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    Presidential Decree No. 1018 limits ownership and management of mass media in the Philippines to Philippine citizens and corporations wholly owned by Philippine citizens. It defines mass media to include print, broadcast, radio, television, and other forms of media communication. The decree subjects foreigners and foreign corporations circulating publications in the Philippines to its provisions. It establishes penalties for violations, including cancellation of permits, imprisonment, and fines. The decree repeals inconsistent laws and was signed by President Ferdinand Marcos on September 22, 1976.

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    Presidential Decree No. 1018 limits ownership and management of mass media in the Philippines to Philippine citizens and corporations wholly owned by Philippine citizens. It defines mass media to include print, broadcast, radio, television, and other forms of media communication. The decree subjects foreigners and foreign corporations circulating publications in the Philippines to its provisions. It establishes penalties for violations, including cancellation of permits, imprisonment, and fines. The decree repeals inconsistent laws and was signed by President Ferdinand Marcos on September 22, 1976.

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    Presidential Decree No. 1018 limits ownership and management of mass media in the Philippines to Philippine citizens and corporations wholly owned by Philippine citizens. It defines mass media to include print, broadcast, radio, television, and other forms of media communication. The decree subjects foreigners and foreign corporations circulating publications in the Philippines to its provisions. It establishes penalties for violations, including cancellation of permits, imprisonment, and fines. The decree repeals inconsistent laws and was signed by President Ferdinand Marcos on September 22, 1976.

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    MALACAÑANG 

    MANILA

    PRESIDENTIAL DECREE No. 1018

    LIMITING THE OWNERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT OF MASS MEDIA TO CITIZENS


    OF THE PHILIPPINES AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

    WHEREAS, the Constitution, to protect the integrity and sovereignty of the


    Philippines, provides among other things, that the ownership and management of
    mass media shall be limited to citizens of the Philippines or to corporations or
    associations wholly owned and managed by such citizens;

    WHEREAS, it is imperative that this constitutional mandate be implemented by law, with


    appropriate sanctions, to ensure that it is respected and carried out at all times;

    NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by


    virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution, do hereby order and decree:

    Section 1. The term “mass media” refers to the print medium of communication,
    which includes all newspapers, periodicals, magazines, journals, and publications and
    all advertising therein, and billboards, neon signs and the like, and the broadcast
    medium of communication, which includes radio and television broadcasting in all
    their aspects and all other cinematographic or radio promotions and advertising.

    Section 2. The ownership and management of mass media shall be limited to


    citizens of the Philippines, or to corporations or associations wholly owned and
    managed by such citizens.

    Section 3. Any foreigner or alien residing in the Philippines and any foreign corporation
    doing business in the Philippines who prints or publishes, or causes to be printed or
    published, abroad any newspaper, magazine, periodical or other publication but
    circulates or causes the circulation of the same in the Philippines shall be
    covered by or be subject to the provisions of this Decree.

    Section 4. Any person who publishes a newspaper, magazine, periodical or other


    publication abroad and desires to circulate it in the Philippines shall do so through a
    Filipino citizen or a firm or association wholly owned or controlled by citizens of the
    Philippines, and the said distributor shall be responsible for compliance with any
    requirements of Philippine law, rules or regulations and be liable for any criminal or civil
    action against the publication.

    Section 5. Violation of the provisions of this decree shall subject the person or
    corporation guilty of such violation to cancellation of its permit. In addition, any person
    found guilty of violating this Decree shall be punished by imprisonment of from six (6)
    months to five (5) years or a fine of Ten Thousand (P10,000) Pesos, or both such
    fine and imprisonment at the discretion of the Court.
    If the violation is committed by a corporation, the penalty shall be imposed on the
    officers or employees thereof who were responsible for or who committed the
    violation.

    Section 6. All laws, decrees, orders, instructions and rules and regulations inconsistent
    herewith are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.

    Done in the City of Manila, this 22nd day of September, in the year of Our Lord,
    nineteen hundred and seventy-six.

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