Republic Act No. 1877

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippine Congress Assembled:

Section 1

There is hereby granted to the Philippine Iron Mines, Inc., its successors or assigns, a temporary permit to construct, maintain and operate in the Philippines, at such places as the said grantee may select, subject to the approval of the Secretary of Public Works and Communications, private fixed point-to-point and land based and land mobile radio stations and private aeronautical land stations for communication with grantee's own plane or planes for the reception and transmission of wireless messages on radiotelegraphy or radiotelephony, each station to be provided with a radio transmitting apparatus and a radio receiving apparatus.

Section 2

This temporary permit shall continue to be in force during the time that the Government has not established similar service at the places selected by the grantee, and is granted upon the express condition that the same shall be void unless the construction or installation of said stations is begun within one year from the date of approval of this Act and be completed within two years from said date.

Section 3

The grantee, its successors or assigns, shall not engage in domestic business of telecommunications in the Philippines, it being understood that the purpose of this temporary permit is to secure to the grantee the right to construct, install, maintain and operate private fixed point-to-point and land based and land mobile radio stations and private aeronautical land stations for communications with grantee's own plane or planes in such places within the Philippines as the interest of the grantee's business justify.

Section 4

No fees shall be charged by the grantee as the radio stations that may be established by virtue of this Act shall engage in communications regarding the grantee's business only.

Section 5

The grantee, its successors or assigns, shall so construct and operate its radio stations in such manner that the same will not interfere with the operations of other radio stations maintained and operated in the Philippines.

Section 6

The grantee, its successors or assigns, shall hold the national, provincial, city or municipal governments of the Philippines harmless against all claims, accounts, demands, or actions arising out of accidents or injuries, whether to property or to persons, caused by the construction or operation of its radio stations.

Section 7

The grantee shall not lease, transfer, grant the usufruct of, sell or assign this temporary permit, nor the rights or privileges acquired thereunder to any person, firm, company, corporation or other commercial or legal entity, nor merge with any other person, firm, company or corporation organized for the same purpose, without the approval of the Congress of the Philippines first had. Any corporation to which this temporary permit may be sold, transferred, or assigned, shall be subject to the corporation laws of the Philippines now existing or hereafter enacted, and any person, firm, company, corporation or other commercial or legal entity to which this temporary permit is sold, transferred, or assigned shall be subject to all conditions, terms, restrictions and limitations of the temporary permit as fully and completely and to the same extent as if the temporary permit had been originally granted to the said person, firm, company, corporation or other commercial or legal entity.

Section 8

The grantee, its successors or assigns, is authorized to operate its private fixed point-to-point and land based and land mobile radio stations, and private aeronautical land stations in the medium frequency, high frequency, and very high frequency that may be assigned to him by the Secretary of Public Works and Communications.

Section 9

A special right is hereby reserved to the President of the Philippines in time of war, insurrection, public peril, emergency, calamity or disaster to cause the closing of the grantee's radio stations or to authorize the temporary use or possession thereof by any department of the Government upon payment of just compensation.

Section 10

This temporary permit shall not be transferred or in any way alienated without the previous consent of Congress and shall be subject to amendments, alterations, or repeal by the Congress of the Philippines when the public interest so requires, and shall not be interpreted as an exclusive grant of the privileges herein provided for.

Section 11

This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

Approved: June 22, 1957.