Seventeenth Congress Third Regular Session
Begun and held in Metro Manila, on Monday, the twenty-third day of July, two thousand eighteen.
REPUBLIC ACT No. 11458
An Act Expanding the Coverage of Exemptions from Revealing the Source of Published News or Information Obtained in Confidence by Including Journalists from Broadcast, and News Agencies, Amending for the Purpose Section 1 of Republic Act No. 53, as Amended By Republic Act No. 1477
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippine Congress Assembled:
Section 1
Section 1 of Republic Act No. 53, otherwise known as "An Act to Exempt the Publisher, Editor or Reporter of any Publication from Revealing the Source of Published News or Information Obtained in Confidence", as amended by Republic Act No. 1477, is hereby further amended, to read as follows:
"Sec. 1. Without prejudice to his hability under the civil and criminal laws, any publisher, owner, or duly recognized or accredited journalist, writer, reporter, contributor, opinion writer, editor, columnist, manager, media practitioner involved in the writing, editing, production, and dissemination of news for mass circulation, of any print, broadcast, wire service organization, or electronic mass media, including cable TV and its variants, cannot be compelled to reveal the source of any news item, report or information appearing or being reported or disseminated through said media, which was related in confidence to the abovementioned media practitioners unless the court or the House of Representatives or the Senate or any committee of Congress finds that such revelation is demanded by the security of the State.
Section 2. Repealing Clause
All laws, decrees, executive orders, rules or regulations or parts thereof inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed or modified.
Section 3. Effectivity
This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in at least two (2) newspapers of national circulation.
Approved,
(Sgd) GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO Speaker of the House of Representatives
(Sgd) VICENTE C. SOTTO III President of the Senate
This Act which is a consolidation of Senate Bill No. 1255 and House Bill No. 684 was passed by the Senate of the Philippines and the House of Representatives on June 3, 2019.
DANTE ROBERTO P. MALING
Acting Secretary General House of Representatives
MYRA MARIE D. VILLARICA
Secretary of the Senate
RODRIGO ROA DUTERTE
President of the Philippines
Approved: August 30, 2019.
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