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Chapter VII
APPEAL
SECTION 1. DECISIONS UP FOR APPEAL. – The applicant may appeal decisions of the Committee on Second Review disapproving a motion picture or television program from exhibition in its entirety under Chapter III, Sections 1 and 2, Subsections (c) and (d) respectively hereof, to the President of the Philippines, who may himself/herself decide the appeal, or be assisted either by an ad hoc committee he/she may create, or by the Appeals Committee as specified in Section 4, Paragraph 5, of PD 1986.
SECTION 2. MAKING THE APPEAL. – An appeal shall be made within FIFTEEN (15) DAYS from notice of the decision by the Committee on Second Review by filing a notice of appeal with the BOARD and by paying the appeal docket fee.
SECTION 3. TRANSMITTAL OF FILM PRINTS AND/OR RECORDS. – Upon perfection of the appeal, the BOARD shall send notice to the Office of the President regarding said appeal and shall facilitate the transmission of the film print, television program, and/or records pertinent to the appeal.
SECTION 4. APPEALS COMMITTEE. – The decision of the President of the Philippines through the Appeals Committee on the appealed matter shall be final.
Chapter VIII
PERMITS
SECTION 1. RESTRICTION IN THE USE OF THE PERMIT TO EXHIBIT. – Permit holders shall use such permits only for the purpose or purposes therein stated. Permit holders shall preserve the integrity of the motion picture, television program, or related publicity/promotional material in the same condition it was approved, guarding against illegal insertions of material either previously disapproved or not submitted for review.
The BOARD shall not hesitate to impose penalties and fines, cancel permits and licenses, and cause the prosecution of all those found guilty of exhibiting materials and film prints without an Exhibition Permit. Tampering with the Exhibition Permit shall likewise be subject to penalties and fines.
SECTION 2. DUTIES OF HOLDERS OF PERMIT TO EXHIBIT. – Moviehouses, theaters, and television networks benefit financially from permits to exhibit and/or airing their respective material. Owners of such moviehouses, theaters, television networks, and their respective managers are therefore enjoined to take on the following duties and responsibilities:
- To ensure that the rules and regulations herein enumerated are followed and observed by their employees under risk of sanctions against the entire company;
- In the case of television, to create in-house network regulatory bodies to strictly ensure that programs fall into either a “G” or a “PG” classification;
- In the case of moviehouses, to come up with similar company-instituted safeguards against flagrant violations of the law, such as the immediate reporting to the BOARD of any noticeable insertions or additions that are patently objectionable on the basis of the existing guidelines for classifications;
- To terminate, after due process, and to criminally prosecute employees involved in illegal insertions in a material up for screening/exhibition;
- In cases where motion pictures are presented as double features, to apply the more restrictive classification governing admission; and
- To comply strictly, at the risk of criminal prosecution and administrative penalty, with classification for audience suitability, by which absolutely no unaccompanied children below thirteen (13) are allowed into moviehouses and theaters showing films classified “PG-13”, not to admit viewers below thirteen (13) when the movies are classified as R-13, and absolutely no minors are allowed into moviehouses and theaters showing films classified “R-18” (STRICTLY FOR ADULTS).
SECTION 3. LENGTH OF VALIDITY OF PERMIT TO EXHIBIT.
- FOR MOTION PICTURES. – The validity of an Exhibition Permit given to motion pictures intended for theatrical release covers a period of five years, without further need for the applicant to pay application fees on a yearly basis. The said Exhibition Permit does not extend to television, which constantly requires that all materials for airing fit into only either the “G” or the “PG” classification.FOR
THE TELEVISION PROGRAMS. – A television program reviewed on the basis of a sample of its output for the season is given a broadcast permit for three months. The permit may be revoked at any time upon documented proof of violations of the “G” and “PG” classifications. Because these television programs shall be regularly monitored for spot-checking, fees for each airing will remain in place, on a Pay Before Broadcast (PBB) basis.
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