FURTHER AMENDING REPUBLIC ACT NO. 4136, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE LAND TRANSPORTATION AND TRAFFIC CODE.

• Number: Presidential Decree No. 896
• Sections: 4

Section 1

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.

Section 2

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.

Section 3

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.

Section 4

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.

(Sgd.)

FERDINAND E. MARCOS

President

Republic of the Philippines

By the President:

(Sgd.)

JACOBO C. CLAVE

Presidential Executive Assistant