Violation and penalties.
SEC. 67. Violation and penalties.—The following penalties shall be imposed for violations of this Act.
For delinquent registration.—For registration later than seven days after taking possession of an unregistered motor vehicle or for renewal of a delinquent registration the penalty shall be fifty per cent addition to the fees mentioned in section eight hereof, corresponding to the Portion of the year for which the vehicle is registered for use.
For failure to sign chauffeur's license or its duplicate or to carry same while operating, ten pesos fine.
For operation with a delinquent or invalid license, ten pesos fine.
If, as the result of negligence or reckless or unreasonably fast driving any accident occurs resulting m death or serious bodily injury to any person, the motor vehicle driver or operator at fault shall, upon conviction be punished by imprisonment for not less than fifteen days nor more than six years in the discretion of the court.
For failure to stop in case of accident, one hundred pesos fine.
For operation of a motor vehicle without proper number plates or tags for the current year, fifty pesos fine.
For operation of a motor vehicle, with delinquent, suspended or invalid registration, or without registration, fifty pesos fine.
For operation of a motor vehicle by an unlicensed operator, fifty pesos fine.
For operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of liquor, a fine of not less than one hundred pesos nor more than two hundred pesos.
For using a private passenger automobile, private trucks, private motorcycles, and motor wheel attachments for hire, in violation of section seven, paragraph (c) of this Act, a fine of one hundred pesos and suspension of the chauffeur's license for a period of three months for the first conviction; and a fine of two hundred pesos and six months imprisonment for the second conviction; and an imprisonment of one year and permanent revocation of the chauffeur's license of r the third conviction, shall be imposed.
For permitting, allowing, consenting to, or tolerating the use of privately owned motor vehicle for hire in violation of section seven, paragraph (c) of this Act, there shall be imposed a fine of one hundred pesos for the first conviction, and an increase of one hundred pesos for each subsequent conviction.
For violation of any provision of this Act or regulations not herein before specifically punished, a fine of not less than ten nor more than fifty pesos shall be imposed.
Punishment for other offenses.
SEC. 68. Punishment for other offenses.—The conviction of any person of any offense under this Act shall not bar prosecution of other offenses in this Act or elsewhere defined and penalized which may have been committed by such person concurrently with the commission of the offense of which he was convicted or in doing the act or series of acts which constituted the offense of which he was convicted.
Duty of court clerks and justice of the peace.
SEC. 69. Duty of court clerks and justice of the peace.—It is hereby made the duty of every clerk of Court of First Instance in these Islands to certify to the Director of Public Works at Manila every conviction of any person of any and every violation of this Act and those specified in section thirty-two (b) hereof which may have taken place in such court, giving the name of the person so convicted, his address, the number of his license or of the certificate of registration of his vehicle, and the date thereof, and briefly the offense of which he was convicted.
Similarly it shall be the duty of every such clerk to certify the facts of every judgment for damages or injury found against any owner or chauffeur and based upon any of the provisions of this Act whether penal in their nature or merely declaratory of the law of the road.
Like certifications shall also be made to the Director of Public Works, by justices of the peace in these Islands, or by the judge of any municipal court vested with jurisdiction to try such cases, of similar convictions or judgments found by such justices of the peace or municipal judges. For certifying convictions or judgments no fee shall be demanded or paid.
ARTICLE II.—Collection of fees, taxes, fines, etc.; liens; allotment of funds
Collection of fees, etc.; insular and local taxes; toll fees.
SEC. 70. Collection of fees, etc.; insular and local taxes; toll fees.—(a) The collection of all fees, taxes, fines, etc., founder the provisions of this Act shall be made in accordance with regulations to be prescribed jointly by the Director of Public Works and the Collector of Internal Revenue with the joint approval of the Secretary of Commerce and Communications, and the Secretary of Finance.
