Section 4
SEC. 4. Subsections (a), (b), (c), (i), (j), (I), (m), and (n) of section seven, article one, Chapter two of Act Numbered Thirty-nine hundred and ninety-two, are hereby amended as follows: "(a) Private passenger automobiles; (b) Private trucks; and (c)Private motorcycles or motor wheel attachments.— Motor vehicles registered under these classifications shall hot be used "for hire" under any circumstances, and shall not solicit or accept passenger or freight for pay. Laborers necessary to handle freight on board the private truck are allowed to ride on such truck: Provided, however, That seats shall not be installed in the rear compartment thereof: And provided, further, That only the number of such laborers, not exceeding ten, which may be needed to handle the kind of freight carried will ride on the truck: And provided, still further, That the combined weight of cargo and passengers does not exceed the registered net capacity of the truck. "(i) Hire trucks.—Motor vehicles registered under this classification shall be allowed to carry freight only. Laborers necessary to handle such freight, are allowed to ride in the truck subject to the same limitations as for private trucks under section seven (b). They may solicit and accept freight at any place, except within a radius of one hundred meters from any "competing public station" designated as such by the Public Service Commission: Provided, however, That a bona fide customer may engage a "hire truck" to haul and deliver definitely described shipments addressed to the customer when such shipments have been discharged at such stations by a public service vehicle, awaiting orders of the customer. Applications for registration under this classification must be accompanied by a certificate of public convenience or a special permit issued by the Public Service Commission. "(j) Undertakers, truck for contractor and truck for customs broker or customs agent.—These are separate designations of "hire trucks" for motor hearses, for contracting business and for the broker's business, respectively: Provided, That applications for registration of trucks for contractors and trucks for customs brokers and customs agents shall be accompanied by a certificate of public convenience or a special permit issued by the Public Service Commission. "(l) Government automobiles: (m) Government trucks: (n) Government motorcycles.—Motor vehicles owned or controlled by the Government of the Philippines or any of its political subsidiaries, shall be registered under these classifications. Motor vehicles owned or controlled by Government corporations and by Government employees or by foreign governments are not considered Government motor vehicles."