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.

Prohibited items and handling rules

  • Section 1 prohibits the corporation from receiving or delivering matter described in Sections nineteen hundred fifty-four and nineteen hundred fifty-five of the Administrative Code.
  • Section 1 requires that any absolutely non-mailable matter received by the corporation is forfeited to the Government.
  • Section 1 requires that any matter unmailable under Section nineteen hundred fifty-five of the Administrative Code, when received, must be returned when practicable to the person who deposited it, but must be returned even though it need not be delivered to the addressee.
  • Section 1 provides that any willful violation of the foregoing proviso is sufficient cause for the repeal of this franchise.

Government supervision and regulatory oversight

  • Section 1 requires that the Postmaster General, under rules he may prescribe with the approval of the Secretary of Public Works and Communications, shall exercise supervision over the corporation.
  • The supervision purpose is to prevent any violation of the provisos in Section 1 and the Postal Law and regulations.

Service charges and pricing control

  • Section 2 empowers the corporation to fix its service charges, subject to approval of the Public Service Commission.

Additional annual tax obligation

  • Section 3 requires the corporation to pay, in addition to taxes under the Internal Revenue Code, an additional annual tax of one per cent on its net profit.
  • Section 3 provides that the proceeds of the additional annual tax accrue to the National Government.

Bond requirement for customer losses

  • Section 5 requires the corporation to file a bond in the amount of twenty-five thousand pesos.
  • The bond must answer for any loss or damage that any customer or customers may suffer.

Effectivity and approval

  • Section 6 provides that the Act takes effect upon its approval.
  • The Act was approved on June 17, 1961.

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