EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 196 - VESTING THE JURISDICTION, CONTROL AND REGULATION OVER THE PHILIPPINE COMMUNICATIONS SATELLITE CORPORATION WITH THE NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

WHEREAS, current developments stress the need to supervise and regulate the activities of all satellite terminal stations with satellite facilities for delivery to common carriers; and  

WHEREAS, the Philippine Communications Satellite Corporation is one corporation with such satellite facilities;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, CORAZON C. AQUINO, President of Republic of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution, do hereby order:

Section 1. The Philippine Communications Satellite Corporation is hereby placed under the jurisdiction, control and regulation of the National Telecommunications Commission, including all its facilities and services, and the fixing of rates.

Sec. 2. All laws, orders, rules and regulations inconsistent with this Executive Order are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.

Sec. 3. This Executive Order shall take effect immediately.

Done in the City of Manila, this 17th day of June, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and eighty-seven.
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