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Act No. 1779 Section 16

Act No. 1779 Section 16

Section 16

SEC. 16. The said Board is authorized and empowered and it shall be its duty whenever, after full hearing, it shall be of the opinion that any of the rates charged by any public server corporation subject to the provisions of this Act for any service rendered or to be rendered, or that any regulations or practices whatever of such public-service corporation affecting such rates, are unjust or unreasonable, or unjustly administrative, or unduly preferential or prejudicial, or otherwise in violation of any of the provisions of this Act, the Board shall determine what will be the just and reasonable rate or rates to be thereafter observed in such case, and what regulations or practices in respect to such service are just fair, and reasonable to be thereafter followed; and to make an order that the said public-service corporation shall cease and desist from such violation, to the extent to which the Board finds the same to exist, and shall thereafter publish, demand, or collect any rate of such service rendered in excess of the rate so prescribed and shall conform to the regulations or practices so prescribed. The forgoing enumeration of powers shall not exclude any power which the Board would otherwise have in the making of in order under the provisions of this Act.

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CitationAct No. 1779 Section 16 (LawPlayer, data as of July 4, 2026)

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