AUTHORIZING THE DISPOSAL OF UNCLAIMED RECOVERED AND IMPOUNDED CARNAPPED MOTOR VEHICLES AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED SIX THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED THIRTY-NINE OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE ANTI-CARNAPPING ACT OF 1972.

• Number: Presidential Decree No. 1911
• Sections: 9

Preamble

WHEREAS, as a result of the government’s unrelenting

campaign against carnapping, several carnapped or stolen motor vehicles have

been recovered by the different law enforcement agencies government;

WHEREAS, some of these motor vehicles which are now

impounded in the different impounding centers of the Philippine

Constabulary/Integrated National Police have remained impounded and unclaimed

for a length of time due to the absence of any claimant thereof;

WHEREAS, the identification of these motor vehicles for the

purpose of determining ownership thereof have become difficult, if not

impossible, considering that the original numbers of the tampered engine and

chasis numbers could no longer be determined and restored;

WHEREAS, the maintenance of such impounded and abandoned

vehicles is causing unnecessary expenses to the government, aside from the

manpower involved in maintaining these motor vehicles, which could otherwise be

channeled to and utilized for other purposes;

WHEREAS, these impounded and unclaimed motor vehicles whose

value run to millions of pesos, while thus remaining unclaimed, will

progressively deteriorate and will ultimately become totally useless, time

constituting economic wastage which should be avoided at all cost. Hence, it is

imperative that said vehicles be appropriately and economically disposed

of.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Republic of the

Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution, do hereby

order and decree:

Section 1

SECTION 1.—Two new sections are hereby inserted between

Section 2

SEC. 2.—The Chief of Constabulary shall promulgate rules and

regulations implemental of this decree, subject to the approval of the President

upon recommendation of the Minister of National Defense.

Section 3

SEC. 3.—All laws, decrees, letter of instructions, orders,

rules and regulations or any part thereof which are in conflict with the

provision of this Decree are hereby repealed, amended or modified

accordingly.

Section 4

SEC. 4.—This Decree shall take effect immediately.

Done in the City of Manila this 23rd day of March in the year of Our Lord

Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Four.

(Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS

President of the

Philippines

By the President:

(Sgd.)JUAN C. TUVERA

Presidential Executive Assistant

Section 12

Section 12 and 13 of Republic Act No. 6539 to be denominated as Section 12-A and

Section 12-B

Section 12-B which shall read as follows:

Section 12 —A.

SECTION 12—A.—All carnapped or stolen motor vehicle,

recovered and impounded by law enforcement agencies which after a period of

three (3) months from the date of its seizure/recovery have remained unclaimed

or whose real owners could no longer be determined or established because the

original numbers of the motor engine or chasis numbers could no longer be

determined and restored, are considered as abandoned motor vehicles and shall be

sold and disposed of by the Chief of Constabulary or his authorized

representative in a public auction; Provided, That, in all cases before any

public auction is effected, there shall be published once a week for three (3)

consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the Philippines or in

the place where it was recovered or found, a description of the motor vehicles

intended to be auctioned with a notice that after the lapse of one month from

the date of the last publication, should no person file a claim for the recovery

of the same said motor vehicles will be sold at public auction' Provided,

Finally that the date and place of the public auction to be conducted by the

Chief of Constabulary or his authorized representative shall already be fixed in

the last publication aforementioned.

Section 12-B

SECTION 12-B.—After the public auction, the proceeds shall

be applied to answer for charges including storage and cost of publication and

related expenses incurred in connection therewith; Provided, That, the

remainder, if any, shall be retained by the Philippine Constabulary/Integrated

National Police to be used for the operational expenses of the Anti-Carnapping

Task Force or any such unit as may hereinafter be created for a similar purpose

for which the Anti-Carnapping Task Force was created.