL POLICE," SO AS TO PROVIDE FOR

THE MAINTENANCE OF THE PRESENT TELEGRAPHIC

SYSTEM IN THE ARCHIPELAGO, SO FAR AS MAY BE

DESIRABLE AND PRACTICABLE.

By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine

Commission, that:

SECTION 1. The Chief of the Philippines Constabulary

is hereby authorized and directed to take charge of all telegraph

or telephone lines heretofore operated by the Signal Corps of the

United States Army, Division of the Philippines, which have been

abandoned by that Corps or which may hereafter be abandoned or

turned over to him by it, so far as in his judgment it may be in

the public interest to do so, and as may be feasible and practicable.

He is authorized to change telegraph lines into telephone lines or

vice versa whenever it is desirable in the interest of economy so

to do. He is also authorized and directed to receive and receipt for

all telegraph and telephone lines or other telegraph or telephone

property, which may be turned over to him by the Signal Corps.

SEC. 2. In order effectually to operate and maintain these

telegraphs or telephone lines, he is authorized to employ the

necessary number of experienced telegraph operators, and to

appoint them inspectors of Constabulary, and to assign them to

duty in the telegraphic division of the Philippines Constabulary,

which is hereby created. It shall be within his discretion to appoint

them, first, second, third, or fourth class inspectors and sub

inspectors, and to promote them from one class to another, as he

may deem best in the public interests. He is also empowered to

enlist, as privates, corporals, or sergeants, telegraph and telephone

operators, to be employed as telegraph or telephone operators, or in

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any other capacity connected with the operation and maintenance

of telegraph and telephone lines, and to fix their compensation

subject to the approval of the Secretary of Commerce and Police.

He is also authorized to use such of the Philippines Constabulary

as are available and as he may deem necessary and desirable in the

construction, repair, and maintenance of telegraph and telephone

lines. He is further authorized to transmit messages over either the

telegraph or telephone lines under his control for private persons or

corporations, charging reasonable compensation thereof, and shall

make and publish a tariff of charges for such service to be approved

by the Secretary of Commerce and Police, and the money received

therefor shall be accounted for by him and covered into the Insular

Treasury as other public funds are accounted for and covered into

the Treasury. He is hereby directed to make a separate quarterly

report, through the Secretary of Commerce and Police, to the

Commission, showing the number of inspectors and enlisted men in

the division of telegraphs, and the probable increase for the ensuing

quarter, the amount received by him from the general public as tolls

for messages transmitted, and such other information as may be

deemed of interest.

SEC. 3. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of

this bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance

with section two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the

Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-

sixth, nineteen hundred.

SEC. 4. This Act shall take effect on its passage.

Enacted, September 15, 1902.

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ACT NO. 667

AN ACT PRESCRIBING THE METHOD OF APPLYING TO

GOVERNMENTS OF MUNICIPALITIES, EXCEPT THE

CITY OF MANILA, AND OF PROVINCES FOR FRANCHISES

TO CONSTRUCT AND OPERATE STREET RAILWAY,

ELECTRIC LIGHT AND POWER AND TELEPHONE LINES,

THE CONDITIONS UPON WHICH THE SAME MAY BE

GRANTED, CERTAIN POWERS OF THE GRANTEES OF

SAID FRANCHISES AND OF GRANTEES OF SIMILAR

FRANCHISES UNDER SPECIAL ACT OF THE COMMISSION,

AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.


Commission, that:

SECTION 1. Whenever any person or corporation authorized

to do such business in the Philippine Islands shall desire a franchise

to construct and maintain an electric street railway, a telephone

plant and line, or an electric light or power plant and line, he shall file

a formal application with the council of the municipality in which or

through which he desires to construct and maintain his line, stating

the general route of his proposed line, whether on public streets, or

roads, or on private property, the approximate length of the line,

the time within which he will begin its construction, the time within

which he will complete it, the character of the materials which he

expects to use, and the rates per passenger on the electric street

railway line, and per kilo of freight, if he intends to carry freight

thereon, the rate per month for the use of telephones, and the rate

per month for electric light, by lamp of specified standard candle-

power, and by amount of electricity consumed where a meter is used;

it shall also state the rate per centum of the gross receipts which he

is willing to pay into the provincial treasury for the franchise.

SEC. 2. The municipal council is authorized to accept the

proposition of the petitioner upon certain fixed conditions, as follows,

to wit:

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First. That the franchise shall not exceed thirty-five years in

duration and shall not be exclusive.

Second. That not less than one-half of one per centum of the

gross earnings shall be paid into the provincial treasury.

Third. That the rates to be charged shall always be subject

to regulation by Act of the Philippine Commission or the legislative

body of the Islands.

Fourth. That failure to construct, within the time limited

shall be ground for forfeiture at the option of the municipalities

and provinces through which the lines run, with the approval of the

Civil Governor.

Fifth. That in case of the construction of an electric railway

the person or company receiving the franchise shall be under

continuing obligation to keep the highway in repair between rails

and eighteen inches on each side of the track.

Sixth. That in electric light or power franchises there shall

always be a term requiring the placing of poles, the insulation of

wires, and their stringing on poles, in such a manner as to afford

every reasonable precaution against injury to the public or danger

of fire, and to cause no unnecessary injury or inconvenience to

private owners. The grantee of the franchise, in the maintenance

and operation of the line, shall be constantly subject to reasonable

regulations for this purpose by the municipal council and the

provincial board.

Seventh. That no franchise shall become operative until

the same shall have been approved, first by the municipal council,

secondly by the provincial board, and finally by the Civil Governor.

Eighth. That failure to build and maintain any part of the

lines granted, without the consent of the municipal council and the

provincial board, shall, if approved by the Civil Governor, constitute

a ground for forfeiture, at the option of the municipality.

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Ninth. That no franchise shall be granted until after the

applicant shall have deposited, in cash or in negotiable bonds of

the United States or other securities to be approved by the Civil

Governor, in the Insular Treasury, a sum not less than ten per

cent of five thousand dollars in case of telephone or electric light

or power lines, and not less than ten per cent of fifteen thousand

dollars in case of electric street railways, as an earnest of the good

faith of the application. Within six months after the franchise shall

be granted the ninety per cent of the sums above stated shall be

deposited, and the whole deposit thus made shall be retained in

the Insular Treasury as security for the completion of the work to

be done by the applicant within the time specified in the franchise.

