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Act No. 2159 Section 22

Section 22

SEC. 22. No owner or other person in whose name one or more Borrowing and motor vehicles have been registered under this Act shall lend to any other person any such certificate of registration or any number prohibited. plate or other mark, nor give away or sell such certificate, number plate, or other mark, except upon the transfer or change of ownership or possession of the motor vehicle which is registered in such certificate, or for which such number plate or other mark was issued, and no person shall borrow such certificate, number plate, or other mark nor buy or purchase the same except upon like transfer of ownership of a motor vehicle as above contemplated. No person to whom a license or permit to operate a motor vehicle has been issued under this Act shall lend, sell, or give away, and no person shall borrow, buy, or purchase such license or permit. No person shall make use of any certificate of registration, number plate, mark, permit, or license issued under this Act to or in favor of any other person or for any motor vehicle not owned or not in lawful possession of the person using such certificate, number plate, or mark. Every person violating the foregoing provisions of this section, and every person found guilty of stealing any certificate, number plate, mark, permit, or license issued under this Act, or taking and carrying away the same without the knowledge of the person lawfully entitled thereto or against the will of such person shall be punished by a fine of not less than five nor more than two hundred pesos or imprisonment of not less than one nor more than six months.

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CitationAct No. 2159 Section 22 (LawPlayer, data as of July 4, 2026)

Source: Supreme Court E-Library, Republic of the Philippines. Philippine laws are public documents (works of the government).

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