Section 3
SEC. 3 (a) Every owner of a motor vehicle kept or used in the Philippine Islands, shall within seven days after taking actual possession, and thereafter, not later than the last working day of February of each year, file in the office of the Director of Public Works or in the office of the district engineer for each motor vehicle owned or possessed by him, a statement of his name; place of residence and business address; the number and date of his cedula and the place where same was issued; a brief description of each such motor vehicle including the name, style or type, and seating capacity or maximum allowable number of passengers; the number of kilos allowable gross weight, the name or title of the makers, the serial number, if any, stamped upon or affixed thereto by the makers; the number of wheels, the size, character, and material of all tires; the character of the motive power; and the amount thereof stated in figures of horsepower, such horsepower in case of internal combustion engines to be determined by the usual Association of Licensed Automobile Manufacturers or National Automobile Chamber of Commerce formula D 2 N/ 2.5, D being the diameter of the cylinder in inches, and the number of cylinders, and in the case of steam and electric motor vehicles the amount of such horsepower to be taken as rated and advertised by the maker thereof; the name of the person or firm from whom the machine was acquired; and such other information as the Director of Public Works or his deputies may require. Such statement shall be regarded as an application for the official registration of such motor vehicle. (b) Any registration of motor vehicle not renewed on or before the last working clay of February of each calendar year shall become delinquent. The penalty for renewal of a delinquent registration shall be a fifty per cent addition to the fees mentioned in section four below: Provided, That a penalty of five pesos only shall be collected for renewal of a delinquent registration "for storage only," as described under section four (n) of this Act. (c) Any person convicted of a violation of the provisions of this section shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty-five nor more than two hundred pesos.