REPUBLIC ACT NO. 2363 - AN ACT TO
AMEND FURTHER ACT NUMBERED THIRTY-NINE HUNDRED AND NINETY-TWO,
OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE REVISED MOTOR VEHICLES LAW, AS AMENDED |
Section 1. Paragraph (b) of section five of Act Numbered
Thirty-nine hundred ninety-two, otherwise known as the Revised Motor
Vehicles Law, as amended, is further amended, to read as follows: "(b) Any
registration of motor vehicles not renewed on or before the date fixed
for different classifications as provided hereunder shall become
delinquent and invalid: 1. For hire motor vehicles – on or before the last working day of February 2. Privately owned motor vehicles – on or before the last working day of March 3. All other motor vehicles – on or before the last working day of April except when the plates of such motor vehicles are returned to the Motor Vehicles Office in Manila, or to the Office of the Motor Vehicle Registrar in the provincial or city agencies of the Motor Vehicles Office on or before the last working day of December of the year of issue." Sec. 2. Paragraphs (b) and (c) of section eight of the same Act, as amended, are further amended to read as follows: "(b) Private
automobiles with pneumatic rubber tires, an amount based on their
respective shipping weight or factory weight as indicated in the
following schedule: 1000 kilos or less P75.00 1001 to 1500 kilos 100.00 1501 to 2000 kilos 135.00 2001 and above 180.00 The factory or shipping weight of
a private automobile shall be obtained from the Red Book edited by the
National Market Report, Inc., of the United States of America:
Provided, That in the case of automobiles with altered, changed or
rebuilt bodies, the weight as obtained by actual weighing shall be
considered the vehicle weight: Provided further, That the increased
registration fees herein prescribed shall not apply to jeeps and
jeepneys for private use or for hire and the fees thereof shall be
those prescribed for them before the approval of this Act.cralaw "The registered passenger capacity of passenger automobiles operated for hire or for private use shall be determined as follows: "1. For each
adult passenger, not less than a horizontal rectangular area, including
seat and foot space, 40 cm. wide and 60 cm. long, except in the front
seat which shall allow 50 cm. wide for the operator.cralaw "2. For each half-passenger, not less than a horizontal rectangular area, including seat and foot space, 20 cm. wide by 60 cm. long, provided that each continuous row of seats shall not be allowed more than one-half passenger.cralaw "(c) Private motor trucks, passenger buses and trailers with pneumatic rubber tires, the sum of five pesos per hundred kilograms of maximum allowable gross weight or fraction thereof." Sec. 3. Section seventeen of the same Act, as amended, is further amended to read as follows: "Section 17.
Number plate, preparation and issuance of.– (a) The Chief of the Motor
Vehicles Office shall cause number plates to be prepared and issued to
owners of motor vehicles and trailers registered under this Act,
charging a fee of one peso for each complete plate including the
numerals indicating the year of registry: Provided, however, That in
case no number plates are available, the Chief of the Motor Vehicles
Office or his deputies may issue, without charge, a written permit
temporarily authorizing the operation of any motor vehicles with other
means of identification: Provided, further, That all motor vehicles
exempted from payment of registration fees, motor vehicles for hire,
and privately owned motor vehicles, shall bear plates so designed and
painted with different colors to distinguish one class from the other:
Provided, still further, That the plates of motor vehicles exempted
from payment of registration fees shall be permanently assigned to such
motor vehicles during their entire lifetime while exempted from payment
of fees: And provided, finally, That the owner thereof shall return
such plate to the Chief of the Motor Vehicles Office within a period of
seven working days after such owner has lost his exemption privilege or
has transferred the vehicle to a non-exempt owner. "(b) In case
the design of the number plate is such that the numerals indicating the
year of registry are in a detachable tag, the Chief, Motor Vehicles
Office or his deputies may, in their discretion, issue the said tag
only, for subsequent re-registration, charging a fee of fifty centavos
for each tag issued." Sec. 4. Section twenty-four of the same Act, as amended, is further amended to read as follows: "Sec. 24.
Driver's license, fees, examination. – Every person who desires
personally to operate any motor vehicle shall make application to the
Chief, Motor Vehicles Office or his deputies for a license to drive
motor vehicles: Provided, however, That no person shall be issued a
professional chauffeur's license who is suffering from highly
contagious diseases, such as, advanced tuberculosis, gonorrhea,
syphilis, and the like.cralaw "Each such application except in the case of enlisted men operating Government owned vehicles shall be accompanied by a fee of five pesos, and shall contain such information respecting the applicant and his ability to operate motor vehicles, as may be required by the Chief, Motor Vehicles Office. "The Chief, Motor Vehicles Office
or his deputies shall also ascertain that the applicant's sight and
hearing are normal, and may, in their discretion, require a certificate
to that effect, signed by a reputable physician.cralaw "An examination or demonstration to show any applicant's ability to operate motor vehicles may also be required in the discretion of the Chief, Motor Vehicles Office or his deputies." Sec. 5. Section thirty-one, article one, Chapter Three of the same Act, as amended, is further amended to read as follows: "Sec. 31.
Renewal of license. – Any license not renewed every year on or before
the last working day of the month when the applicant was born shall
become delinquent and invalid.cralaw "The fee for renewal of delinquent license shall be five pesos, in addition to the basic fee as hereinabove prescribed.cralaw "Every applicant for renewal of license to operate any motor vehicle shall present to the Chief, Motor Vehicles Office either in person or by mail or messenger the license issued to the applicant for the previous year, together with the proper fee of five pesos and, in the case of professional chauffeurs, three copies of a readily recognized photograph of the applicant which photograph shall have been taken not exceeding three years prior to the date of appreciation for renewal. "Lost license. – In case the
license for the previous year has been lost or cannot be produced, the
applicant shall obtain a duplicate on accord with section ten of this
Act, on penalty of refusal, by the Chief, Motor Vehicles Office or his
deputies to renew the license: Provided, however, That the Chief, Motor
Vehicles Office or his deputies may, in their discretion, accept in
lieu of the previous year's license, the duly signed and sworn
statement of an operator to the effect that he has not operated any
motor vehicle in the Philippines during the year or years for which no
license was issued in his name.cralaw "The Chief, Motor Vehicles Office and his deputies are hereby authorized to administer the oath in connection with such affidavit." Sec. 6. This Act shall take effect with respect to car license and drivers' licenses for the calendar year nineteen hundred and sixty.cralaw Approved: June 20, 1959 |