I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by
virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution, do hereby order
and decree:
SECTION 1. Section 8, paragraph (d) of Republic Act No. 4136
as amended by Presidential Decree No. 843 is hereby amended to read as
follows:
- Private motor tricycles of three wheels the sum of P30.00 and
private motorcycles, scooters and bicycles with motor attachments, of
two wheels, the sum of P50.00.
SEC. 2. Section 8, paragraph (i) of the same Act is hereby
amended to read as follows:
- 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 of such registration fees: Provided,
however, That in the event motor vehicles exempted under this
section shall be found operated on any public highway, the regular
registration fees and surcharges shall be collected in addition to
whatever penalties may be imposed for violation of this Act. The
Commissioner of Land Transportation shall provide distinctive number
plates for vehicles exempted from payment of regular registration fees,
and the owner of the vehicles concerned shall pay a plate fee as
prescribed by the Land Transportation Commission.
SEC. 3. Section 8, paragraph (k) of the same Act is hereby
amended to read as follows:
- The registration fees provided in this Act for trucks may be
payable in two equal installments, the first to be paid on or before the
last working day of March whether for hire or private; and the
second to be paid on or before the last working day of August; Provided,
That the fifty per cent penalty shall apply only to the unpaid balance
of the remaining period of delinquency.
SEC. 4. This Decree shall take effect immediately.
Done in the City of Manila, this 26th day of February,
in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-six.