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    The document summarizes Republic Act No. 3846 which provides for the regulation of radio stations and communications in the Philippines. It grants the Secretary of Commerce and Communications powers to regulate radio stations by classifying stations, assigning frequencies and call letters, making rules to prevent interference, and prescribing operator licensing fees and regulations. The act prohibits the transfer of station licenses without approval, and allows the President or Governor-General to authorize government use of stations during emergencies. It also repeals a prior act on radio regulation and transfers post office radio powers to the Secretary of Commerce and Communications.

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    The document summarizes Republic Act No. 3846 which provides for the regulation of radio stations and communications in the Philippines. It grants the Secretary of Commerce and Communications powers to regulate radio stations by classifying stations, assigning frequencies and call letters, making rules to prevent interference, and prescribing operator licensing fees and regulations. The act prohibits the transfer of station licenses without approval, and allows the President or Governor-General to authorize government use of stations during emergencies. It also repeals a prior act on radio regulation and transfers post office radio powers to the Secretary of Commerce and Communications.

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    The document summarizes Republic Act No. 3846 which provides for the regulation of radio stations and communications in the Philippines. It grants the Secretary of Commerce and Communications powers to regulate radio stations by classifying stations, assigning frequencies and call letters, making rules to prevent interference, and prescribing operator licensing fees and regulations. The act prohibits the transfer of station licenses without approval, and allows the President or Governor-General to authorize government use of stations during emergencies. It also repeals a prior act on radio regulation and transfers post office radio powers to the Secretary of Commerce and Communications.

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    The document summarizes Republic Act No. 3846 which provides for the regulation of radio stations and communications in the Philippines. It grants the Secretary of Commerce and Communications powers to regulate radio stations by classifying stations, assigning frequencies and call letters, making rules to prevent interference, and prescribing operator licensing fees and regulations. The act prohibits the transfer of station licenses without approval, and allows the President or Governor-General to authorize government use of stations during emergencies. It also repeals a prior act on radio regulation and transfers post office radio powers to the Secretary of Commerce and Communications.

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    Western Mindanao State University

    College of Engineering
    Department of Electronics Engineering
    Normal Rd., Baliwasan, Zamboanga City

    ECE 155- ECE LAWS, CONTRACT AND ETHICS

    REPUBLIC ACT NO. 3846 AN ACT PROVIDING FOR


    THE REGULATION OF RADIO STATIONS AND RADIO
    COMMUNICATIONS IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS,
    AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
    SUMMARY OF REPORT

    Kendrick John Arceno


    Diane Mae Basanal
    Caurelou S. Pitoc
    BSECE 5

    ENGR. KEVIN MARC A. BEJERANO


    INSTRUCTOR
    REPUBLIC ACT NO. 3846 AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE REGULATION OF RADIO
    STATIONS AND RADIO COMMUNICATIONS IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, AND FOR
    OTHER PURPOSES
    August 10, 1963

    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 therefor
    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 therefor
    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 therefor by the Secretary of Commerce
    and Communications.
    The license shall state
    1. The dates between which the station may be operated.
    2. 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:


    1. 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;
    2. To issue such rules and regulations as may be necessary.
    In addition, 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;
    e.g. Class A FM radio station for entertainment and news.
    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;
    e.g. Star FM DXCB 93.9 MHz
    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;
    h) He may prescribe rules and regulations to be observed by radio training schools;
    - He may supervise the course and method of instruction therein, and
    - He may refuse to admit to examinations for radio operators' licenses graduates of any
    radio school not complying with the regulations;
    i) He shall prescribe rates of charges to be paid to the Government for the:
    - inspection of stations,
    - licensing of stations,
    - examination of operators,
    - licensing of operators,
    - renewal of station or operator licenses, and
    - other services as may be rendered;
    j) He is hereby empowered to approve or disapprove any application for the construction,
    installation, establishment or operation of a radio station;
    k) He may approve or disapprove any application for renewal of station or operator license:
    Provided however, that no application for renewal shall be disapproved without giving the
    licensee a hearing;
    l) He may, at his discretion, bring criminal actions against violators of the radio law or the
    regulations; or simply suspend or revoke the offender's station or operator's licenses; or refuse
    to renew such licenses; or just reprimand and warn the offenders;
    m) The location of any station, and the power and kind or type of apparatus to be used shall
    be subject to his approval;
    n) He shall prescribe rules and regulations to be observed by stations for the handling of SOS
    messages and distress traffic: Provided, that such rules and regulations shall not conflict with the
    provisions of the International Radio Regulations.

