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SENATE 
S. No. 1565 
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Introduced by Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
This bill is intended to require every cable television (CATV) company providing CATV 
reception service to subscribers in the country to disclose the cost of each component of a 
bundled package of CATV programming services including, but not limited to, the amount of 
any discount attributable to a subscriber's purchase of a bundled package as compared to the cost 
of each component if purchased separately from the CATV company. 
Although there is no law which fully;.regulates the rates charged by CATV companies, 
the purpose of this bill is to require disclosure by CATV companies of the relative cost of 
components of a bundled package of CATV programming services purchased by subscribers so 
that subscribers understand how the cost of the bundled package is calculated.' 
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• This bill was originally filed in the third regular session of the 14'" Congress. 
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SIXTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE REPUBLIC 
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First Regular Session 
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S. No. 1~65 
Introduced by Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago 
AN ACT 
REQUIRING PROPER BILL DETAIL DISCLOSURE 
FROM CABLE TELEVISION COMPANIES 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Philippines in 
Congress assembled: 
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SECTION 1. Title. - This Act shall be known as the "Cable Television Disclosure Act." 
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SECTION 2. Disclosure Requirement. - Every cable television company which provides 
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cable television reception service to subscribers in the country shall identify and disclose in clear 
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and conspicuous language on each monthly or periodic bill for cable television service sent to a 
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subscriber, the cost of each component of the subscriber's package of cable television 
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programming services, including, but not limited to, an estimate of the amount of discount, if 
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any, attributable to the subscriber's purchase 'of'a bundled package of programming services as' 
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compared to the cost of each component if purchased separately by the subscriber from the cable 
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television company. 
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SECTION 3. Format and Process - The disclosure of information required by this Act 
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shall be provided in accordance with a format and process approved by the National 
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Telecommunications Commission. 
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SECTION. 4. Penalties. - Any director, officer, or agent of a corporation who shall 
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authorize, order, or perform any of the acts or practices constituting in whole or in part a 
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violation of this Act, shall upon conviction, be subject to a fine of not less than One Hundred 
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Thousand Pesos (PIOO,OOO.OO) but not more than One Million Pesos (Pl,OOO,OOO.OO), or 
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imprisonment of not less than six (6) years but not more than twelve (12) years, or both, upon the 
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discretion of the court. 
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In case the violation is committed by, or in the interest of a juridical person duly licensed 
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to engage in business in the Philippines, such license to engage in business shall also be 
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immediately revoked. 
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SECTION 5. Separability Clause. - If any provision or part thereof is held invalid or 
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unconstitutional, the remainder of the law or the provision not otherwise affected shall remain 
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valid and subsisting. 
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SECTION 6. 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 inconsistent 
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with the provisions of this Act is hereby.repeflled, modified, or amended accordingly. 
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SECTION 7. 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, 
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