The amount of the deposit, either as an earnest of the good faith of

the application or as security for the completion of the work, may

be increased by the municipal council, the provincial board, or the

Civil Governor over and above the sums in this section mentioned.

In case the ninety per cent of the whole deposit is not made within

six months after the Franchise is granted, the ten per cent already

deposited shall be forfeited to the provinces in which the road was

to be constructed. In case, after the deposit of the ninety per cent of

the sum or sums above mentioned, the work to be done under the

franchise is not begun within the time specified or is not completed

within the time specified in the franchise, the whole deposit may

be forfeited, at the option of the municipality, provincial board, and

the Civil Governor, to the province as liquidated damages for the

breach of the contract involved in the acceptance of the franchise:

Provided, however, That provision may be made in the Franchise by

which, after work shall be begun, the money or funds deposited may

be delivered to the grantee of the franchise as the work progresses,

monthly or quarterly, in the proportion which the work done bears

to the work to be done.

Tenth. That no franchise shall be operative for any purpose

until the same shall he accepted in writing by the grantee thereof

and the acceptance filed in the office of the Secretary of Commerce

and Police. But this provision shall not be used as a defense by the

grantee where he has begun to exercise the privileges conferred by

the franchise and has incurred liability by forfeiture or otherwise to

the municipality or province.

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SEC. 3. In addition to the conditions above required as part

of every granting of a franchise, the municipality or the provincial

board may stipulate for such additional conditions, in favor of the

public, as may seem to it wise.

SEC. 4. In cases where, in the opinion of the Civil Governor,

such a course would result in benefit to the public, he may require

that the letting of a franchise in any municipality or province shall

be put up for public bid, after due advertisement to be prescribed by

him; but in cases where, in his judgment, there is likely to be but

one bidder, and no benefit would accrue to the public by requiring

the expense and delay of advertising, he is authorized to dispense

with the same upon petition from the municipality and provincial

board.

SEC. 5. Every Franchise granted hereunder shall contain a

provision that it is granted subject to the power of Congress to alter,

modify, or repeal the same in accordance with the Act of Congress

entitled "An Act temporarily to provide for the administration of the

affairs of civil government in the Philippine Islands, and for other

purposes," approved July first, nineteen hundred and two.

SEC. 6. There shall be no power on the part of the municipal

council or the provincial board in the granting of franchises to

contract for the exemption from taxation of the property of the

grantee of the franchise; such exemption can only be granted by

special Act of the Commission.

SEC. 7. The books of the person or corporation maintaining

and operating a line of street railway, telephone, or electric light or

power plant under this law, shall always be open to the inspection

of the provincial treasurer or a deputy designated by him for the

purpose, and it shall be the duty of the grantee of the franchise

operating under the same, to submit to the provincial treasurer

quarterly reports showing the gross receipts and the net receipts

for the quarter past and the general condition of the business. The

percentage of gross receipts, which by the terms of the franchise

are to be paid by the grantee thereof, shall he paid in quarterly

installments, and shall be paid to the provincial treasurer for deposit

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in the provincial treasury. One-half thereof shall be retained for

provincial purposes, and the other half shall be distributed to the

municipalities in which the line of railway, telephone line, or electric

light or power line is constructed; and where the line runs through

more than one municipality, the one-half of the receipts shall be

distributed between the two or more municipalities in proportion to

the mileage of the line in each.

SEC. 8. The quarterly reports of the grantee of the franchise,

required in the preceding section, shall be in duplicate, and the

provincial treasurer shall forward one of them to the Insular Auditor,

who shall keep the same on file.

SEC. 9. Franchises may be granted for the operation of an

electric street railway line, electric light or power line, or electric

telephone line, in two or more provinces; but in such cases the

grant shall be made not only by the municipalities through which

the line runs, but also by the action on the provincial boards of the

provinces in which the proposed lines are to be, and in such cases the

distribution of the percentage of gross receipts for the franchise shall

be between the provinces in proportion to the mileage therein.

SEC. 10. The owner of an electric street railway, electric

telephone line, or an electric light or power line constructed under

this law, or by authority of a special Act of the Commission, shall have

the power to issue a mortgage upon the franchise, plant, equipment,

and property owned and operated in connection with the franchise,

which shall constitute a first lien on the entire property, movable

and immovable, then in possession of or subsequently acquired by

the owner of the franchise and used by him in operation under the

franchise. Such mortgage shall not prevent the sale of movable or

personal property of the owner when the same shall have ceased

to be useful for the maintenance and operation of the line free

from the lien, but the lien shall attach to all property purchased

and substituted in the proper equipment of the line. In order that

the mortgage shall constitute a prior lien as against purchasers of

immovables, the mortgage having been duly executed in accordance

with law, shall be filed with the registrar or registrars of land in the

province or provinces in which the line is. When the mortgage is

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foreclosed and the property sold thereunder in accordance with its

terms, as a whole, the sale shall include the franchise, which may

pass by assignment to the assignee and be enjoyed by him, if he is

otherwise competent to do such business in the Philippine Islands,

in accordance with its terms. The mortgage may be issued to secure

one loan or to secure a number of negotiable bonds, the owners of

which shall be represented by one or more trustees, who shall be the

grantee or grantees of the mortgage.

SEC. 11. The franchise, when granted, shall be spread upon the

minutes of the municipal council, upon the minutes of the provincial

board, and a copy of the same, certified by the provincial secretary,

shall be forwarded to the Secretary of Commerce and Police, by him

to be filed in the records of the Executive Bureau.

SEC. 12. Neither the provincial board nor the council of any

municipality shall have power to confer the right to use water power

derived from any of the streams in such province or municipality

in connection with the franchise, the granting of which is herein

provided for. Water-power rights are hereby declared to be grantable

only by and in accordance with Acts of the Commission.

