Section 2
SECTION 2. Section 3 of Presidential Decree No. 576, as amended, is hereby amended to read as follows: “SEC. 3. Each regulatory council or body shall be responsible for the elevation of the ethics and the standards of excellence of mass media in all its phases within each group. Towards this end, each council or body is hereby authorized to adopt policies, formulated guidelines, fix standards and promulgate reasonable rules and regulations for the operation and discipline of all mass media under its supervision, and to administer and enforce the same. Such policies, standards, guidelines, and rules and regulations shall be in conformity with the provisions of existing laws, especially those on national security. “The Minister of Public Information shall be furnished copies of the rules and regulations and other issuances as well as decisions of the regulatory councils or bodies, for purposes of information only.”