(a) Application.
Section 6
SEC. 6. (a) Application.—Every owner of a motor vehicle used or in actual operation on the public highway in the Philippine Islands, shall within seven days after taking actual possession but before the same is so operated, 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 an application for registration of each motor vehicle owned or possessed by him. In the case of a motor vehicle which requires the construction of a body on a factory made chassis, application shall be filed within seven days after completion of such body. Each application shall contain such information respecting the vehicle and owner, as the Director of Public works may require. Every owner of a motor vehicle shall notify the Director of Public Works of any change of ownership or residence which forty-eight hours. (b) Date of application by mail.—The date of cancellation of the postage stamp of envelopes containing money orders, checks or cash shall be considered as the date of application, except in the case of improperly prepared applications, when we date of cancellation of the postage stamp of the envelope containing the properly prepared application shall of considered as the date of the application.