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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1737-A
PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1737-A  - AMENDING Section 4 OF PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 576 ENTITLED "ABOLISHING THE MEDIA  ADVISORY COUNCIL AND THE BUREAU OF  STANDARDS FOR MASS MEDIA, AND AUTHORIZING  THE ORGANIZATION OF REGULATORY COUNCILS  FOR PRINT MEDIA AND FOR BROADCAST MEDIA"
 


WHEREAS, mass media are a potent means of mass  communication which can be effectively utilized by  subversive elements in furthering their causes;

WHEREAS, in the interest of national security, there is need to regulate the utilization of mass media;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President  of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in  me by the Constitution, do hereby order and decree  the following:

Section 1. Section 4 of Presidential Decree No. 576 is hereby amended to read as follows:

"Sec. 4. No mass media activity shall be undertaken by any person or entity in the Philippines without  first being registered with the regulatory council  or body concerned, which shall issue certificates  of registration to all applicants qualified under its  respective rules or regulations: Provided, That each  council shall have the authority to suspend or cancel  such certificates of registration for such cause as  may be provided in the rules and the existence of which  each council or body shall have duly determined:  Provided, further, That no certificate of registration  shall be granted in any manner or under any condition  to any of those engaged in mass media which were, in  September 1972, ordered closed and/or sequestered upon  promulgation of Proclamation No. 1081, by order of the  President or the Minister of National Defense, OR  WHICH THEREAFTER MAY BE ORDERED CLOSED AS A CONSEQUENCE  THAT IT HAS BEEN UTILIZED FOR PURPOSES OF SUBVERSION, SEDITION AND OTHER SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES  INIMICAL TO THE NATIONAL SECURITY."

Section 2. This Decree shall take effect immediately.

Done in the City of Manila, this 12th day of September  in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and eighty.
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