(b) No further fees than those fixed in this Act shall be exacted or demanded by any public authority of these Islands for the operation or use of any motor vehicle on any public highway, bridge or ferry, or for the exercise of the profession of chauffeur, or for the operation of any motor vehicle by the owner thereof: Provided, however, That, nothing in this Act shall be construed to exempt any motor vehicle from the payment of any lawful and equitable insular, local or municipal property tax imposed thereupon: And provided, further, That any provincial board, city or municipal council or board, or other competent authority may exact and collect such reasonable and equitable toll fees for the use of such bridges and ferries, within their respective jurisdictions, as may be authorized and approved by the Secretary of Commerce and Communications, and also for the use of such public roads, as may be authorized by the Governor-General upon recommendation of the Secretary of Commerce and Communications, but in none of these cases, shall any toll fees be charged or collected until and unless the approved schedule of tolls shall have been posted legibly in a conspicuous place at such toll station.
Municipal control of garages and parking regulations.
SEC. 71. Municipal control of garages and parking regulations.—Municipal councils are authorized and empowered regulations to prescribe reasonable regulations and fees not inconsistent with this Act for the conduct, control, and operation of garages, and to determine where and how vehicles of all kinds may, while not in use, park upon or occupy the public streets or places: Provided, however, That no public place within a radius of one hundred meters from any "competing public service station", designated as such by the Public Service Commission, shall be assigned by any Provincial or municipal authority as a parking space for motor vehicles of the "garage" or Public Service classifications: And provided, moreover, That no provincial or municipal authority shall impose or collect any tax or fee on the business or privilege of maintaining or operating a Public Service motor vehicle.
Lien on value of motor vehicle.
SEC. 72. Lien on value of motor vehicle.—Any balance of fees for registration, re-registration, or delinquent registration of a motor vehicle, remaining unpaid on March first of each year, shall constitute a first lien upon the value of the motor vehicle concerned.
Disposal of moneys collected.
SEC. 73. Disposal of moneys collected.—All moneys collected under the provisions of this Act shall be covered into the Insular Treasury to create a special fund for the construction and maintenance of insular and provincial roads and bridges, as well as the streets and bridges in the chartered cities to be allotted by the Secretary of Commerce and Communications for projects recommended by the Director of Public Works in the different provinces and chartered cities in the following proportions:
Twenty per cent in proportion to cedula sales during the next previous year.
Twenty per cent in proportion to the combined length of first and second class roads maintained throughout the next previous year.
Twenty per cent in proportion to land area.
Twenty per cent in proportion to the number of motor vehicles owned in the province or city.
Twenty per cent at the discretion of the Secretary of Commerce and Communications for maintenance and improvement of important roads and bridges supporting heavy motor vehicle traffic.
ARTICLE III.—Final provisions
Acts, ordinances, etc., repealed.
SEC. 74. Acts, ordinances, etc., repealed.—Such parts of subsections (l), (n), and (u) of section eight of Act Numbered Twenty-seven hundred and seventy-four as amended by Act Numbered Twenty-nine hundred and sixty-five, and of section twenty-one hundred and thirty-one of Act Numbered Twenty-seven hundred and eleven, as are contrary to the provisions of this Act, are hereby declared to be and are superseded and repealed in so far as they apply to motor vehicles, from the date on which this Act becomes effective. All other acts, or parts of acts, contrary to the provisions of this Act, and all ordinances, resolutions, regulations, restrictions, or other provisions of any city, municipality, board, authority or person, in conflict with the provisions of this Act are hereby declared to be and are superseded and repealed from the date on which this Act becomes effective: Provided, however, That nothing contained in this Act shall be construed as limiting, repealing, or superseding any provision of Act Numbered Thirty-one hundred and eight and its amendments with respect to the control of the Public Service Commission of motor vehicles operating as public service nor shall any provision of this Act be construed as to limit or abridge the powers conferred upon, and exercised by the Public Service Commission with regard to control and supervision of the operation of such motor vehicles as public service.
Act, when in effect.
SEC. 75. Act, when in effect.—This Act shall take effect on January first, nineteen hundred and thirty-three.
Approved, December 3, 1932.
Source: Supreme Court E-Library, Republic of the Philippines. Philippine laws are public documents (works of the government).
