RA 3846 (Biso)

Question 1

The RA 3846 is also known as?

Answer 1

Radio Control Law

Question 2

What is the title of RA 3846?

Answer 2

An Act Providing For The Regulation of Radio Stations and Radio Communications In The Philippine Islands, And For Other Purposes

Question 3

How many sections does RA 3846 have?

Answer 3

14 sections

Question 4

This section of RA 3846 states that 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;

Answer 4

Section 1

Question 5

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 _________ therefor from the Philippine Legislature;

Answer 5

Franchise

Question 6

This section of RA 3846 states that 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.

Answer 6

Section 2

Question 7

No station shall be operated except under and in accordance with the provisions of a license issued therefor by the ___________

Answer 7

Secretary of Commerce and Communications

Question 8

If a renewal is desired, the licensee shall submit an application to the Secretary of Commerce and Communication at least _____ months before the expiration date of the license to be renewed.

Answer 8

2

Question 9

no license shall be issued for a longer period than _____ years.

Answer 9

3

Question 10

The ____________ 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.

Answer 10

Secretary of Commerce and Communication

Question 11

The Secretary of Commerce and Communication shall assign _______ and assign ____________ 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;

Answer 11

Call Letters, Frequencies

Question 12

The Secretary of Commerce and Communication shall make rules and regulations to prevent and eliminate ________ between stations and to carry out the provisions of this Act and the provisions of International Radio Regulations:

Answer 12

Interference

Question 13

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, and no license shall be granted or transferred to any person who is not a citizen of the _______________;

Answer 13

United States of America or of the Philippine Islands

Question 14

No radio station license shall be transferred to any company or corporation _______________ of whose capital stock may be voted by aliens or their representatives,

Answer 14

20%

Question 15

This section states that the privileges granted in any station license shall not be exclusive.

Answer 15

Section 5

Question 16

The _______________________, 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

Answer 16

President of the United States of America, or Governor-General of the Philippine Islands

Question 17

This section states that a person to whom or through whom a message has been submitted for transmission shall not willfully publish or divulge the contents to any unauthorized person

Answer 17

Section 7

Question 18

The Secretary of Commerce and Communication is hereby authorized to create a ______________, Division, or Office, which shall take charge of carrying out the provisions of this Act and of the regulations prescribed by him,

Answer 18

Radio Regulation Section

Question 19

This section states that the provisions of this Act shall not apply to radio stations of the United States Government and those of the Philippine Government.

Answer 19

Section 9

Question 20

Foreign mobile stations temporarily located within the Philippine Islands shall be exempt from the provisions of this Act: Provided, however, That they shall be subject to the provisions of the _____________

Answer 20

International Radiotelegraph Regulations

Question 21

This section states that the powers vested in and the duties imposed upon the Director of Posts by Act Numbered Thirty-three hundred and ninety-six are hereby transferred to the Secretary of Commerce and Communication

Answer 21

Section 10

Question 22

In section 10, the powers vested in and the duties imposed upon the Director of Posts by Act Numbered ____________ are hereby transferred to the Secretary of Commerce and Communication,

Answer 22

3396

Question 23

This section states that the Act Numbered 3275, entitled, “An Act to Amend Article One of Chapter Fifty-two and Section Twenty-seven hundred and fifty-seven of the Administrative Code, Providing for the Effective Radio Control,” is hereby repealed

Answer 23

Section 11

Question 24

What is the title of RA 3275?

Answer 24

An Act to Amend Article One of Chapter Fifty-two and Section Twenty-seven hundred and fifty-seven of the Administrative Code, Providing for the Effective Radio Control

Question 25

Section 12. Any person who shall violate any mandatory or prohibitory provision of this Act, or any mandatory or prohibitory provision of the regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Commerce and Communication under this Act, or any mandatory or prohibitory provision of the International Radio Regulations, upon conviction thereof by a court of competent jurisdiction, shall be punished by a fine of __________ or by imprisonment for ____________, or both, for each and every offense.

Answer 25

300 pesos; not more than 3 months

Question 26

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 any provision of the International Radio Regulations, shall be punished by a fine of _______ for each and every offense.

Answer 26

not more than 1000 pesos

Question 27

According to Section 14, this act shall take effect ___ months

Answer 27

3

Question 28

When was RA 3846 approved?

Answer 28

November 11, 1931