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Act No. 2986 Section 16

Section 16

SEC. 16. The Public Utility Commission or its legal successor, after hearing the interested parties, upon notice and order in writing, shjall have the power to declare the forfeiture of this franchise and all rights and priveleges inherent in the same failure on part of the grantees to comply with any of the terms and conditions thereof, unless such failure shall have been directly and primarily caused by act of God, the public enemy, or force majeure. Against such declaration of forfeiture by the Public Utility Commission or it legal successor, the grantees may apply for the remedies provided in sections thirty and thirty-one of Act Numbered Twenty-three hundred and seven, as amended.

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CitationAct No. 2986 Section 16 (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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