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RA 596 Section 1

RA 596 Section 1

Section 1

SECTION 1. Subject to the provisions of the Constitution, as well as of Act No. 3846, entitled "An Act providing for the regulation of radio stations and radio communications in the Philippine Islands and for other purposes"; Act No. 3997, known as the Radio Broadcasting Law; and their amendments, and other applicable laws, the Far East Broadcasting Co. (Philippines), Inc. is hereby granted a temporary permit to construct, maintain and operate, in the public interest and not for commercial purposes, radio broadcasting stations in the Philippines: Provided, That this temporary permit shall be void unless the construction of at least one radio broadcasting station be begun within one and a half years from the date of approval of this Act: Provided, further, That the grantee shall provide adequate public service time to enable the Government through the stations herein authorized, to reach the population on important public issues; shall assist in the functions of public information and education; shall conform to the ethics of honest enterprise; and shall not use said stations for the broadcasting of obscene or indecent language or speech, or for the dissemination of deliberately false information or wilful misrepresentation, or to the detriment of the public health, or to incite, encourage or assist in subversive or treasonable acts.

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Source: Supreme Court E-Library, Republic of the Philippines. Philippine laws are public documents (works of the government).

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