Section 10Sec./Art. 10

Cinema Evaluation Board. - There is hereby created a Cinema Evaluation Board hereinafter referred to as the "Board" which shall evaluate and grade films submitted to the Council, subject to the following:

a. Composition, Qualifications and appointment. - The Board shall be composed of a Board Chairperson and thirty (30) members, twenty (20) of whom shall come from the film industry, and the other ten (10) from the arts, academe, business and other sectors. The President shall appoint the members of the Board from among forty (40) nominees submitted by the Council: Provided, That the persons appointed to the Board should be knowledgeable of the artistic and technical aspects of the film - making and fully committed to the promotion and development of cinematographic art along world-class standards and global marketability.

b. Term of Office. - The Board Chairperson and members shall serve for a term of two (2) years and shall be eligible for reappointment for a second term: Provided, That no member shall serve for more than (2) consecutive terms: Provided, further, if any member fails to complete a term, the person appointed to fill the vacancy shall serve only for the unexpired portion of the term of the member whom he / she succeeds, unless re-appointed: Provided, finally, That such service of the unexpired portion shall not be counted as a term. In the initial appointments, the Board Chairperson and the first fifteen (15) members shall hold office for two (2) years and the next fifteen (15) for one (1) year.

c. Quorum. - The Chairperson or his/her duly - designated representative who is also a Board member, and at least eleven (11) members are needed for the Board to transact business.

d. Honorarium. - A Board member shall receive reasonable honorarium for each film actually evaluated, to be determined by the Council subject to government accounting and auditing rules and regulations.

e. Participation. - No member of the Board shall participate in the grading of a film in which he or she or any member of his or her family or any relative within the fourth degree of consanguinity or affinity shall have financial or any other interest: Provided, further; That such member shall disclose fully, at the time of his or her inhibition, the nature of his or her interest including actual or potential conflict of interest and the reasons for his or her inhibition.