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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1737-A
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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"
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WHEREAS,
mass media are a potent means of mass communication which can be
effectively utilized by subversive elements in furthering their
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WHEREAS, in the interest of national security, there is need to
regulate the utilization of mass media;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
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
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Section 1. Section 4 of Presidential Decree No. 576
is hereby amended to read as follows:cralaw:red
"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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