Section 12Sec./Art. 12

The National Telecommunications Commission shall have the power, after due notice and hearing, to direct, authorize or order another holder of a certificate of public convenience and necessity or any qualified person or entity to temporarily operate and maintain the grantee's telecommunications services whenever the grantee's certificate is revoked or suspended by the Commission or in case the authorized temporary operator willfully discontinues or abandons his operations thereby causing irreparable damage and serious inconvenience to the public:Provided,That the Commission shall, in a formal order, prescribe the terms and conditions of the said temporary operation, the reasons for the designation of the temporary operator and the restoration to the grantee of said telecommunications service:Provided, further,That in no case shall such order be construed as a grant of a certificate of public convenience and necessity.