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Act No. 3997 Section 6

Act No. 3997 Section 6

Receiving sets for specified uses to be registered but exempt from payment of fees.

Section 6

SEC. 6. Receiving sets for specified uses to be registered but exempt from payment of fees.—Subject to such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the Secretary of Commerce and Communications, owners of receiving sets covered by this section shall comply with the requirements of section three of this Act as regards registration but shall be exempt from payment of the fees as required by section four: Sets in storage or out of service; Sets kept for sale or used for demonstration by those engaged in the manufacture or sale of radio apparatus; Sets owned or operated by the Philippine Government and used for purposes other than communications; Sets installed on airplanes and ships licensed under Act Numbered Thirty-eight hundred and forty-six; Sets operated by owners of broadcasting stations if such sets are used for the purpose of monitoring or checking inequality or efficiency of the broadcasting stations; Sets owned and operated by lighthouse-keepers at their official stations; In cases where an amateur radio operator, who is licensed under Act Numbered Thirty-eight hundred and forty-six, or the owner of a licensed amateur radio station was more than one receiver in his immediate household, all such receivers shall be registered but the fee need be paid on one receiver only.

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CitationAct No. 3997 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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