SEC. 13. The grantee of a franchise for an electric street

railway, electric light or power or telephone line, granted hereunder,

or under any special Act of the Commission, shall have the power of

condemning private property reasonably needed for the construction

of its line, to be exercised by a special proceeding begun in the proper

Court of First Instance, with such auxiliary proceedings as may be

necessary in the Court of Land Registration according to law; but

such power of eminent domain shall only be exercised after approval

by the Civil Governor, to be given before the judicial proceedings are

begun.

SEC. 14. Nothing herein contained, except the language of

sections ten and thirteen, shall have application to electric street

railways, electric light or power or telephone lines, or to the grantees

of franchise for the same, in the city of Manila.

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SEC. 15. Nothing herein contained shall prevent the

Commission from granting a special franchise to erect and maintain

an electric street railway, or electric light or power or telephone line

when, in the opinion of the Commission, the franchise applied for

shall involve the construction of a line so long and important as to

justify the exercise of insular authority in granting the franchise

without requiring action by municipal and provincial governments

to give it legality and force.


Enacted, March 6, 1903.

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ACT NO. 910

AN ACT AMENDING ACT NUMBERED FOUR HUNDRED

AND SIXTY-ONE BY CREATING THE OFFICE OF

SUPERINTENDENT OF THE TELEGRAPHIC DIVISION

OF THE PHILIPPINES CONSTABULARY.


Commission, that:

SECTION 1. The office of Superintendent of the Telegraphic

Division of the Philippines Constabulary is hereby created, the

incumbent of which shall be paid an annual salary of two thousand

five hundred dollars, payable monthly. He shall, under the

supervision and direction of the Chief of Constabulary, have charge

of the Telegraphic Division of the Philippines Constabulary, as

provided in Act Numbered Four hundred and sixty-one, entitled "An

Act amending Act Numbered One hundred and seventy-five, entitled

'An Act providing for the organization and government of an Insular

Constabulary, and for the inspection of the municipal police,' so as

to provide for the maintenance of the present telegraphic system

in the Archipelago, so far as may be desirable and practicable,"

and shall perform all the duties pertaining to that office which by

said Act are imposed upon the Chief of Constabulary. He shall be

appointed by the Civil Governor with the advice and consent of the

Philippine Commission.







Enacted, September 29, 1903.

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ACT NO. 1022

AN ACT AMENDING SECTION TEN OF ACT NUMBERED SIX

HUNDRED AND SIXTY-SEVEN, BY PROVIDING THAT A

MORTGAGE ISSUED BY AN OWNER OF AN ELECTRIC

STREET RAILWAY, ELECTRIC TELEPHONE LINE, OR

AN ELECTRIC LIGHT OR POWER LINE CONSTRUCTED

BY AUTHORITY OF A GENERAL OR SPECIAL ACT OF

THE COMMISSION, UPON THE FRANCHISES, PLANT,

EQUIPMENT, AND PROPERTY OWNED AND OPERATED

IN CONNECTION WITH THE FRANCHISE THEREFOR,

MAY BE RECORDED IN THE ENGLISH OR SPANISH

LANGUAGE.


Commission, that:

SECTION 1. Section ten of Act Numbered Six hundred and

sixty-seven, entitled "An Act prescribing the method of applying

to governments of municipalities, except the city of Manila, and to

provinces for franchises to construct and operate street railway,

electric light and power and telephone lines, the conditions upon

which the same may be granted, certain powers of the grantees of

said franchises and of grantees of similar franchises under special

Act of the Commission, and for other purposes," is hereby amended

by substituting in lieu thereof the following:

"SEC. 10. The owner of an electric street railway, electric

telephone line, or an electric light or power line constructed under

this law, or by authority of a special Act of the Commission, shall have

the power to issue a mortgage upon the franchise, plant, equipment,

and property owned and operated in connection with the franchise

which shall constitute a first lien on the entire property, movable

and immovable, then in possession of or subsequently acquired by

the owner of the franchise and used by him in operation under the

franchise. Such mortgage shall not prevent the sale of movables or

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personal property of the owner when the same shall have ceased

to be useful for the maintenance and operation of the line free

from the lien, but the lien shall attach to all property purchased

and substituted in the proper equipment of the line. In order that

the mortgage shall constitute a prior lien as against purchases of

immovables, the mortgage having been duly executed in accordance

with law shall be filed with the registrar or registrars of land in

the province or provinces in which the line is: Provided, That the

mortgage may be duly filed as herein directed in the Spanish or

English language as it may have been executed in either language,

but unless the original is accompanied by a reasonably correct

translation, it shall be the duty of the registrar to procure the making

of such a translation and to charge and collect a reasonable amount,

from the person filing the mortgage to pay for such a translation at

the time of filling the original instrument, and to file the translation

with the original, the language of the latter in case of doubt to control.

When the mortgage is foreclosed and the property sold thereunder

in accordance with its terms, as a whole, the sale shall include the

franchise, which may pass by assignment to the assigned and be

enjoyed by him, if he is otherwise competent to do such business in

the Philippine Islands, in accordance with its terms. The mortgage

may be issued to secure one loan or to secure a number of negotiable

bonds, the owners of which shall be represented by one or more

trustees, who shall be the grantee or grantees of the mortgage."







Enacted, December 7, 1903.

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ACT NO. 1407

AN ACT ABOLISHING CERTAIN BUREAUS OF THE INSULAR

GOVERNMENT, REDUCING' THE NUMBER OF BUREAUS

BY CONSOLIDATING CERTAIN BUREAUS : WITH

OTHERS, PRESCRIBING THE DUTIES OF THE VARIOUS

BUREAUS AND CERTAIN OFFICIALS THEREOF, FIXING

THE SALARIES OF CHIEFS AND ASSISTANT CHIEFS OF

BUREAUS AND CERTAIN OTHER OFFICIALS THEREOF,

REORGANIZING THE DEPARTMENTS OF THE INTERIOR,

COMMERCE AND POLICE, FINANCE AND JUSTICE, AND

PUBLIC INSTRUCTION, ASSIGNING CERTAIN BUREAUS

TO THE IMMEDIATE AND DIRECT EXECUTIVE CONTROL

OF THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL, AND FOR OTHER

PURPOSES.


Commission, that:

SECTION 1. The short title of this Act shall be "The

Reorganization Act."

