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AN ACT CLASSIFYING TABLOIDS CONTAINING SEXUAL STORIES AND IMAGES AS PORNOGRAPHIC OR X-RATED, DENOMINATING THEM AS ONLY FOR ADULTS, REGULATING THEIR CIRCULATION AND PRESCRIBING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION THEREOF
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Date filed
September 20, 2019
Scope
Legislative History
| House Bill/Resolution NO. HB04733 |
| FULL TITLE : AN ACT CLASSIFYING TABLOIDS CONTAINING SEXUAL STORIES AND IMAGES AS PORNOGRAPHIC OR X-RATED, DENOMINATING THEM AS ONLY FOR ADULTS, REGULATING THEIR CIRCULATION AND PRESCRIBING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION THEREOF |
| ABSTRACT : Intends to incorporate systematic domestic regulatory system banning the youth from all forms of pornography in all government programs to address the rising rates of teenage pregnancy, coupled with alarming increase in HIV infections.Aims therefore to regulate the proliferation of tabloids containing sexual stories and images distributed for the exclusive purpose of sexual arousal, by classifying it once and for all, as pornographic or x-rated, and as only for adults. |
| ALIAS NAME : "National Restriction on Tabloids Act" |
| PRINCIPAL AUTHOR/S : CASTELO, PRECIOUS HIPOLITO |
| DATE FILED : 2019-09-20 |
| SIGNIFICANCE: NATIONAL |
| CO-AUTHORS (Journal Entries) : |
| 1. Salvador-Tambunting (000 2020-02-13) |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE ON RULES |
| REFERRAL TO THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC INFORMATION ON 2019-09-24 |
Abstract
Intends to incorporate systematic domestic regulatory system banning the youth from all forms of pornography in all government programs to address the rising rates of teenage pregnancy, coupled with alarming increase in HIV infections.Aims therefore to regulate the proliferation of tabloids containing sexual stories and images distributed for the exclusive purpose of sexual arousal, by classifying it once and for all, as pornographic or x-rated, and as only for adults.
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