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

of cargo and passengers does not exceed the registered

net capacity of the truck.

For the purpose of this section, a vehicle habitually used

to carry freight not belonging to the registered owner

thereof, or passengers not related by consanguinity or

affinity within the fourth civil degree to such owner, shall

be conclusively presumed to be "for hire."

No person shall be allowed to register as private truck any

truck not actually and reasonably necessary to carry out

his duly licensed business or legitimate occupation or

industry regularly paying taxes.

(d)Public utility automobiles; (e) public utility trucks; (f)

taxis and auto-calesas; (g) garage automobiles; (h) garage

trucks; (i) hire trucks: and (j) trucks owned by contractors

and customs brokers and customs agents. Application for

registration

under

these

classifications

shall

be

accompanied by a certificate of public convenience or a

special permit issued by the Public Service Commission,

and motor vehicles registered under these classifications

shall be subject to the Public Service Law, rules and

regulations, as well as the provisions of this Act.

(k)Undertakes

(l) Dealers — Registrations under this classification are

intended to cover generally and successively all the motor

vehicles imported or handled by dealers for sale. Motor

vehicles registered under the dealer's classification shall,

under

no

circumstances,

be

employed

to

carry

passengers or freight in the dealer's business, or for hire.

Such vehicles shall be operated under this classification

only for the purpose of transporting the vehicle itself from

the pier or factory to the warehouse or sales room or for

delivery

to

a

prospective

purchaser

or

for

test

or

demonstration.

(m)Government automobiles; (n) government trucks; and

(o) government motorcycles. Motor vehicles owned by

the Government of the Philippines or any of its political

subdivisions

shall

be

registered

under

these

classifications.

Motor vehicles owned by government

corporations, by government employees or by foreign

governments

shall

not

be

registered

under

this

classification.

(p)Tourists bringing their own motor vehicles to the

Philippines may, without registering such motor vehicles,

use the same during but not after ninety days of their

sojourn: Provided , That the motor vehicle displays the

number plates for the current year of some other country

or state, and said number plates as well as the name and

address (permanent and temporary) of the owner thereof

are registered in the Land Transportation Commission

prior to the operation of the motor vehicle.

If such tourist remain in the Philippines longer than

ninety days, the motor vehicle shall not be operated

unless registered in accordance with this Act and the

corresponding registration fees paid.

(q)Special. The Commissioner of Land Transportation

may, in his discretion, allow the registration under this

classification of motor vehicles which do not conform to

the foregoing described regular classification.

ARTICLE II Registration Fees

SECTION 8. Schedule of Registration Fees . — Except as

otherwise

specifically

provided

in

this

Act,

each

application for renewal of registration of motor vehicles

shall be accompanied by an annual registration fee in

accordance with the following schedule:

(a)Private automobiles with pneumatic rubber tires, an

amount based on their respective shipping weight or

factory weight as indicated in the following schedule:

1,000 kilos or less

P75.00

1,000 to 1,500 kilos

100.00

1,501 to 2,000 kilos

135.00

2,001 kilos 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 ,

further ,

That

in

the

case

of

automobiles with altered, changed or rebuilt bodies, the

weight

as

obtained:

by

actual

weighing

shall

be

considered the vehicles weight: Provided , furthermore ,

That the increase registration fees herein prescribed shall

not apply to jeeps and jeepneys for private use or for hire

and the fees hereof shall be those prescribed for them

before the approval of this Act.

The

registered

passenger

capacity

of

passenger

automobiles operated for hire or for private use shall be

determined as follows:

1.For each adult passenger, a horizontal rectangular area,

including seat and feet space, not less than thirty-five

centimeters wide and sixty centimeters long, except in

the front seat, which shall allow an area fifty centimeters

wide for the operator.

2.For each half passenger, a horizontal rectangular area,

including seat and feet spaces, not less than seventeen

and a half centimeters wide by sixty centimeters long,

provided that each continuous row of seats shall not be

allowed to have more than one-half passenger.

(b)Private motor trucks, passenger buses and trailers with

pneumatic rubber tires, the sum of five pesos for every

hundred kilograms of maximum allowable gross weight

or fraction thereof.

(c)Private motor trucks, passenger buses and trailers with

solid rubber tires or with part-solid and part-pneumatic

rubber tires, the sum of seven pesos for every hundred

kilograms of maximum allowable gross weight or fraction

thereof.

(d)Private

motorcycles and scooters of two or three

wheels and bicycles with motor attachments, the sum of

thirty pesos.

(e)The fee for registration of motor vehicles for hire shall

be sixty percent more than the fee prescribed for private

motor vehicles of the same category.

(f)The fee for registration of diesel-consuming vehicles

shall be fifty percent more than that of vehicles using

motor fuel other than diesel oil. The fee for registration of

motor vehicles for hire shall be sixty percent more than

the fees prescribed for private motor vehicles.

(g)No regular registration fees shall be charged for the

general

registration

of

motor

vehicles contemplated

under

the

dealer's

classification:

Provided ,

That

the

Commissioner

of

Land

Transportation

shall

provide

appropriate dealer's number plates corresponding to the

classification

of

vehicles

hereinbelow

described, and

registration fee for every set of such dealer's number

plates shall be in accordance with the following schedule

of rates:

Two hundred pesos for each truck or trailer;

One hundred pesos for each passenger automobile; and

Twenty pesos for each motorcycle and the like.

(h)Registration under the "Government Motor Vehicle"

classification shall be free of charge, upon request of the

chief of bureau or office concerned.

(i)Motor vehicles not intended to be operated or used

upon any public highway, or which are operated on

highways

not

constructed

or

maintained

by

the

Government, or are intended not to be used or operated

at all, shall be exempt from payment of the registration

fees provided in this Act, but shall each pay an annual

recording and service fee of fifteen pesos: Provided ,

however , That no refund, credit for, or reimbursement of

registration fees or part thereof shall be made to any

owner on account of the discontinuance of the use or

operation of a motor vehicle subsequent to the payment

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