SEC. 2. The Bureaus of the Insular Government shall consist

of the Executive Bureau, Bureau of Civil Service, Bureau of Health,

Bureau of Lands, Bureau of Science, Bureau of Agriculture, Bureau

of Forestry, Bureau of Quarantine Service, Weather Bureau, Bureau

of Constabulary, Bureau of Public Works, Bureau of Navigation,

Bureau of Posts, Bureau of Port Works, Bureau of Coast and

Geodetic Survey, Bureau of Justice, Bureau of Audits, Bureau of

Customs, Bureau of Internal Revenue, Bureau of the Treasury,

Bureau of Education, Bureau of Supply, Bureau of Prisons, Bureau

of Printing and Bureau of Cold Storage.

X X X X X X X X X

SEC. 12. (a) The Bureau of Constabulary shall have one chief

and such assistant chiefs as may be allowed by the appropriation Acts.

The chief and assistant chiefs shall be appointed by the Governor-

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General, by and with the consent of the Philippine Commission.

The Chief of Constabulary shall be known as the Director of

Constabulary, and the assistant chiefs as Assistant Directors of

Constabulary. One of the Assistant Directors shall be the Chief

Supply Officer of Constabulary. The Director of Constabulary and

the Assistant Directors of Constabulary shall respectively perform

the duties now imposed by laws in force upon the chief and assistant

chiefs of Constabulary and such other duties as may be required of

them by this Act.

X X X X X X X X X

SEC. 15. (a) The Bureau of Posts shall have one chief, one

assistant chief, and two superintendents of division, who shall be

known, respectively as the Director of Posts, Assistant Director

of Posts, Superintendent of Postal Division, Bureau of Posts, and

Superintendent Telegraph Division, Bureau of Posts, each of whom

shall be appointed by the Governor-General, by and with the consent

of the Philippine Commission. The salary of the Director of Posts shall

be twelve thousand pesos per annum, that of the Assistant Director

of Posts, seven thousand five hundred pesos per annum, that of the

Superintendent Postal Division, Bureau of Posts, six thousand five

hundred pesos per annum, and that of the Superintendent Telegraph

Division, Bureau of Posts, six thousand pesos per annum: Provided,

however, That if the present superintendent of the telegraph division

of the Constabulary be appointed to the office last named, he shall

receive the compensation provided by the terms of his special

contract with the Insular Government.

(b) The Bureau of Posts shall have exclusive jurisdiction

and control of all mail and postal business within the maritime

jurisdiction of the Philippine Islands, and of all telegraph and

telephone lines and service transferred to it by section twelve of

this Act, and of all other telegraph or telephone lines and service

that may hereafter come under the jurisdiction or control of the

Government of the Philippine Islands.

(c) It shall be the duty of the Director of Posts, subject to the

executive control of the Secretary of Commerce and Police:

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1. To establish and to discontinue post-offices and telegraph

and telephone offices;

2. To instruct all persons in the postal, telegraph, and

telephone service with reference to their duties;

3. To decide on the forms of all official papers except as to

accounts;

4. To control, according to law and subject to settlement of the

Insular Auditor, all expenses incident to the service of the Bureau

of Posts;

5. To prescribe regulations not inconsistent with law for the

government of his Bureau, the conduct of its officers, clerks, and

employees, the distribution and performance of its business, and the

custody, use, and preservation of the records, papers, and property

pertaining to it;

6. To superintend generally the business of the Bureau of

Posts, and to execute all laws relative to the postal service within,

the maritime jurisdiction of the Philippine Islands, and relative to

all telegraph and telephone service under the jurisdiction or control

of the Government of the Philippine Islands;

7. To keep the seal adopted for his Bureau, which shall be

affixed to all appointments of postmasters and others, and used to

authenticate all transcripts and copies which may be required from

his Bureau; and

8. To perform such other duties as are now, or may hereafter

be, required by law or executive order.

(d) It shall be the duty of the Assistant Director of Posts to

exercise general supervision of such business of the Bureau of Posts,

in the name of himself or the Director of Posts, as the latter may

direct, and to perform such other duties as the Director of Posts shall

require, and he shall also in case of the death, resignation, absence,

or sickness of the Director of Posts, unless otherwise directed by

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the Secretary of Commerce and Police, perform the duties of the

Director of Posts until a successor is appointed, or such absence or

sickness shall cease.

(e) The duties of the Superintendent Postal Division, Bureau

of Posts, shall be such as the Director of Posts may require, and

he shall also in case of the death, resignation, absence, or sickness

of both the Director of Posts and the Assistant Director of Posts,

unless otherwise directed by the Secretary of Commerce and Police,

perform the duties of the Director of Posts until a successor is

appointed, or such absence or sickness shall cease.

(f) The Superintendent Telegraph Division, Bureau of Posts,

shall perform such duties as the Director of Posts may require.

(g) Act Numbered One hundred and seventy-nine is hereby

repealed, and hereafter all postal, telegraph, or telephone service

of every nature and kind rendered by the Bureau of Posts to

Departments, Bureaus, officials, clerks, or employees of the Insular,

provincial, or municipal governments in their official capacity, shall

be paid for at the regular rates established for similar services to

private persons, out of funds duly appropriated for the purpose.

The provisions of this paragraph shall be effective on and after

January first, nineteen hundred and six.

X X X X X X X X X

SEC. 41. All Acts or parts of Acts in conflict or inconsistent

with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed.






SEC. 43. This Act shall take effect on November first,, nineteen

hundred and five: Provided, That chiefs of Bureaus and Offices are

authorized to continue officers and employees in service under the

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provisions of appropriation Acts as extended by Act Numbered

Thirteen hundred and fifty-eight, pending the enactment of the

appropriation Acts for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and six.

Enacted, October 26, 1905.

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ACT NO. 2185

AN ACT APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION

OF WIRELESS TELEGRAPH STATIONS IN THAT PART

OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS INHABITED BY MOROS

OR OTHER NON-CHRISTIAN TRIBES, PROVIDED A LIKE

AMOUNT SHALL BE APPROPRIATED BY THE CONGRESS

OF THE UNITED STATES AND MADE AVAILABLE FOR

USE IN CONNECTION WITH THE MONEY HEREIN

APPROPRIATED.


