Section 9Sec./Art. 9

Right of Eminent Domain.- Subject to the limitations and procedures prescribed by law, the grantee is authorized to exercise the right of eminent domain insofar as it niay be reasonably necessary for the efficient maintenance and operation of services. The grantee is authorized to install and maintain its poles, wires, and other facilities over and across public property, including streets, highways, forest reserves, and other similar property of the Government of the Philippines, its branches, or any of its instrumentalities. The grantee may acquire such private property as is actually necessary for the realization of the purposes for which this franchise is granted:Provided,That proper expropriation proceedings shall have been instituted and just compensation paid.