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RA 1456 Section 3

RA 1456 Section 3

Section 3

SEC. 3. The same Act is further amended by inserting between sections nine and ten thereof two new sections to be known as sections nine-a and nine-b which shall read as follows: "SEC. 9-a. The grantee shall execute a bond in favor of the Government of the Philippines in the sum of twenty thousand pesos to guaranty for the faithful compliance and fulfillment of the grantee's obligations hereunder during the first three years of the life of this franchise. If, after three years from the date of the acceptance of this franchise, the grantee shall fulfill said obligations, or as soon thereafter as the grantee shall have fulfilled the same, the bond aforesaid shall be cancelled by the Secretary of Public Works and Communications. "SEC. 9-b. The grantee shall not require any previous censorship of any speech, play, or other matter to be broadcast from its station; but if any speech, play, or other matter should constitute a violation of the law or infringement of a private right, the grantee shall be free from any liability, civil or criminal, for such speech, play, or other matter: Provided, That the grantee, during any broadcast, may cut off from the air the speech, play, or other matter being broadcast if the tendency thereof is to propose and or incite treason, rebellion or sedition, or the language used therein or the theme thereof is indecent or immoral."

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CitationRA 1456 Section 3 (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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