Commission, that:

SECTION 1. There is hereby appropriated out of any money in

the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of one hundred and

forty-five thousand five hundred pesos for the construction of wireless

telegraph stations in that part the Philippine Islands inhabited by

Moros or other non-Christian tribes for the administrative purposes

of the Government of the Philippine Islands and of the Army and

Navy of the United States; for the transmission of the observations

necessary to warn her conditions and for the dissemination of such

forecast to the Navy, merchant marine, and exposed communities:

for the requirements of the commercial and business interests of

the people of the Philippine Islands in time of peace; and for the

necessities of the Army and Navy in time of riot, insurrection, or

war, or when the same are threatened or imminent: Provided, That

no part of the moneys herein appropriated shall be expended until

a like amount has been appropriated by the Congress of the United

States and made available for use in connection with the money

herein appropriated : Provided further, That in time of peace the

wireless telegraph system herein authorized shall be maintained

by and be under the exclusive control of the Government of the

Philippine Islands, subject to such rules and regulations as may be

prescribed by the President of the United States; and that in time

of riot, insurrection, or war, or when the same are threatened or

imminent, the system, or such parts thereof as may be required,

may be taken possession of by the Army or Navy of the United

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States and operated or controlled as the exigency of the situation

may demand.

SEC. 2. The money hereby appropriated shall be expended for

the purposes herein authorized, by the Secretary of Commerce and

Police, or by a board appointed by the President of the United States

of which the said Secretary of Commerce and Police is a member and

the executive officer, under such rules, regulations, and procedure

as shall be established by Congress or by the President of the United

States.


Enacted, June 17, 1912.

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ACT NO. 2191

AN ACT MAKING IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE THE SUM OF

FIFTY-SEVEN THOUSAND PESOS OF THE AMOUNT

APPROPRIATED BY ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-ONE

HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-FIVE FOR THE CONSTRUCTION

OF WIRELESS TELEGRAPH STATIONS IN THAT PART OF

THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS INHABITED BY MOROS OR

OTHER NON-CHRISTIAN TRIBES.


Commission, that;

SECTION 1. Of the money appropriated by Act Numbered

Twenty-one hundred and eighty-five, entitled "An Act appropriating

funds for the construction of wireless telegraph stations in that part

of the Philippine Islands inhabited by Moros or other non-Christian

tribes, provided a like amount shall be appropriated by the Congress

of the United States and made available for use in connection with

the money herein appropriated," the sum of fifty-seven thousand

pesos is hereby made immediately available for expenditure by the

Secretary of Commerce and Police for the purposes of said Act.


Enacted, October 8, 1912.

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ACT NO. 2274

AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF ONE THOUSAND

PESOS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A TELEPHONE

LINE FROM BONTOC TO CERVANTES IN THE MOUNTAIN

PROVINCE.


Commission, that:

SECTION 1. There is hereby appropriated, out of any funds

in the Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of

one thousand pesos to be expended by the Mountain Province for

the construction of a telephone line from Bontoc to Cervantes and

intermediate points.


Enacted, March 7, 1913.

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ACT NO. 2407

AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS,

HOSPITALS, AND DISPENSARIES, AND EXTENSION

OF TELEGRAPH LINES AND WIRELESS STATIONS IN

THE DEPARTMENT OF MINDANAO AND SULU FOR

THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST,

NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FOURTEEN.

By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the

Philippine Commission, that:

SECTION 1. The following sums, or so much thereof as may

be necessary, are hereby appropriated, out of any funds in the

Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated, as Insular aid to

the Department of Mindanao and Sulu for the fiscal year ending

December thirty-first, nineteen hundred and fourteen:

(a) For primary industrial and agricultural

schools, and the establishment and

maintenance of public dispensaries

and hospitals in the Department of

Mindanao and Sulu, to be disbursed

by the legislative council of said

department or its successor ................................... P 65,000.00

(b) For extension and maintenance of the Insular

telegraph lines or wireless stations to establish

communication with Butuan, provincial capital

of Agusan, to be expended by the Director

of Posts under the supervision of the Secretary

of Commerce and Police .............................................35,000.00 __________

Total appropriations by this Act ...................................100, 000.00


Enacted, July 14, 1914.

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ACT NO. 3338

AN ACT IMPOSING AN ANNUAL REGISTRATION FEE ON

RADIO RECEIVERS, CREATING A RADIO BROADCASTING

FUND THEREFROM, PROVIDING FOR THE DISPOSITION

AND APPLICATION OF SAID FUND, AND FOR OTHER

PURPOSES.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the

Philippines in Legislative assembled and by the authority of

the same:

SECTION 1. Words and phrases defi ned. – The following

phrases shall be used and taken in the sense given below in

interpreting this Act.

"Radio receiving set" means any device, apparatus, contrivance

or combination of parts used, designed to be used, or capable when

properly adjusted or repaired of being used for the reception of radio-

telegraphic or radio-telephonic signals, sounds or impulses.

"Radio broadcasting station" means any radio transmitter

specially adapted to or operated for the transmission of signals,

messages, entertainment, or other communications for their

reception by any or all radio receiving sets within range.

"Person" means a natural person, a corporation, or any other

entity, except as the context may clearly require otherwise.

SEC. 2. Annual registration. – Every person having in his

possession or control a radio receiving set shall register same

annually with the Collector of Internal Revenue or his deputies.

Initial registration shall be effected within sixty days after the

taking effect of this Act, and thereafter registration shall be effected

within thirty days after coming into possession or control of a radio

receiving set subject to registration as aforesaid. Registration shall

run for one year, whereupon same shall be renewed.

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Registration shall be effected by stating the name of the

owner and his address in such form and with such other details as

the Collector of Internal Revenue may prescribe, and by paying the

registration fee hereinafter prescribed: Provided, That the collection

of the registration fees provided for in this Act shall not commence

until after the Radio Broadcasting Committee hereby created has

certified that a radio broadcasting station of sufficient power to

serve all points of the Archipelago has been established.

