National Radio Broadcasting Fund and purposes for which it may be used.
Section 7
SEC. 7. National Radio Broadcasting Fund and purposes for which it may be used.—All collections made under this Act, as well as those which may be collected under section nine hereof, shall constitute a special fund to be known as the "National Radio Broadcasting Fund" to be expended, with the concurrence of the Insular Auditor, exclusively for the following purposes by authority of the Secretary of Commerce and Communications, who shall determine what portion of this fund shall be expended for each item subject to the limitations hereinbelow stated: Receiving sets for municipalities, barrios, etc.—Purchase, installation and/or operation of radio receiving sets for general public benefit in distant and isolated municipalities, municipal districts, barrios and selected Government institutions, under such rules and conditions as the Secretary of Commerce and Communications may prescribe. Payment to broadcasting stations for broadcasting matters of interest to people.—Payment to the owners of any duly authorized radio broadcasting station or stations of sufficient power and with satisfactory facilities and apparatus to render reasonably satisfactory service, under normal conditions, throughout the Philippine Islands, for the radio broadcasting of a minimum of six hours daily of governmental news, information and education, and/or any other information or programs of interest or entertainment to the people if the type and general character of the programs broadcasted are deemed to be of general interest or entertainment to the public by a committee created for the purpose by the Secretary of Commerce and Communications: Provided, That the sum authorized for any station shall not exceed the actual value of the services rendered in accordance with this subsection: Provided, further, That if, for any fortuitous cause or force majeure or other unavoidable reason, a minimum of six hours broadcasting shall not be made in any one day, such failure shall not be considered as a violation of this section. Administrative expenses.—Employment of such personnel and payment of such expenses as may be necessary in carrying out the provisions of this Act and the rules and regulations prescribed thereunder. The Secretary of Commerce and Communications may authorize the payment to each member of any committee or committees created by him under section one of this Act a per diem of not to exceed ten pesos for each meeting attended: Provided, That no committee member shall be entitled to receive more than twenty pesos in any one month for meetings attended during the month, -promotion Promotion and development of or assistance to radio broadcasting.—Any unexpended balance of the "National Radio Broadcasting Fund" in any year shall be available exclusively for the purposes stated in this section for any succeeding year and for the promotion and development of radio broadcasting in the Philippine Islands and, if necessary or advisable for general public interest, for aid 10 radio broadcasting stations.