Executive Order No.




EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 757 December 29, 1981 AMENDING EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 585 RECONSTITUTING THE BOARD OF CENSORS FOR MOTION PICTURES, WHICH HAS BEEN RENAMED BOARD OF REVIEW FOR MOTION PICTURES AND TELEVISION By virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution and pursuant to the authority vested in me by Presidential Decree No. 1416, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, do hereby amend Section 1 of Executive Order No. 585, entitled "Reconstituting the Board of Censors for Motion Pictures," to read as follows: Sec. 1. The Board of Censors for Motion Pictures is hereby reconstituted to be composed of one (1) chairman, four (4) vice-chairmen and thirty-two (32) members who shall be appointed by the President of the Philippines. The Chairman shall serve for a term of four (4) years. The Vice-Chairman and the members first appointed shall hold office as follows: One (1) Vice-Chairman and eight (8) members for one (1) year; one (1) Vice-Chairman and eight (8) members for two (2) years; one (1) Vice-Chairman and eight (8) members for three (3) years, and finally one (1) Vice-Chairman and eight (8) members for four (4) years. Thereafter, the term of office of the Vice-Chairmen and the members to be appointed shall all be for four (4) years. If the Chairman or any of the Vice-Chairman or members fails to complete his term or office, the person appointed to fill the vacancy in the Board shall serve only for the unexpired term of the member he replaces. No person shall be appointed to the Board unless he is a citizen of the Philippines; not less than thirty (30) years of age, of good moral standing in the community and not directly connected with the motion picture or television industries; Provided, That in the selection of members of the Board, consideration, shall be made to bring in a multisectoral field of expertise on the various aspects of motion picture review. The Chairman, the Vice-Chairman and all members of the Board shall be entitled to honoraria and transportation and allowances to be determined by the Board and subject to the approval of the Minister of the Budget. Sec. 2. This Order shall take effect immediately. Done in the City of Manila, this 29th day of December, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and eighty-one. The Lawphil Project - Arellano Law Foundation