Section 24
SEC. 24 (a) No owner or other person in whose name one or more motor vehicles have been registered under this Act shall transfer a number plate from one motor vehicle to another motor vehicle nor lend to any other person any such certificate of registration, or any number plate or tag, nor give away or sell such certificate, number plate, or tag, 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 tag was issued, and no person shall borrow such certificate, number plate or tag, 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. (b) No certificate of registration, number plate, tag, permit, or license issued to or in favor of any person under this Act, shall be made use of by any other person, or for any other motor vehicle than that owned by or in the lawful possession of the person using- said certificate, number plate, or tag, and for which said certificate, number plate, or tag, was issued under this Act. (c) Whenever any owner, proprietor of a garage or repair shop, dealer, or other person or entity makes any repair or change in a motor vehicle involving the exchanging, elimination, effacing, or replacing of the manufacturer's serial number or the motor number, or the part or parts upon which such number is stamped, he shall within seven days after effecting such change or repair, notify the Director of Public Works in writing, of the character of the change or repair thus accomplished, the registration number and date, and the new manufacturer's number or motor number of the motor vehicle thus repaired or changed. (d) Every person violating the foregoing provisions of this section, and every person found guilty of stealing any certificate, number plate, tag, 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 for each offense by a fine of not less than five nor more than two hundred pesos or imprisonment for not more than six months.