WHEREAS, the period for registration of all for hire motor
vehicles under Republic Act No. 4136, as amended, falls on the last
working day of February of every year; and
WHEREAS, it is felt that the period is inadequate for all
owners of for hire motor vehicles to register their vehicles on time;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the
Philippines, by virtue of the powers in me vested by the Constitution as
Commander-in-Chief of all the Armed Forces of the Philippines, and
pursuant to Proclamation No. 1081, dated September 21, 1972, and General
Order No. 1, dated September 22, 1972, do hereby order and decree the
extension of the period for the registration of all for hire motor
vehicles up to the last working day of March every year.
Subparagraph 1 of paragraph (b). Section 5 of Republic Act No.
4136, as amended, is hereby amended accordingly.
This Decree
shall take effect immediately.
Done in the City of Manila, this 28th day of January, in the
year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-four.
(Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS
President
Republic of the Philippines
By the President:
(Sgd.) ROBERTO V. REYES
Assistant Executive Secretary