H. No. 5185 / 58 OG No. 1, 11 (January 1, 1961)

[ REPUBLIC ACT NO. 3110, June 17, 1961 ]

AN ACT AMENDING CERTAIN SECTIONS OP REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-THREE HUNDRED EIGHTY-FOUR, ENTITLED "AN ACT GRANTING TO DANCAR ELECTRIC COMPANY A FRANCHISE TO CONSTRUCT, OPERATE AND MAINTAIN ELECTRIC LIGHT, HEAT AND POWER SYSTEMS IN THE MUNICIPALITIES OF DANAO, CARMEN AND CATMON, ALL IN THE PROVINCE OF CEBU, AND AN ICE PLANT IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF DANAO, PROVINCE OF CEBU, AND TO DISTRIBUTE AND SELL LIGHT, HEAT AND/OR POWER IN THE SAID MUNICIPALITIES AND TO DISTRIBUTE AND SELL ICE IN THE WHOLE PROVINCE OF CEBU."

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled:SECTION 1. Section one of Republic Act Numbered Twenty-three hundred eighty-four is hereby amended to read as follows:

"SECTION 1. Subject to the terms and conditions established in this Act there is granted to Dancar EIectric and Ice Company, hereinafter called the grantee, for a period of forty-five years from the approval of this Act, the right, privilege and authority to construct, maintain and operate an electric light, heat and power system for the purpose of generating and distributing electric light, heat, and/or power for sale within the Municipalities of Danao, Carmen and Catmon, all in the Province of Cebu, and to construct, operate and maintain an ice plant in the Municipality of Danao, for the purpose of manufacturing and distributing ice in the Cities of Cebu and Toledo and in the whole Province of Cebu, except the municipalities comprised in the Fourth Representative District of Cebu, and to construct, operate and maintain cold storage in the Municipality of Danao, in the Cities of Cebu and Toledo, and in the other municipalities in the Province of Cebu, except the municipalities comprised in the Fourth Representative District of Cebu, for the purpose of supplying cold storage therein and to charge and collect a schedule of prices and rates for the ice and cold storage so furnished, which schedule of prices and rates shall at all times be subject to regulation by the Public Service Commission."

SEC. 2. Section three of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows:

"SEC. 3. The grantee shall manufacture and supply ice with a minimum daily capacity of twenty tons."

SEC. 3. Section six of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows:

"SEC. 6. This franchise is granted subject to the provisions of Commonwealth Act Numbered One hundred forty-six, as amended, only with respect to the fixing of rates, and with the understanding and upon the condition that it shall be subject to amendment, alteration, or repeal by the Congress of the Philippines when public interest so requires."

SEC. 4. The title of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows:

"An Act granting to Dancar Electric and Ice Company a franchise to construct, operate and maintain electric light, heat and power systems in the municipalities of Danao, Carmen and Catmon, all in the Province of Cebu, and an ice plant in the Municipality of Danao, Province of Cebu, and to distribute and sell, light, heat and/or power in the said municipalities and to distribute and sell ice in the Cities of Cebu and Toledo, and in the whole Province of Cebu, except the municipalities comprised in the Fourth Representative District of Cebu, and to construct, operate and maintain cold storage in the Municipality of Danao, in the Cities of Toledo and Cebu and in the other municipalities in the Province of Cebu, except the municipalities comprised in the Fourth Representative District of Cebu, for the purpose of supplying: cold storage therein."

SEC. 5. This Act shall take effect upon its approval. Approved, June 17, 1961.

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