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…

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
Republic 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 us
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 or causes 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 Secretary of National Defense, or WHICH THEREAFTER MAY BE
ORDERED CLOSED AS A CONSEQUENCE OF A FINDING 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 21st day of September, in the year of Our
Lord, nineteen hundred and eighty.

			(Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS President of the Philippines
	By the President:
	(Sgd.) JUAN C. TUVERA
		Senior Presidential Assistant