QuestionsQuestions (Republic Act No. 3260)
RA 3260 grants the JRS Business Corporation (a domestic corporation duly registered and existing under Philippine laws) a franchise to conduct a messenger and delivery express service of messages and of packages and parcels at regular intervals and in special/emergency cases, through all hours of the day and night.
The franchise is for a period of fifty (50) years from and after the approval of the Act.
The corporation shall not receive or deliver matter described in Sections 1954 and 1955 of the Administrative Code; and absolutely non-mailable matter received must be forfeited to the Government. Matter unmailable under the applicable provision must be returned when practicable to the depositor but need not be delivered to the addressee.
Absolutely non-mailable matter received by the corporation shall be forfeited to the Government.
It must be returned when practicable to the person who deposited it, but need not be delivered to the addressee.
Any willful violation of the proviso restrictions (on forbidden/unmailable matters) by the corporation is sufficient cause for repeal of the franchise.
The Postmaster General, under rules he may prescribe with approval of the Secretary of Public Works and Communications, exercises supervision to prevent violations of the provisos and the Postal Law and regulations.
The franchisee is empowered to fix service charges subject to approval of the Public Service Commission.
In addition to taxes under the Internal Revenue Code, the corporation must pay an additional annual tax of 1% on its net profit, the proceeds of which accrue to the National Government.
No. The franchise is not exclusive in character.
Yes. The franchise is subject to amendment, alteration, or repeal by Congress when the public interest so requires.
The grantee must file a bond in the amount of Twenty-Five Thousand Pesos (₱25,000) to answer for any loss or damage that customers may suffer.
The Act takes effect upon its approval.
It must approve the franchisee’s service charges fixed by the corporation.
It indicates that despite any other existing law provisions, RA 3260 grants the franchise as stated, overriding conflicting provisions to the extent of the franchise grant.