[ Commonwealth Act No. 487, June 18, 1939 ]
ACT TO GRANT THE COTABATO LIGHT AND POWER COMPANY, INCORPORATED, A FRANCHISE FOR.AN ELECTRIC LIGHT, HEAT AND POWER SYSTEM IN COTABATO, COTABATO.
Be it enacted by the National Assembly of the Philippines:
Section 1. Subject to the terms and conditions established in Act Numbered Thirty-six hundred and thirty-six, as amended by Commonwealth Act Numbered One hundred and dirty-two to the provisions of the Constitution, there is granted to the Cotabato Light and Power Company, Incorporated, for a period of twenty-five years from the approval of this Act, the right, privilege and authority to construct, maintain and operate an electric light, heat, and power plant for the purpose of generating and distributing electric light, heat, or power for sale within the limits of the municipality of Cotabato, Province of Cotabato.ℒαwρhi৷
Section 2. It is expressly provided that in the event the Government should desire to maintain and operate for it self the plant and the enterprise herein authorized, the grantee shall surrender its franchise and will turn over to the Government all serviceable equipments therein, at cost.
Section 3. The municipal franchise under which the grantee is now operating an electric light, heat, and power plant in Cotabato, Cotabato, is declared null and void.
Section 4. This Act shall take effect on. its approval.
Enacted, without Executive approval, June 18, 1939.
The Lawphil Project - Arellano Law Foundation
