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REPUBLIC ACT NO. 3846
AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE REGULATION OF RADIO STATIONS AND RADIO
COMMUNICATIONS IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
SECTION 1. No person, firm, company, association or corporation
shall construct, install, establish, or operate a radio station
within the Philippine Islands without having first obtained a
franchise there for from the Philippine Legislature; Provided
however, That no franchise from the Legislature shall be necessary
for the construction, installation, establishment or operation of a
broadcasting station, an amateur station, an experimental station, a
training station, a station on board a mobile vessel, train, or
aircraft, or a private station in a place without any means of
communication.
SECTION 2. The construction or installation of any station shall not
be begun, unless a permit there for has been granted by the Secretary
of Commerce and Communications. No station shall be operated except
under and in accordance with the provisions of a license issued
there for by the Secretary of Commerce and Communications. The
license shall state the dates between which the station may be
operated. If a renewal is desired, the licensee shall submit an
application to the Secretary of Commerce and Communication at least
two (2) months before the expiration date of the license to be
renewed. The Secretary of Commerce and Communication shall determine
the period for which each license is issued; Provided, that no
license shall be issued for a longer period than three (3) years.
SECTION 3. The Secretary of Commerce and Communication is hereby
empowered to regulate the establishment, use, and operation of all
radio stations and of all forms of radio communications and
transmissions within the Philippine Islands and to issue such rules
and regulations as may be necessary. In addition to the above, he
shall have the following specific powers and duties:
(a) He shall classify radio stations and prescribe the nature of
service to be rendered by each class and by each station within any
class;
(b) He shall assign call letters and assign frequencies for each
station licensed by him and for each station established by virtue
of a franchise granted by the Philippine Legislature and specify the
stations to which each such frequency may be used;
(c) He shall make rules and regulations to prevent and eliminate
interference between stations and to carry out the provisions of
this Act and the provisions of International Radio Regulations:
Provided however, that changes in the frequencies or in the
authorized power, or in the character of omitted signals, or in the
type of the power supply, or in the hours of operation of any
licensed station, shall not be made without first giving the station
a hearing;
(d) He may establish areas or zones to be served by any station;
(e) He may make special rules and regulations applicable to radio
stations engaging in chain broadcasting;
(f) He may make general rules and regulations requiring stations to
keep records of traffic handled, distress, frequency watches,
programs, transmissions of energy, communications or signs;
(g) He may conduct such investigations as may be necessary in
connection with radio matters and hold hearings, summon witnesses,
administer oaths and compel the production of books, logs, documents
and papers;
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