Section 56Sec./Art. 56

Penalty for violation. - The following penalties shall be imposed for violations of this Act:

(a) For registering later than seven days after acquiring title to an unregistered motor vehicle or after conversion of a registered motor vehicle requiring larger registration fee than that for which it was originally registered, or for renewal of a delinquent registration, the penalty shall be a fine fifty per cent of the registration fees corresponding to the portion of the year for which the vehicle is registered for use.

(b) For failure to sign driver's license or to carry same while driving, twenty pesos fine.

(c) Driving a vehicle with a delinquent or invalid driver's license, fifty pesos fine.

(d) Driving a motor vehicle with delinquent, suspended or invalid registration, or without registration or without the proper license plate for the current year, three hundred pesos fine.

(e) Driving a motor vehicle without first securing a driver's license, three hundred pesos fine.

(f) Driving a motor vehicle while under the influence of liquor or narcotic drug, a fine of not less than two hundred pesos nor more than five hundred pesos, or imprisonment of not more than three months, or both, at the discretion of the Court.

(g) Violation of Section thirty-two, thirty-four (a), (b) and (b-1), thirty-five and forty-six a fine not exceeding one hundred pesos: Provided, however, That in the case of violation of Section 34 (b) the vehicle or vehicles affected may not be allowed to operate unless the requirements provided in this section are complied with.

(h) Violations of Sections forty-nine, fifty and fifty-two, a fine not exceeding fifty pesos.

(i) For making, using or attempting to make or use a driver's license, badge, certificate or registration, number plate, tag or permit in imitation or similitude of those issued under this Act, or intended to be used as or for a legal license, badge, certificate, plate, tag or permit or with intent to sell or otherwise dispose of the same to another, or false or fraudulently represent as valid and in force any driver's license, badge, certificate, plate, tag or permit issued under this Act which is delinquent or which has been suspended or revoked, a fine of not exceeding three hundred pesos.

(j) For using private passenger automobiles, private trucks, private motorcycles, and motor wheel attachments for hire, in violation of Section seven, subsections (a), (b), and (c), of this Act, a fine of two hundred pesos and suspension of driver's license for a period of three months for the first conviction; a fine of three hundred pesos and six months imprisonment for the second conviction; and an imprisonment of one year and permanent revocation of the driver's license for the third conviction.

(k) For permitting, allowing, consenting to, or tolerating the use of a privately-owned motor vehicle for hire in violation of Section seven, subsections (a), (b), and (c), of this Act, there shall be imposed upon the owner of the vehicle a fine of five hundred pesos and the certificate of registration shall be suspended for a period of three months for the first conviction, and an increase of one hundred pesos in the fine and one month's suspension of the registration for each subsequent conviction.

(l) For violation of any provisions of this Act or regulations promulgated pursuant hereto, not hereinbefore specifically punished, a fine of not less than ten or more than fifty pesos shall be imposed.

(m) In the event an offender cannot pay any fine imposed pursuant to the provisions of this Act, he shall be made to undergo subsidiary imprisonment as provided for in the Revised Penal Code.

(n) If, as the result of negligence or reckless or unreasonable fast driving, any accident occurs resulting in death or injury of any person, the motor vehicle operator at fault shall, upon conviction, be punished under the provisions of the Revised Penal Code.