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An Act to Amend Republic Act Numbered Thirteen Hundred Fifty-Six, Entitled "An Act Granting Francisco Benedicto a Franchise for an Electric Light, Heat and Power System in the Municipality or Romblon, Province of Romblon

Year:

1961

Category:

Other

Date Approved:

June 17, 1961

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This Act amends Republic Act Numbered 1356, which granted Francisco Benedicto a franchise for an electric light, heat, and power system in Romblon. It establishes the terms and conditions for the operation of this system for a period of fifty years.

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REPUBLIC ACT No. 3216

An Act to Amend Republic Act Numbered Thirteen Hundred Fifty-Six, Entitled "An Act Granting Francisco Benedicto a Franchise for an Electric Light, Heat and Power System in the Municipality or Romblon, Province of Romblon

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

Section 1. Section one of Republic Act Numbered Thirteen hundred fifty-six is amended to read as follows:

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

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

Approved: June 17, 1961.


"Sec. 1. Subject to the terms and conditions established in Act Numbered Thirty-six hundred and thirty-six, as amended by Commonwealth Act Numbered One hundred and thirty-two, and to the provisions of the Constitution, there is granted to Francisco Benedicto, for a period of fifty years from the approval of this Act, the right, privilege, and authority to construct, maintain and operate an electric light, heat and power system for the purpose of generating and distributing electric light, heat and/or power for sale within the Municipality of Romblon, Province of Romblon."

"Sec. 3. This Act shall take effect on January first nineteen hundred and sixty-one."

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