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An Act to Amend Republic Act Numbered Seven Hundred Sixty-Five, Entitled "An Act Granting Henry R. Canoy a Temporary Permit to Construct, Maintain and Operate a Radio Broadcasting Station in the City of Cagayan De Oro"

Year:

1958

Category:

Other

Date Approved:

June 22, 1958

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This Act amends Republic Act No. 765, granting Henry R. Canoy a temporary permit to construct, maintain, and operate radio broadcasting stations in the Philippines. It establishes conditions for the permit, including the requirement to provide public service time and prohibitions against broadcasting obscene or misleading content.

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REPUBLIC ACT No. 2091

An Act to Amend Republic Act Numbered Seven Hundred Sixty-Five, Entitled "An Act Granting Henry R. Canoy a Temporary Permit to Construct, Maintain and Operate a Radio Broadcasting Station in the City of Cagayan De Oro"

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

Section 1. Section one of Republic Act Numbered Seven hundred sixty-five is amended to read as follows:

Section 2. The title of the same Act is amended to read as follows:

Section 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

Approved: June 22, 1958.


"Sec. 1. Subject to the provisions of the Constitution as well as of Act Numbered Three thousand eight hundred forty-six, entitled "An Act providing for the regulations of radio stations and radio communications in the Philippine Islands, and for other purposes;" Act Numbered Three thousand nine hundred ninety-seven, known as the Radio Broadcasting Law; Commonwealth Act Numbered One hundred forty-six, known as the Public Service Act, and their amendments, and other applicable laws, Henry R. Canoy is hereby granted a temporary permit to construct, maintain and operate, for commercial purposes and in the public interest radio broadcasting stations in the Philippines: Provided, That this temporary permit shall be void unless the construction of the radio broadcasting stations be begun within one year from the date of approval of this Act and be completed within two years for said date: Provided, further, That the grantee shall provide adequate public service time to enable the Government, through the stations herein authorized to reach the population on important public issues; shall assist in the functions of public information and education; and shall not use said stations for the broadcasting of obscene or indecent language or speech, or for the dissemination of deliberately false information or willful misrepresentation, or to the detriment of the public health, or to incite, encourage or assist in subversive or treasonable acts."

"An Act granting Henry C. Canoy a temporary permit to construct, maintain and operate radio broadcasting stations in the Philippines."

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