Presidential Decree No. 846 (PD 846) — Requiring All Sectors of Mass Media Including Billboard Operators to Allocate Spot Time And/Or Space for Informational and Educational Campaigns and Programs on Energy Conservation of the Government and of the Energy Conservation Movement.
WHEREAS, the energy conservation program of the Government,
if it is to succeed, requires the mounting of a sustained and intensive
program of information and education on energy conservation measures and
the efficient utilization of power and energy;
WHEREAS, the assistance and participation of all sectors of
mass media and billboard advertisers is necessary for the purpose;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the
Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution do
hereby order the following:
SECTION 1. All sectors of mass media including all
newspapers, magazines, radio and televisions networks as well as all
billboard advertisers are hereby required to allocate and set aside such
spot time and/or space as shall be necessary and adequate to air,
broadcast, publish and disseminate informational and educational
programs and campaigns of the Government and of the Energy Conservation
Movement on energy conservation measures and the efficient utilization
of power and energy.
SEC. 2. All materials, programs, and campaigns, to be aired,
broadcast or published shall be coursed through the Secretary of Public
Information who shall by applicable implementing rules and regulations
of this decree specify and designate the time, length and frequency of
air time in the case of radio and television and the space size and
frequency in the case of newspapers and billboards.
SEC. 3. This order shall be effective immediately and for a
period of one year thereafter unless sooner terminated by the
President.
Done in the City of Manila, this 12th day of December in the
year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-five.
(Sgd.)
FERDINAND E. MARCOS
President
Republic of the Philippines
By the President:
(Sgd.)
JUAN C. TUVERA
Presidential Assistant
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