PhilippinesMovie and Television Review and Classification Board Charter, Admission Restriction to Adults-Only Films
Presidential Decree No. 1986 (1985), Section 9
In force.
An adult content age verification (AV) rule binding private bodies.
- Enforcement body
- Movie and Television Review and Classification Board (MTRCB)
- Audit expectation
- none
What it requires
- Applies to moviehouses and theaters exhibiting a motion picture the MTRCB has classified “Restricted” or “For Adults Only”, and to their employees; it names physical admission to those screenings, not online services.
- Do not sell to, or accept from, a person under 18 an admission ticket to a screening of such a film. It is also unlawful for a person under 18 to enter, or to misrepresent or use false evidence of age to gain admission.
- Where you doubt a person's age, require the person seeking admission to exhibit a residence certificate or other proof of age.
These lines are LexLint's reading of the law's text.
If you get it wrong
Criminal exposureYes
Criminal exposure note
Section 11 punishes any violation of the Decree or its implementing rules, including the Section 9 admission restriction, with imprisonment of three months and one day to one year and a fine of not less than fifty thousand pesos nor more than one hundred thousand pesos, on conviction; this penalty is general to the Decree rather than specific to Section 9 alone.
What it reaches
Age threshold
18
Covered services
Moviehouses and theaters exhibiting a motion picture classified "Restricted" or "For Adults Only" by the MTRCB
Obligation class
Age verification
Verification methods
Gov ID
What it makes you log
Logging duty
Section 9 makes a person in doubt show proof of age at admission to a physical screening; it names no record or retention of that check and states no audit or access right.
- Kind
- None
- As of
What this law does
Section 9 makes it unlawful for a person below eighteen years of age to enter, or to misrepresent or use false evidence of age to gain admission into, a moviehouse or theater showing a motion picture the Movie and Television Review and Classification Board (MTRCB) has classified "Restricted" or "For Adults Only". It is likewise unlawful for a theater employee to sell or accept from such a person an admission ticket to such a screening.
Where there is doubt as to a person's age, the person seeking admission must exhibit a residence certificate or other proof of age. Section 11 punishes a violation of the Decree, including this admission restriction, with imprisonment of three months and one day to one year and a fine of not less than fifty thousand pesos nor more than one hundred thousand pesos.
Section 24 provides that the Decree takes effect after fifteen (15) days following its publication in the Official Gazette and/or in newspapers of general circulation in the Philippines. No notice stating the day of that publication has been located.
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