Section 10
SEC. 10. Whenever any motor vehicle is sold or any change in the ownership thereof takes place it is hereby made the duty of the former owner thereof to notify the Director of Public Works within seven days from the date of the change of ownership, in writing, of such change, giving the name, place, or residence and business address of such purchaser or new owner, and the number and date of the certificate of registration issued to cover the motor vehicle. Such notification shall be accompanied by a fee of one peso and the Director of Public Works shall cause the name, place of residence and business address of such purchaser or new owner to be recorded in the "Motor Vehicle Register," in such a manner that the owner of any motor vehicle may at any time readily be ascertained therefrom. Any statement indorsed on the back of a certificate of registration issued under this Act shall be sufficient evidence, for the purposes of this Act, of the ownership of the purchaser or transferee named in such statement, if the same be signed by the person in whose name the certificate was issued and if it complies substantially with the following form: ---------------------------------- Date "I have this day transferred my ownership of the motor vehicle described on the face hereof to ...................................... of ................................................... " --------------------------------- (Signature.) Any person convicted of a violation of this section shall be punished by a fine of not more than ten pesos.