SEC. 3. Out of service. – Any owner of a radio receiving set

which is in storage, undergoing repairs, or out of service for any

other reason, may also be exempted from payment of the registration

fee for the period during which the said radio receiving set is out of

service, but no refund or reimbursement of registration fee or part

thereof shall be made to any owner on account of a radio receiving

set which is taken out of service subsequently to the payment of said

fee. The owner desiring exemption under this section shall make

affidavit covering the state of his radio receiving set and the time

that it has been out of service in such form as may be acceptable to

the Collector of Internal Revenue.

SEC. 4. Change in ownership. – Whenever any radio receiving

set is sold, or any change in the ownership or control thereof takes

place, it is hereby made the duty of the former owner thereof to

notify the nearest internal revenue office within seven days from

the date of the change of ownership, in writing, of such change,

giving the name and address of the new owner and the details of

former registration of the set. This notice shall be accompanied by a

fee of twenty centavos.

SEC. 5. The radio industry. – Persons engaged in the

manufacture or assembly of or dealers in radio apparatus may be

exempted from payment of the registration fee herein-after required

in respect to radio receiving sets kept for sale, upon registering

themselves as such with the Collector of Internal Revenue

and making such periodic reports of stocks and sales as he may

require.

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SEC. 6. Registration fee. – There shall be paid and collected

in respect to every radio receiving set in the Philippine Islands an

annual registration fee in accordance with the following scale: two

pesos for crystal receivers and ten pesos for sets using a vacuum

tube or tubes, whether for amplification or for detection. This

registration fee shall be payable quarterly in advance, during the

first twenty days of each quarter, and any such fee which is not paid

within said twenty days shall be increased by a surcharge of twenty

per centum, such surcharge to be part of the fee. The registration

fees provided for in this Act shall not be collected whenever the

Radio Broadcasting Committee created by this Act shall certify to

the Secretary of Finance that there is a person or persons or entities

that have established radio broadcasting stations of sufficient

power to render effective service at all points of the Archipelago

and have given the necessary guaranties to fulfill gratuitously and

permanently the requirements of subsection (b) of section twelve of

this Act.

SEC. 7. Exemption of sets for offi cial use. – Radio receiving sets

installed and operated for official use by the Insular Government or

any political subdivision thereof or by the Army and Navy of the

United States shall be exempt from the registration fees imposed by

section six of this Act.

SEC. 8. Application of Internal Revenue Laws. – All special

or general administrative provisions of law relative to assessment,

remission, collection, and reimbursement of internal-revenue taxes,

and consistent with the provisions of this Act, are made extensive

and applicable to the fees herein imposed.

SEC. 9. Radio broadcasting fund. – All the collections made

under this Act, shall be deposited in the Insular Treasury. Twenty

per cent thereof shall accrue to the general fund, and the remaining

eighty per cent shall be set aside and shall constitute a special fund

to be known as the "Radio Broadcasting Fund," which shall be used

as hereinafter provided for.

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SEC. 10. Application of fund. – The Radio Broadcasting

Fund shall be expended and disbursed by the Radio Broadcasting

Committee hereinafter provided for, under the supervision and with

the approval of the Secretary of Commerce and Communications,

who shall, during the first twenty days of each regular session of the

Legislature, submit to the latter a detailed report of all the expenses

and disbursements made from this fund.

SEC. 11. Radio Broadcasting Committee. – There is hereby

created a Radio Broadcasting Committee to consist of the President

of the University of the Philippines, the Director of the Bureau of

Posts, the Collector of Internal Revenue, the Chief of the Executive

Bureau, two citizens of the Philippine Islands or the United States

as representatives of the general public and a representative of the

radio industry; the three last members to be appointed for three

years by the Governor-General, with the advice and consent of

the Philippine Senate. The members of the Radio Broadcasting

Committee shall receive a per diem of five pesos for each meeting

attended, not to exceed two meetings in any one month.

SEC. 12. Purposes for which fund may be expended. – The

Radio Broadcasting Fund shall be expended exclusively for the

following purposes:

(a) Giving financial assistance to the municipalities and

selected Government institutions for the acquisition of radio

receiving sets.

(b) Payment to the owners of any duly authorized radio

broadcasting station or stations possessing satisfactory facilities

and apparatus for service within the Philippine Islands, for the

radio broadcasting of a minimum of two hours daily of governmental

news, information, education and entertainment, to be allocated

among the several activities, functions and departments of the

Government by the Radio Broadcasting Committee: Provided, That

the sum authorized for any station shall not exceed the actual value

of the services rendered in accordance with this subsection.

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(c) The employment of personnel, the payment of per diems,

and the payment of the expenses necessary to the carrying out of

the foregoing purposes: Provided, That in the event Government

employees are called upon to perform work under this Act, payment

to them of such salaries, wages, per diems, etc., as may be authorized

may be made as herein provided for, the provisions of existing law to

the contrary notwithstanding: Provided, further, That the expenses

authorized for these purposes shall not exceed five per centum of

said fund.

(d) Any unexpended balance of the radio broadcasting

fund after payment of all expenses authorized in accordance

with subsections (a),(b),and (c) of this section shall be paid into a

permanent fund which shall accumulate from year to year, to be used

exclusively for the promotion and development of radio broadcasting

in the Philippine Islands, in the following manner: when, in the

opinion of the Radio Broadcasting Committee, this permanent fund

has reached a sufficient figure for the establishment of broadcasting

stations or any other installations in aid of radio broadcasting,

said Committee shall recommend to the Legislature the stations or

installations to be established in Manila or in the provinces, at the

expense of said permanent fund.

SEC. 13. Any person failing to declare a radio receiving set in

accordance with the provisions of this Act, shall pay a fine of not to

exceed twenty-five pesos.

SEC. 14. This Act shall take effect on its approval.

Approved, December 7, 1926.

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ACT NO. 3396

AN ACT TO MAKE THE INSTALLATION OF RADIO APPARATUS

OBLIGATORY FOR SHIPS OF PHILIPPINE REGISTER,

PROVIDE FOR THE OPERATION THEREOF, AND

ESTABLISH PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS.


