(a) Motor vehicles must be registered.
Section 5
SEC. 5. (a) Motor vehicles must be registered.—No motor vehicle shall be used or operated on, or upon any public highway of the Philippine Islands unless the same is properly registered for the current year in accordance with the provisions of this Act. (b) Any registration of motor vehicles not renewed on or before the last working day of February of each calendar year shall become delinquent and invalid. (c) Reports of motor vehicle sales.—On the first day of each month, every dealer in motor vehicles shall furnish the Director of Public Works a true report showing the name and address of each purchaser of a motor vehicle during the previous month and the manufacturer's serial number and motor number; a brief description of the vehicle, and such other information as the Director of Public Works may require. (d) Reports of change of factory number.—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 including 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. (e) Report of mortgages.—Whenever any owner hypothecates or mortgages any motor vehicle as security for a debt or other obligation, the creditor or person in whose favor the mortgage is made, shall, within seven days, notify the Director of Public Works in writing to that effect, stating the registration number of the motor vehicle, date of mortgage, names and addresses of both parties, and such other information as the Director of Public Works may require. This notice shall be signed jointly by the parties to the mortgage. On termination, cancellation or foreclosure of the mortgage, a similar written notice signed by both parties, shall be forwarded to the Director of Public Works by the owner. Those notices shall be filed by the Director of Public Works in the motor vehicle records, and in the absence of more specific information, shall be deemed evidence of the true status of ownership of the motor vehicle.