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RA 587 Section 2

Section 2

SEC. 2. Subsections (a) and (b) of section three, article two, Chapter one, of Act Numbered Thirty-nine hundred and ninety-two, are hereby amended as follows: "(a) "Motor vehicles" are all vehicles using the public highways, if propelled by any power other than muscular power, but excepting road rollers, trolley cars, street-sweepers, sprinklers, lawn mowers, bulldozers, graders, and fork-lifts and cranes if not used on public highways or vehicles which run only on rails or tracks, tractors, traction engines of all kinds used exclusively for agricultural purposes." "Trailers, having any number of wheels, when propelled or intended to be propelled by attachment to a motor vehicle, shall be classified as separate motor vehicle with no power rating." "(b) "Passenger automobiles" include all pneumatic-tired vehicles of types similar to those usually known under the following terms: touring car, command car, speedster, roadster, jeep, cycle car (except motor wheel and similar small outfits which are classified with motorcycles), coupe, landaulet, closed car, limousine, cabriolet, sedan, etc. "Motor vehicles with changed or rebuilt bodies, such as jitney or station wagon, etc., using a chassis of the usual pneumatic-tired passenger automobiles, if their net allowable carrying capacity as determined by the Chief, Motor Vehicles Office does not exceed ten passengers and if they are not used primarily for carrying freight or merchandise. "The distinction between "passenger truck" and "passenger automobile" shall be that of common usage. Usually a motor vehicle registered for more than ten passengers would be termed a truck. In case of dispute, the Chief, Motor Vehicles Office shall determine the classification to which any special type of motor vehicle belongs".

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CitationRA 587 Section 2 (LawPlayer, data as of July 4, 2026)

Source: Supreme Court E-Library, Republic of the Philippines. Philippine laws are public documents (works of the government).

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