PROCEDURES IN DEPOSITING COPIES OF BOOKS AND OTHER PRINTED MATERIALS

• Publishers, whether private or government, must deposit with TNL two free copies of a book publication after one month from the date it is first delivered out of press. Said copies must be the best copies printed. "Book" refers to all printed literary works, musical arrangements, catalogues, periodicals, government publications, prints, photographs, drawings and other graphic arts, maps, plans, charts, and tables and all supplements thereto... made available for sale or free distribution to the general public, but shall not include legal documents, printed forms, trade circulars, timetables, and other commercial documents (PD 812).
  
  
• Government or government-controlled publishers must deposit with TNL gratis fifty copies of all printed materials or documents published.
  
  
• In case you do not go to TNL, prepare to give the required free copies deposit whenever TNL staff visit your publishing company.
  
  
• Secure an acknowledgement receipt of your deposit from the Collection Development Division of TNL. This is not compulsory, however, but depends on you needs. In occasions when a case arises in relation to your publication, the acknowledgement receipt is most important.
  
  
• Pay to the Cashier's Office in the Administrative Division of TNL the amount of ten pesos (P10.00) each time you deposit copies of a publication.
  
  
• You pay a fine of P50.00 to P500.00 in case of non-fulfillment of the deposit, whether partial or total. You are also obliged to deliver to TNL free copies of the publication in question. In the event a publication is no longer available, you provide TNL a reproduction of the work, or its value, in addition to the above fine.