    SECTION 4. No radio station license shall be:


    - transferred to any person, firm, company, association or corporation without express authority of
    the Secretary of Commerce and Communications,
    - granted or transferred to any person who is not a citizen of the United States of America or of
    the Philippine Islands;
    - to any firm or company which is not incorporated under the laws of the Philippine Islands or
    any state or territory of the United States of America;
    - to any company or corporation twenty percent (20%) of whose capital stock may be voted by
    aliens or their representatives, or by a foreign government or its representatives, or by any
    company, corporation, or association organized under the laws of a foreign country.

    SECTION 5. The privileges granted in any station license shall not be exclusive.

    SECTION 6. The President of the United States of America, or the Governor-General of the Philippine
    Islands, in time of war, public peril, calamity, or disaster, may cause the closing of any radio station in
    the Philippine Islands; or may authorize the temporary use or possession thereof by any department of
    the Government upon just compensation to the owners.

    SECTION 7. A person to whom or through whom a message has been submitted for transmission shall:
    - not willfully publish or divulge the contents, substance, purport, effect, or meaning thereof to any
    unauthorized person;
     no person not being authorized by the sender or the addressee shall intercept any message or
    communication to any person;
     no person not being entitled thereto shall receive, or assist in receiving, any message or
    communications and use the same or any information therein contained for his benefit or for
    the benefit of another not entitled thereto;
     no person having received such intercepted message or communication, shall divulge or
    publish the contents, substance, purport, effect, or meaning of the same or any part thereof, or
    use the same or any information therein contained for his own benefit or for the benefit of
    another not entitled thereto:
    Provided, that this section shall not apply to the transmitting, receiving, divulging, publishing or utilizing
    the contents of any message or communication broadcasted or transmitted by amateurs or others for the
    use of the general public or relating to ships in distress.

    SECTION 8. The Secretary of Commerce and Communication is hereby authorized to create a Radio
    Regulation Section, Division, or Office, which shall take charge of:
    - carrying out the provisions of this Act and of the regulations, or
    - delegating temporarily the duties
    - the enforcement of the regulations
    To any bureau or office under his department, subject to his general supervision and control.

    SECTION 9. The provisions of this Act shall not apply to radio stations of the United States
    Government and those of the Philippine Government.
    Provided, however, That they shall be subject to the provisions of the International
    Radiotelegraph Regulations.

    SECTION 10. The powers vested in and the duties imposed upon the Director of Posts by Act No. 3396
    are hereby transferred to the Secretary of Commerce and Communication, who is hereby
    empowered to include in the general radio regulations under this Act: provided however, that such
    regulations shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of the International Convention for the Safety of
    Life at Sea.

    SECTION 11. Act No. 3275 entitled “An Act to Amend Article One of Chapter 52 and Section 2757 of
    the Administrative Code, Providing for the Effective Radio Control” is hereby repealed.
    Provided however, that such repeal shall not affect any act done, or any right accrued, or any suit or
    proceeding had or commenced in any criminal or civil cause, prior to said repeal

    SECTION 12. Any person who shall violate any mandatory or prohibitory provision of the:
     regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Commerce and Communication under this Act
     International Radio Regulations, upon conviction thereof by a court of competent jurisdiction,

    Shall be punished by:


    o a fine of not more than three hundred pesos
    o by imprisonment for not more than three months,
    or both, for each and every offense.
    SECTION 13. Any firm, company, corporation or association failing or refusing to observe or violating
    any provision of this Act, or any provision of the regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Commerce
    and Communication under this Act or of the International Radio Regulations, shall be punished by a fine
    of not more than one thousand pesos for each and every offense.

    SECTION 14. This Act shall take effect three months

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