Philippines in Legislature assembled and by the authority of

the same:

SECTION 1. It shall be unlawful for any vessel of Philippine

register of the tonnage hereinafter specified to sail or attempt to sail

from any port of the Philippine Islands without being equipped with

efficient apparatus for sending and receiving messages by radio.

SEC. 2. Vessels of Philippine register of three hundred and

fifty tons gross or over carrying passengers in the tons coastwise

trade, except vessels plying exclusively on rivers, lakes, and bays,

shall be equipped with radio apparatus capable of sending and

receiving communications over a distance of not less than two

hundred nautical miles: Provided, That vessels of two hundred tons

net making regular trips from one port to another for more than

fifteen hours shall be included in this section.

SEC. 3. Whenever the Director of Posts may consider it to

be necessary, on account of the conditions of the installation of the

principal plant, vessels equipped with radio shall also be equipped

with an auxiliary dynamo independent from the main electric plant

of the vessel which shall make it possible for the sending apparatus

to send messages during at least four hours over a minimum distance

of two hundred miles, by day and by night.

SEC. 4. The radio apparatus shall be in charge of at least one

operator licensed by the Bureau of Posts. The radio apparatus, the

operator or operators in case the ship owner employs more than one,

the regulation of their hours on duty, the sending and receiving of

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messages except in so far as regulated by the law or international

agreement, shall be under the control of the master of the vessel;

and any neglect on the part of such master to enforce the provisions

of this section relating to the apparatus, operators and time on

duty while at sea, shall be punished by a fine of not more than two

hundred pesos, without prejudice to the liability contracted by him

under other laws for the consequences of his neglect.

SEC. 5. It shall be the duty of the Director of Posts, in the

exercise of the powers conferred upon the Bureau of Posts, to order

a technical inspection of the radio apparatus and equipment made

at least once in every six months or at any suitable time when the

public interest may require it.

SEC. 6. Upon inspection of the radio apparatus installed

on the ships above mentioned, an inspection certificate shall be

issued if the radio apparatus inspected are found to fulfill the legal

requirements. Any radio apparatus so inspected and certified may

be operated during the period stated in the inspection certificate,

subject to the conditions imposed by the Director of Posts. Every

vessel equipped in with radio shall pay to the Director of Posts, as

fee for the inspection of the same, twenty pesos per annum.

SEC. 7. It shall be the duty of the Collector of Customs to see

to the strict enforcement of the provisions of this Act. The violation

of any of the provisions hereof shall be punished in accordance with

the seriousness of the offence, after administrative proceedings

before the Collector of Customs begun by him or at the instance of

the Director of Posts, with a fine of five hundred pesos imposed upon

the shipowner or the suspension of the license of the master of the

vessel concerned.

SEC. 8. The Director of Posts, with the approval of the

Department Head, shall promulgate such regulations as may be

necessary for the efficacious application of this Act and shall fix a

schedule of charges to be collected for private messages sent from

the ship. Any violation of such regulations shall be punished by a

fine of not more than two hundred pesos.

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SEC. 9. This Act shall take effect six months after its approval:

Provided, That the Public Service Commission may extend this

period for another six months in case there are in its discretion good

reasons therefor.

Approved, December 5, 1927.

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ACT NO. 3530

AN ACT TO CREATE AN ADDITIONAL POSITION

OF UNDERSECRETARY OF COMMERCE AND

COMMUNICATIONS AND TO APPROPRIATE THE

NECESSARY FUNDS FOR THE PAYMENT OF HIS SALARY

FOR THE MONTHS FROM AUGUST TO DECEMBER,

NINETEEN HUNDRED AND TWENTY-NINE.



the same:

SECTION 1. The position of an additional Undersecretary of

Commerce and Communications, with a salary of eight thousand

five hundred pesos per annum, is hereby created, and for this

purpose the sum of three thousand five hundred and forty pesos is

hereby appropriated, out of any funds in the Insular Treasury not

otherwise appropriated, to pay the salary of said Undersecretary

of Commerce and Communications for the period from August first

to December thirty-first of the current year, nineteen hundred and

twenty-nine.


Approved, September 27, 1929.

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ACT NO. 3679

AN ACT APPROPRIATING SEVENTY THOUSAND PESOS FOR

THE TEMPORARY ADMINISTRATION AND OPERATION

BY THE BUREAU OF POSTS OF RADIO STATIONS AND

RADIO OR TELEGRAPH SERVICE AT MANILA, CEBU,

ILOILO, ZAMBOANGA, DAVAO, CAGAYAN DE MISAMIS,

TACLOBAN, APARRI, AND LAOAG, AND FOR OTHER

PURPOSES.



the same:

SECTION 1. To enable the Bureau of Posts to take charge

temporarily of the administration, operation, maintenance and

repairs of radio stations and radio or telegraph service at Manila,

Cebu, Iloilo, Zamboanga, Davao, Cagayan de Misamis, Tacloban,

Aparri, and Laoag from September sixteenth to December thirty-

first, nineteen hundred and thirty, the sum of seventy thousand

pesos, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated

out of the general fund in the Insular Treasury not otherwise

appropriated, to be expended by the Director of Posts with the

approval of the Secretary of Commerce and Communications for the

following purposes:

SALARIES

1. Two radio experts at P5,000 per annum P2,916.62

2. Nine chief operators at not to exceed

P3,600 per annum each 7,017.50

3. Five technicians at not to exceed


4. Three assistant chief operators at not

to exceed P2,400 per annum each 2,100.00

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5. Sixty-seven operators at not to exceed


6. Four enginemen or operators at not

to exceed P840 per annum each 945.00

7. Sixteen clerks or operators at not to

exceed P720 per annum each 3,360.00

8. Four motorcycle messengers at not

to exceed P720 per annum each 840.00

9. Thirty-six messengers at not to

exceed P420 per annum each 4,410.00

OTHER EXPENSES

10. For equipment and sundry expenses 15,335.88

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Grand total 70,000.00

SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

Approved, September 8, 1930.

