Question & AnswerQ&A (EXECUTIVE ORDER NO 78)
Section 7 prohibits any person or entity from exhibiting or causing to be exhibited by television within the Philippines any motion picture, including trailers, stills, and other pictorial advertisements connected with motion pictures, that are not duly passed by the Board of Censors for Motion Pictures.
Yes, all motion pictures to be shown on television must first be passed upon by the Board of Censors for Motion Pictures to ensure they are harmless and not offensive to morals and peace and order.
Yes, motion pictures imprinted or exhibited by the Philippine Government and/or its departments and agencies, as well as newsreels, are excepted from this requirement.
Violators may face imprisonment of not less than six months but not more than two years, or a fine of not less than six hundred pesos nor more than two thousand pesos, or both, at the court's discretion.
If the offender is an alien, they shall be deported immediately in addition to other penalties.
Yes, the license to operate the television station shall also be revoked if there is a violation of Section 7.
The criminal liability shall devolve upon the president, manager, administrator, or any official thereof responsible for the violation.
The purpose is to ensure that only motion pictures found harmless and not offensive to morals or the peace and order of society are exhibited, thereby addressing the breakdown of morality and rising criminality.
All offices, officers, and employees of the government concerned with this matter are urged, called upon, and directed to exert all efforts to effectively and vigorously implement and enforce the provisions.