Receiving sets for specified uses to be registered but exempt from payment of fees.
Section 300
SEC. 300. 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 Finance, owners of receiving sets covered by this section shall comply with the requirements of section 296 of this Chapter as regards registration but shall be exempt from payment of the fees as required by section 297: (a) Sets in storage or out of service; (b) Sets kept for sale or used for demonstration by those engaged in the manufacture or sale of radio apparatus; (c) Sets owned or operated by the Government of the Philippines and used for purposes other than communications; (d) Sets installed on airplanes and ships licensed under Act Numbered Thirty-eight hundred and forty-six: (e) Sets operated by owners of broadcasting stations if such sets are used for the purpose of monitoring or checking the quality or efficiency of the broadcasting stations; (f) Sets owned and operated by lighthouse-keepers at their official stations; (g) 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 has more than one receiver in his immediate household all such receivers shall be registered but the fee need be paid on one receiver only; and (h) Sets of not more than two tubes and used exclusively for scientific experimentation. No credit for, nor refund or reimbursement of registration fees already paid or parts thereof shall be made on account of a radio set becoming exempt under the provisions of this section subsequent to the payment of such fees.