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Act No. 2821 Section 6

Section 6

SEC. 6. Whenever any person has obtained permission to use any of the streets or public thoroughfares of the municipality for the purpose of removing any building or in the prosecution of any municipal work, making it necessary to raise or remove any of said poles or electric wires which may obstruct the removal of said building or hinder the prosecution of said work, the said grantee, upon written notice from the municipal president, served upon said grantee at least forty-eight hours in advance, shall raise or remove any of said poles or wires which may hinder the prosecution of such work or obstruct the removal of said building so as to allow the free and unobstructed passage of said building and the free and unobstructed prosecution of said work, and the person or entity at whose request the building was removed or the construction work undertaken, shall be required to pay one half of the actual cost of replacing the poles and raising or removing the wires or other overhead or underground conductors. Such notice shall be served in the usual form; and in case of the refusal or failure or said grantee to comply with such notice, the municipal president, with the proper approval of the municipal council first had, shall order such poles or wires to be raised or removed at the expense of said grantee, for the purposes aforesaid: Provided, however, That the grantee may appeal from any such decision to the provincial board, whose decision shall be final.

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CitationAct No. 2821 Section 6 (LawPlayer, data as of July 4, 2026)

Source: Supreme Court E-Library, Republic of the Philippines. Philippine laws are public documents (works of the government).

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