Section 5
SEC. 5. The franchise shall continue for a period of twenty-live years from the date said plant or plants and/or cold storage is placed in operation and/or commences the manufacture and distribution of ice in the City of Butuan and the municipalities of Cabadbaran, Bunawan, Bayugan and Prosperidad, all in the Province of Agusan, subject to the express condition that this franchise shall be null and void unless construction of at least one ice plant and one cold storage be begun within seven years from the date of the approval of this Act and completed within four years from said date, except when prevented by an act of God, or force majeure, martial law, riot, civil commotion, usurpation by military power or any cause beyond the grantee's control: Provided, That if within a period of two years after the approval of this Act, the grantee shall not have commenced operation in any of the municipalities, then any person, association or corporation with franchise to conduct a business similar to that of the grantee may operate and furnish to said municipalities the service offered by the grantee.