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An Act to Amend Section Seven of Republic Act Numbered Twenty-Nine Hundred and Fifty-Seven, Entitled "An Act to Grant Telephone Communication System Franchise to Jose M. F. Belo Within the Province of Capiz and Roxas City"

Year:

1962

Category:

Other

Date Approved:

June 16, 1962

Summary

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This Act amends Section Seven of Republic Act No. 2957 regarding the telephone communication system franchise granted to Jose M. F. Belo. It specifies the tax obligations of the grantee during the franchise period.

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REPUBLIC ACT No. 3483

An Act to Amend Section Seven of Republic Act Numbered Twenty-Nine Hundred and Fifty-Seven, Entitled "An Act to Grant Telephone Communication System Franchise to Jose M. F. Belo Within the Province of Capiz and Roxas City"

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

Section 1. Section seven of Republic Act Numbered Twenty-nine hundred and fifty-seven is hereby amended to read as follows:

Section 2. This Act shall take effect as of June nineteen, nineteen hundred sixty.

Approved: June 16, 1962.


"Sec. 7. In consideration of the franchise and rights hereby granted, the grantee, his successors or assigns shall, during the life of the franchise, pay to the Treasurer of the Philippines each year, within ten days after the audit and approval of the accounts as prescribed in Section six of this Act, a tax of one per centum of all gross receipts of the telephone business transacted under this franchise by the grantee, his successors or assigns, and the said tax shall be in lieu of all taxes, fees, charges or duties of any kind, nature or description, levied, established or collected by any municipal, city, provincial or national authority."

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