WHEREAS, the purpose of censorship is not primarily to restrict or curtail the freedom of expression of persons engaged in the film industry, but to provide a standard by which film could be effectively used as an instrument of progress;

WHEREAS, the function of the Board of Censors actually involved the review of films before public showing to see to it that they comply with the standards set forth by law; and

WHEREAS, there is a need to change the name of the Board to conform to what it actually stands for;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby change the name of the Board of Censors for Motion Pictures to Board of Review for Motion Pictures and Television.

Done in the City of Manila, this 13th day of November, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and eighty-one.


By the President:

(SGD.) JOAQUIN T. VENUS, JR.
Deputy Presidential Executive Assistant