The lien upon motor vehicles.
Section 60
SEC. 60. The lien upon motor vehicles.—Any balance of fees for registration, re-registration or delinquent registration of a motor vehicle, remaining unpaid and all fines imposed upon any vehicle owner, shall constitute a first lien upon the motor vehicle concerned. The Commission is hereby vested with authority to issue a warrant of constructive or actual distraint or and levy to any owner of motor vehicle who has any balance of fees for registration, re-registration or delinquent registration of a motor vehicle remaining unpaid, which upon demand by the Commissioner of the Land Transportation Commission or any of his deputies executing such warrant, the owner of the said vehicle shall surrender same at the time demanded, except when the attachment or execution is under any judicial process. Any owner who fails or refuses to surrender any of such property or vehicle not so surrendered shall be punished by a fine not exceeding the amount of the fees (including penalties and interests, if any) for the collection of which such warrant has been issued, together with the costs and interests, if any, from the time of such surrender. In addition, such owner shall be punished by a fine of not more than three hundred pesos or an imprisonment not more than six months, or both.