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ACT NO. 3689

AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE SECRETARY OF COMMERCE

AND COMMUNICATIONS TO MAKE A SURVEY OF

THE EXISTING ELECTRIC SERVICES WITH A VIEW

TO PLACING THE SAME ON A BASIS OF ADEQUATE

COORDINATION AND INSURING GREATER EFFICIENCY

IN THE GOVERNMENT TELEGRAPH SERVICE, PLACING

THE BUREAU OF POSTS TEMPORARILY IN CHARGE

OF THE ADMINISTRATION, MAINTENANCE, AND

OPERATION OF CERTAIN RADIO AND TELEGRAPH

STATIONS, AND APPROPRIATING THE NECESSARY

FUNDS FOR THIS PURPOSE.



the same:

SECTION 1. In order that electric communications in the

Philippine Islands may be placed on a basis of adequate coordination

and that the Government telegraph service may be operated more

efficiently and without the restrictions as regards the purchase

of equipment and employment of personnel that are generally

imposed on offices and bureaus of the Government, the Secretary

of Commerce and Communications is hereby authorized to make

a thorough survey of all electric services existing in these Islands,

and shall submit to the Legislature, together with his findings, his

recommendations regarding (a) the formation and organization, in

accordance with the laws of the Philippine Islands, of a corporation to

own, manage, and operate the entire electric communication system

of the Government; (b) other plans likewise insuring an adequate

and efficient electric communication service, including Government

operation thereof without the usual restrictions; and (c) the most

adequate means for the effective coordination of all existing electric

communications.

SEC. 2. The Secretary of Commerce and Communications

may, in the performance of the duties imposed upon him by section

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one of this Act, and subject to the approval of the Department

head concerned, use the services of any officer or employee of the

Government, and shall submit his report to the Legislature on

October first, nineteen hundred and thirty-one.

SEC. 3. In order that the Bureau of Posts may continue

temporarily in charge of the administration, operation, maintenance,

and repair of the radio stations and the radio and telegraph service

in Manila, Cebu, Iloilo, Zamboanga, Davao, Cagayan (Misamis),

Tacloban, Aparri, and Laoag, from January first to December thirty-

first, nineteen hundred and thirty-one, the sum of two hundred and

forty-five thousand nine hundred forty pesos, or so much thereof as

may be necessary, is hereby appropriated, out of any general funds

in the Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be disbursed

by the Director of Posts, with the approval of the Secretary of

Commerce and Communications, for the following purposes:

Item 1. Two engineers P10,000.00

Item 2. Two chief operators 7,200.00

Item 3. One chief operator 3,000.00

Item 4. Six chief operators 14,400.00

Item 5. Three assistant chief operators 6,600.00

Item 6. Thirteen operators 23,400.00

Item 7. Fifty-three operators 76,320.00

Item 8. Two technical operators 6,000.00

Item 9. Two technical operators 4,800.00

Item 10. One technical operator 1,320.00

Item 11. Nine operators 8,640.00

Item 12. Three enginemen or operators 2,520.00

Item 13. One engineman or operator 720.00

Item 14. One clerk or operator 2,000.00

Item 15. Two clerks or operators 3,120.00

Item 16. Two clerks or operators 2,880.00

Item 17. One clerk or operator 840.00

Item 18. Sixteen clerks or operators 11,520.00

Item 19. Twelve clerks or operators 7,200.00

Item 20. Nine messengers (motorcycle) 7,560.00

Item 21. Thirty-six messengers 15,120.00

Item 22. Twenty-five messengers 9,000.00

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Item 23. Four janitors or messengers 1,440.00

Item 24. Three watchmen or messengers 1,440.00

Item 25. For miscellaneous expenses,

including clothing and footwear allowances

for messengers, not to exceed P30 each 18,900.00

Grand Total P245,940.00


Approved, November 11, 1930.

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ACT NO. 3846

AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE REGULATION OF RADIO

STATIONS AND RADIO COMMUNICATIONS IN THE

PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.



the same:

SECTION 1. No person, firm, company, association or

corporation shall construct, install, establish or operate a radio

station within the Philippine Islands without having first obtained

a franchise therefor from the Philippine Legislature: Provided,

however, That no franchise from the Legislature shall be necessary

for the construction, installation, establishment or operation of a

broadcasting station, an amateur station, an experimental station,

a training station, a station on board a mobile vessel, train,

or aircraft, or a private station in a place without any means or

communication.

SEC. 2. The construction or installation of any station shall not

be begun, unless a permit therefor has been granted by the Secretary

of Commerce and Communications. No station shall be operated

except under and in accordance with the provisions of a license

issued therefor by th e Secretary of Commerce and Communications.

The license shall state the dates between which the station may be

operated. If a renewal is desired, the licensee shall submit application

to the Secretary of Commerce and Communications at least two

months before the expiration date of the license to be renewed. The

Secretary of Commerce and Communications shall determine the

period for which each license is issued: Provided, That no license

shall be issued for a longer period than three years.

SEC. 3. The Secretary of Commerce and Communications is

hereby empowered to regulate the establishment, use and operation

of all radio stations and of all forms of radio communications and

transmissions within the Philippine Islands and to issue such rules

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and regulations as may be necessary. In addition to the above, he

shall have the following specific powers and duties:

(a) He shall classify radio stations and prescribe the nature of

the service to be rendered by each class and by each station within

any class;

(b) He shall assign call letters and assign frequencies for each

station licensed by him and for each station established by virtue of

a franchise granted by the Philippine Legislature and specify the

stations to which each such frequency may be used;

(c) He shall make rules and regulations to prevent and

eliminate interference between stations and to carry out the

provisions of this Act and the provisions of International Radio

Regulations: Provided, however, That changes in the frequencies or

in the authorized power, or in the character of omitted signals, or

in the type of the power supply, or in the hours of operation of any

licensed station, shall not be made without first giving the station

licensee a hearing.

(d) He may establish areas or zones to be served by any

station;

(e) He may make special rules and regulations applicable to

radio stations engaging in chain broadcasting;

(f) He may make general rules and regulations requiring

stations to keep records of traffic handled, distress, frequency

watches, programs, transmission of energy, communications or

signs;

(g) He may conduct such investigations as may be necessary

in connection with radio matters and hold hearings; summon

witnesses, administer oaths, and compel the productions of books,

logs, documents and papers;

(h) He may prescribe rules and regulations to be observed by

radio training schools; h

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