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Sale, Lease, Transfer, Usufruct, or Assignment of the Franchise. - The Grantee shall not sell, lease, transfer, grant to usufruct of, nor assign this franchise or the rights and privileges acquired thereunder to any person, firm, company, corporation or other commercial or legal entity, nor merge with any other corporation, or entity, nor shall transfer the controlling interest of the Grantee, whether as a whole or in part, and whether simultaneously or contemporaneously, to any such person, firm, company, corporation, or entity without the prior approval of the Congress.
The Congress shall be informed of any lease, transfer, grant of usufruct of, sale, or assignment of the franchise or the rights and privileges acquired thereunder, or of the merger or transfer of the controlling interest of the Grantee, within sixty (60) days after the completion of said transaction: Provided, That, any such transfer, sale, or assignment is in accordance with the constitutional limitations: Failure to report to Congress such change of ownership shall render the franchise ipso facto revoked. Any person or entity to which this franchise is sold, transferred, or assigned shall be subject to the same conditions, terms, restrictions, and limitations of this Act.
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