Title
Franchise for JRS Messenger and Delivery Service
Law
Republic Act No. 3260
Decision Date
Jun 17, 1961
JRS Business Corporation is granted a 50-year franchise to operate a messenger and delivery express service, subject to regulatory oversight and compliance with postal laws, while ensuring accountability through a required bond and additional taxation on profits.
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Q&A (Republic Act No. 3260)

The JRS Business Corporation, a domestic corporation duly registered and existing under Philippine laws, is granted the franchise.

The law authorizes JRS Business Corporation to conduct a messenger and delivery express service of messages and packages or parcels.

The franchise is granted for a period of fifty years from and after the approval of the Act.

Yes, the corporation shall not receive or deliver matter described in Sections 1954 and 1955 of the Administrative Code, including any absolutely non-mailable matter which shall be forfeited to the Government, and any unmailable matter under Section 1955 which shall be returned to the depositor when practicable.

Any willful violation of the prohibition on receiving or delivering non-mailable matters is sufficient cause for the repeal of the franchise.

The Postmaster General exercises supervision over the corporation under rules prescribed with the approval of the Secretary of Public Works and Communications.

Yes, but the service charges are subject to the approval of the Public Service Commission.

The corporation must pay an additional annual tax of one percent on its net profit to the National Government.

No, the franchise is not exclusive and may be amended, altered, or repealed by Congress when the public interest so requires.

The corporation must file a bond in the sum of twenty-five thousand pesos to cover any loss or damage that customers may suffer.


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