REPUBLIC ACT NO. 2256 - AN ACT GRANTING THE UNIVERSAL CEMENT CO., INC., A FRANCHISE TO ESTABLISH, MAINTAIN AND OPERATE PRIVATE FIXED POINT-TO-POINT RADIOTELEPHONE STATIONS FOR THE TRANSMISSION AND RECEPTION OF WIRELESS MESSAGES TO AND FROM SAID STATIONS.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled:

SECTION 1. The Universal Cement Co., Inc., is hereby granted a franchise to establish, maintain and operate private fixed point-to-point radiotelephone stations in the City of Manila, in the barrio of Dongoan, Municipality of Danao, Province of Cebu, and in the barrio of Dana-Ili Municipality of Abulug, Province of Cagayan, for the transmission and reception of wireless messages from tho City of Manila to the barrio of Dongoan, Municipality of Danao, Province of Cebu, and vice versa, from the barrio of Dongoan, Municipality of Danao, Province of Cebu, to! the barrio of Dana-Ili, Municipality of Abulug, Province of Cagayan, and vice versa, and from the barrio of Dana-Ili, Municipality of Abulug, Province of Cagayan, to the City of Manila and vice versa.

SEC. 2. This franchise shall continue to be in force for a period of twenty-five years and is granted upon the express condition that the same shall be void unless the construction or installation of said stations be begun within one year from the date of approval of this Act and be completed within two years from said date.

SEC. 3. The grantee shall not engage in domestic business of telecommunications in the Philippines without further special assent of the Congress of the Philippines, it being understood that the purpose of this franchise is to secure to the grantee the right to establish, maintain and operate private fixed point-to-point radiotelephone stations at the places hereinabove stated for no other purposes than to promote, protect and subserve the trade and business interests of the grantee.

SEC. 4. No fees shall be charged by the grantee as the radiotelephone stations that may be established by virtue of this Act shall engage in communications regarding the grantee's business only.

SEC. 5. The grantee shall so construct and operate its radiotelephone stations as not to interfere with the operation of other radio stations maintained and operated in the Philippines.

SEC. 6. The grantee is authorized to operate its radiotelephone stations on the frequency and/or frequencies that may be assigned to it by the Secretary of Public Works and Communications.

SEC. 7. A special right is hereby reserved to the President of the Philippines in time of war, insurrection, public peril, calamity, or disaster to cause the closing of the grantee's radiotelephone stations or to authorize the temporary use or possession thereof by any department of the government, upon just compensation.

SEC. 8. This franchise shall be subject to amendment, alteration, or repeal by the Congress of the Philippines when the public service so requires, and shall not be interpreted as an exclusive grant of the privileges herein provided for.

SEC 9. Whenever in this Act the term "grantee" is used, it shall be held and understood to mean and represent the Universal Cement Co., Inc., its representatives, successors or assigns.

SEC. 10. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

Approved, June 18, 1959.