NINETEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
First Regular Session
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SENATE
850
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S. No.
Introduced by SENATOR RAMON BONG REVILLA, JR.
AN ACT
LIMITING THE EXPOSURE OF CHILDREN TO VIOLENT PROGRAMMING ON 
TELEVISION AND CABLE SYSTEMS
EXPLANATORY NOTE
The Movie and Television Review and Classification Board (MTRCB) was 
created by Presidential Decree No. 1986. The provisions of this presidential Issuance, 
however, did not include authorization to prescribe ratings for violence in television 
programming and rules for signals containing specifications for blocking violent 
programming in apparatuses with such technical capability. Neither the Republic Act 
No. 7925, otherwise known as the Public Telecommunications Policy Act, gives such 
authority to the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) for broadcast 
operations of public communication entities.
Since 1975, the Journal of the American Medical Association has been 
addressing the medical community about the adverse effects of violence in television 
on child development. The JAMA conducted studies on the matter, and their data 
showed a noticeable increase in the level of aggressive behaviour among children 
who are constantly exposed to televised violence. A similar report by the Harry Frank 
Guggenheim Foundation in the United States, conducted in May of 1999 also 
revealed the Irrefutable connection, between the influence of televised violence on 
the statistics of youth aggression and violence. The impact of what a child sees on 
television to his overall psyche and personality cannot be denied. In the world we 
live in today, the influence of television on our children cannot be ignored.


Regulation Is required, therefore, to assure a safe and healthy upbringing for our 
youth.
This Act prescribes television violence rating codes for children and prohibits 
violent programming on television during certain hours. For apparatus equipped with 
technical capability for blocking signals, the bill authorizes the MTRCB and the NTC 
to jointly prescribe rules for transmission.
RAMO^ONG RE VILLA, JR.


NINETEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
First Regular Session
SENATE
s.No. 850
Senate
of tljC n*crnrj>
‘22 JUL25 P2:01
RliCEiVtD 3V
Introduced by SENATOR RAMON BONG REVILLA, JR.
AN ACT
LIMITING THE EXPOSURE OF CHILDREN TO VIOLENT PROGRAMMING ON 
TELEVISION AND CABLE SYSTEMS
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in 
Congress assembled:
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Section 1. Short Title, - This Act shall be known as the "Children's Media
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Protection Act of2022".
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Sec. 2. Declaration of Policy. -It is the policy of the State to protect the welfare
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of children by limiting their exposure to violent programming on television and cable
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systems.
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Sec. 3. Definition of Terms. - For purposes of this Act, the term -
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(A) Cable Operator- Any person or group of persons who:
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(1) Provides cable service over a cable system and directly or through one
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or more affiliates owns a significant interest in such cable system; or
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(2) Who otherwise controls or is responsible for, through any arrangement,
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the management and operation of such a cable system.
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(B) Cable System- means any faculty consisting of a set of closed transmission
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paths and associated signal generation, reception, and control equipment
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that is designed to provide cable service which includes video programming
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and which is provided to multiple subscribers within a community. Such term
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does not include:
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(1) A facility that serves only to retransmit the television signals of 1 or more
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television broadcast stations;


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(2) A facility that serves only subscribers in one (1) or more multiple unit
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dwelling under common ownership, control or management, unless such
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facility or facilities use any public right-of-way;
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(3) A facility of a common carrier, except to the extent such facility is used
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in the transmission of video programming directly to subscribers; and
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(4) Any facility or any electric utility used solely for operating its electric
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utility system.
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(C) Programming - Includes advertisements but does not include newscasts,
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news interviews, and news documentation.
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(D) Public Teiecommunicaticn Entity- means any person, firm, partnership or
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corporation, government or private, engaged in the provision of
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telecommunications services to the public for compensation.
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Sec. 4. Establishment of Television Violence Rating Code. - The Movie and
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Television and Classification Board (MTRCB) and the National Telecommunications
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Commission (IMTC) shall jointly prescribe, in consultation with the television
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broadcasters, cable operators, concerned non-government organizations for children,
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and interested individuals from the private sector, rules for rating the level of violence
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in television programming, including rules for the transmission by television broadcast
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systems and cables systems of signals containing specifications for blocking violent
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programming.
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Sec. 5. Elimination of Violent Programming on Television during Certain Hours.
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-The MTRCB and NTC shall, within thirty (30) days from the effectivity of this Act,
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pass rules and regulations prohibiting the broadcast on commercial television and
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public telecommunications entities, including the broadcast by cable operators, from
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6:00 A.M. to 10:00 P.M. inclusive of programming that contains very violent scenes
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for children in accordance with the rating code established pursuant to the preceding
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paragraph.
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Sec. 6. Separabiiity Clause. - If any provision or part hereof, is held invalid or
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unconstitutional, the remainder of the law or the provision not otherwise affected shall
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remain valid and subsisting.
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Sec. 7. Repealing Clause. - Any law, presidential decree or issuance, executive
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order, letter of instruction, administrative order, rule or regulation contrary to, or


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inconsistent with, the provisions of this Act is hereby repealed, modified or amended
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accordingly.
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Sec. 8. Effectivity Clause. -This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its
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publication in at least two (2) newspapers of general circulation.
Approved,