Section 8
SEC. 8. The grantee shall not begin any construction whatever pursuant to this franchise, without first obtaining a Certificate of Public Necessity and Convenience from the Public Service Commission, of the form and character provided for in Commonwealth Act Numbered One hundred and forty-six, as amended, specifically authorizing such construction. The grantee shall not exercise right or privilege under this franchise without first having obtained such Certificate of Public Necessity and Convenience from the Public Service Commission. The Public Service Commission shall have the power to issue such Certificate of Public Necessity and Convenience whenever it shall after due hearing, determine that such construction, or such exercise of the right, privilege or franchise, is necessary and proper for the public convenience; and the Commission shall have the power in so approving to impose such conditions as to constructions, equipment, maintenance, service or operation as the public convenience and interest may reasonably require, and such certificate shall state the date that the grantee commences construction work and the period within which the work shall be completed. In order to avail itself of the rights granted by such Certificate of Public Necessity and Convenience the grantee must file with the Public Service Commission, within such period as said Commission shall fix, its acceptance in writing of the terms and conditions of said certificate, together with the document evidencing the fact that the deposit required by said certificate has been made. In the event that the grantee shall not commence the furnishing of telephone service referred to in the certificate obtained and filed as herein provided within such period as the Public Service Commission shall have, fixed, deposits made pursuant to Section nine of this Act shall be forfeited to the National Government unless the grantee shall have been prevented from doing so by an act of God, force majeure, usurpation by military power, martial law, riot, uprising, or other cause beyond its control: Provided, however, That if the grantee shall have been so prevented by one or more or all of such causes from commencing to furnish telephone service within the period specified, the time during which it shall have been so prevented shall be added to said period.