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COMMERCIAL LAWS NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENTS, CORPORATION, INSURANCE, TRANSPORTATION, BANKING

vehicles, distribution of loads, allowable loads on tires,

change of tire sizes, body design or carrying capacity

subsequent to registration and all other special cases

which

may

arise

for

which

no specific provision is

otherwise made in this Act.

(2)To compile and arrange all applications, certificates,

permits, licenses, and to enter, note and record thereon

transfers,

notifications,

suspensions,

revocations,

or

judgments of conviction rendered by competent courts

concerning violations of this Act, with the end in view of

preserving and making easily available such documents

and

records

to

public

officers

and

private

persons

properly and legitimately interested therein.

(3)To

give

public

notice

of

the certificates, permits,

licenses and badges issued, suspended or revoked and/or

motor vehicles transferred and/or drivers bonded under

the provisions of this Act.

(4)The Commissioner of Land Transportation, with the

approval

of

the

Secretary

of

Public

Works

and

Communications, may designate as his deputy and agent

any employee of the Land Transportation Commission, or

such other government employees as he may deem

expedient to assist in the carrying out the provisions of

this Act.

(5)The Commissioner of Land Transportation and his

deputies

are

hereby

authorized

to

make

arrest

for

violations of the provisions of this Act in so far as motor

vehicles are concerned; to issue subpoena and subpoena

duces tecum to compel the appearance of motor vehicle

operators and drivers and/or other persons or conductors;

and to use all reasonable means within their powers to

secure enforcement of the provisions of this Act.

(6)The

Commissioner

of

Land

Transportation

or

his

deputies may at any time examine and inspect any motor

vehicle to determine whether such motor vehicle is

registered, or is unsightly, unsafe, overloaded, improperly

marked or equipped, or otherwise unfit to be operated

because

of

possible

excessive damage to highways,

bridges and/or culverts.

(7)The

Philippine

Constabulary

and

the

city

and

municipal police forces are hereby given the authority

and

the

primary

responsibility and duty to prevent

violations of this Act, and to carry out the police provisions

hereof within their respective jurisdictions: Provided , That

all apprehensions made shall be submitted for final

disposition to the Commissioner and his deputies within

twenty-four hours from the date of apprehension.

(8)All

cases

involving

violations of this Act shall be

endorsed immediately by the apprehending officer to the

Land Transportation Commission. Where such violations

necessitate

immediate

action,

the

same

shall

be

endorsed to the traffic court, city or municipal court for

summary investigation, hearing and disposition, but in all

such cases, appropriate notices of the apprehensions and

the

dispositions

thereof

shall

be

given

to

the

Commissioner

of

Land

Transportation

by

the

law-enforcement agency and the court concerned.

Notation of all such dispositions shall be entered in the

records, and copy shall be mailed to the owner and to the

driver concerned.

CHAPTER II Registration of Motor Vehicles

ARTICLE I Duty to Register , Reports , Applications ,

Classifications

SECTION 5. All Motor Vehicles and Other Vehicles must

be Registered . — (a) No motor vehicle shall be used or

operated

on

or

upon

any

public

highway

of

the

Philippines unless the same is properly registered for the

current year in accordance with the provisions of this Act.

(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 — from March one to

the last working day of May.

3. All other motor vehicles — from June one to the last

working day of June; except when the plates of such

motor

vehicles

are

returned

to

the

Commission

in

Quezon City or to the Office of the Motor Vehicles

Registrar

in

the

provincial

or

city

agency

of

the

Commission

on

or

before

the

last

working

day

of

December of the year of issue.

(c) Dealers '

reports

—

The

Commissioner

of

Land

Transportation shall require dealers to furnish him with

such

information

and

reports

concerning

the

sale,

importation, manufacture, number of stocks, transfer or

other transactions affecting motor vehicles as may be

necessary for the effective enforcement of the provisions

of this Act.

(d) Change of motor number prohibited — No repair or

change in the motor vehicle involving the exchange,

elimination,

effacing,

or

replacing of the original or

registered

serial

or

motor

number

as

stamped

or

imprinted, shall be allowed, and any motor vehicle with a

trace of having its motor number altered or tampered

with shall be refused registration or re-registration, unless

such is satisfactorily explained and approved by the

Commissioner.

(e) Encumbrances

of

motor

vehicles

—

Mortgages,

attachments, and other encumbrances of motor vehicles,

in order to be valid, must be recorded in the Land

Transportation

Commission

and

must

be

properly

recorded on the face of all outstanding copies of the

certificates of registration of the vehicle concerned.

Cancellation

or

foreclosure

of

such

mortgages,

attachments, and other encumbrances shall likewise be

recorded, and in the absence of such cancellation, no

certificate of registration shall be issued without the

corresponding notation of mortgage, attachment and/or

other encumbrances.

Records of encumbrances of motor vehicles shall be kept

by the Land Transportation Commission in chronological

sequence and shall contain, among other things, the

time, date and number of the entry in a "Book of Motor

Vehicles"

referring

to

the

creation,

cancellation

or

foreclosure of the aforesaid mortgages, attachments or to

other encumbrances.

The Land Transportation Commission shall collect a fee of

five

pesos

for

every

annotation

of

a

mortgage,

attachment and/or other encumbrances, or cancellation

thereof.

SECTION 6. Application and Payments for Registration .

— Applications and payments for registration shall be

made either personally or by registered mail, and the

date

of

the

cancellation

of

the postage stamps of

envelopes containing money order or check shall be

taken as the date of the application and/or payment for

registration: Provided , That the application is properly

prepared and the payment for registration is sufficient as

required by law.

SECTION 7. Registration Classification . — Every motor

vehicle shall be registered under one of the following

described classifications:

(a)Private passenger automobiles; (b) private trucks; and

(c)

private

motorcycles,

scooters

or

motor

wheel

attachments.

Motor

vehicles

registered

under

these

classifications

shall not be used for hire under any

circumstances and shall not be used to solicit, accept, or

be used to transport passengers or freight for pay.

Laborers necessary to handle freight on board private

trucks may ride on such trucks: Provided , That seats shall

not be installed in the rear compartment thereof and that

only such number of laborers, not exceeding ten, as may

be needed to handle the kind of freight carried, shall ride

on the truck: Provided , further , That the combined weight

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