MTRCB MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR NO. 94-024

: It is MTRCB Memorandum Circular No. 94-024, adopted on September 5, 1995.
: It reminds distributors of MTRCB Circular No. 93-013.
: It prohibits showing the classification or rating of a foreign film given by its mother country at the start or end of the film.
: At the start or at the end of the film.
: It claims the practice serves no purpose but to confuse the Filipino audience.
: Only the rating given by the MTRCB can be used.
: It is directed to foreign movie distributors.
: The practice must stop once and for all.
: It requests their cooperation in complying with the prohibition.
: The only permissible rating to display is the MTRCB rating; foreign (mother-country) ratings may not be shown at the start or end of the film.
: The mother-country rating refers to the foreign classification displayed by the film’s original jurisdiction; the MTRCB rating is the Philippines’ official rating that may be displayed instead.
: The allowed rating is specifically the one given by MTRCB, as the circular establishes that only the MTRCB rating can be used.
: Whether the distributor can lawfully remove/replace the display of the foreign rating at the start/end, since the circular prohibits displaying it in those locations.