Land Transportation and Traffic Code

Section 4

The Registration Fee, the Road Users' Charge and the Common Carriers' Tax shall be paid to the Bureau of Land Transportation at the time of registration of the vehicle.

Sec 5

In the event of failure to pay the registration fee and/or the Road Charge on time, there shall be added to the amount collectible a surcharge of fifty percent (50%). In case of failure to pay the Common Carriers Tax on time, the provisions of the National Internal Revenue Code on delinquency in payment of taxes shall be applicable. _________

Section 8

Except as otherwise specifically provided in this Act, each application for registration of motor vehicles shall be accompanied by an annual registration fee in accordance with a schedule to be prepared by the Bureau of Land Transportation subject to the approval of the Minister of Transportation and Communications in consultation with the Minister of Finance. The fees in the schedule shall be fixed on the basis of the model, body configuration, weight, cubic displacement or number of cylinders of the motor and other relevant factors. Effective September 1, 1984 and until changed pursuant to this section, the schedule of registration fees shall be as follows: Said schedule shall not be changed more often than once every three (3) years, and only upon due notice given to the public at least ninety (90) calendar days before the effectivity of such schedule; Provided, That registration fees for vehicles owned by the government and its political subdivisions shall be determined in consultation with the Minister of the Budget and Management and within the constraints imposed by available funds; Provided, further, That all motor vehicles, regardless of type and/or classification, which are exclusively used and operated on private roads shall: be subject to a recording fee of Three Hundred Pesos (P300.00) only, for which stickers in lieu of regular plates shall be issued corresponding to the year of recording; not be subject to the Road Users' Fee nor the Common Carriers Tax; need not be physically brought to Bureau of Land Transportation Office for recording; and need not be covered by compulsory vehicle insurance as required for registration purposes.'' For uniformity of registration fees and classification, all manufacturers and/or assemblers of motor vehicles, prior to the introduction of a new model motor vehicle, shall submit the specifications of said model to the Bureau of Land Transportation which shall determine under what schedule of registration fees the said model should fall. (As amended by PD Nos 843, 896, BP Blg 74, and PD No 1934)

Sec 8-A

In addition to the registration fee imposed under Section 8, there shall be levied, assessed and collected, in lieu of the Energy Tax imposed under Section 2 of Presidential Decree No. 843, a Road Users' Charge in accordance with the following schedule: (As added by PD No 1934, amended by PD No 1950)

Section 9

(a) The maximum gross weight and measurement of motor vehicles, unladen or with load, permissible on public highways shall be as specified hereunder, subject to such regulations as the Commissioner with the approval of the Secretary of Public Works and Communications, may promulgate, from time to time, as the conditions of the public highways may warrant and the needs of the service may require. Permissible maximum weights: 1. Per most heavily loaded wheel — three thousand six hundred kilograms; 2. Per most heavily loaded axle — eight thousand kilograms; 3. Per most heavily loaded axle group (the two axles of the group being at least one meter and less than two meters apart) — fourteen thousand five hundred kilograms. An axle weight shall be the total weight transmitted to the road by all the wheels the centers of which can be included between the parallel transverse vertical planes one meter apart extending across the full width of the vehicles. No provincial, city or municipal authority shall enact or enforce any ordinance or resolution regulating or prescribing the maximum gross weight of any motor vehicle. (b) No motor vehicle operating as a single unit shall exceed the following dimensions: Overall width — two and five-tenths meters Overall height — four meters Overall length: Freight vehicles with two axles — ten meters Passenger vehicles with two axles — eleven meters Vehicles with three or more axles — fourteen meters (c) No motor vehicle and/or trailer combination shall exceed eighteen meters in overall projected length, including any load carried on such vehicle and trailer. (d) No articulated vehicles shall be allowed to draw or pull a trailer and no vehicle already drawing a trailer shall draw another.

Section 10

The Commissioner with the approval of the Secretary of Public Works and Communications, shall issue regulations and schedules of additional fees under which special permits may be issued in the discretion of the Commissioner or his deputies for each of the following special cases, without which special permit no vehicles shall be operated on the public highways: To operate a motor vehicle or trailer outfit with wheel, axle, or axle group loads in excess of the limits fixed in subsection (a) of Section nine hereof or in any regulation issued by the Commissioner. To operate a motor vehicle the size of which exceeds the limit of permissible dimensions specified in paragraph (b) of Section nine hereof. To operate a motor vehicle with any part of the load extending beyond the projected width of the vehicle. To pull two trailers behind a motor vehicle. For any other special authority relating to the use of vehicles, not otherwise specifically provided herein.

Section 11

In addition to the fees elsewhere provided in this Act, for each change of registration, from private to for hire or vice-versa; revision of gross weight rating, change of tire size; transfer of ownership; replacement of a lost registration certificate, number plate, driver's license or permit; badge; preparation of affidavit or certified copy of records, or for any similar circumstances requiring the issue, revision, or reissue of a certificate of registration, driver's license, badge, permit, or other document, a fee of two pesos shall be collected. The replacement of a lost or utterly spoiled certificate, number plate, license, badge or permit shall render the original invalid. In case of request in writing for certification of data or facts involving two or more vehicles, a fee of five pesos a page or part thereof shall be collected for each certification.

Section 12

If any application for the original registration is made during the first quarter of a calendar year, the total annual fee for the year shall be paid, if made during the second quarter, three-fourths of the annual fee for that year shall be paid, if made during the third quarter, one half of the annual fee shall be paid, and if made during the fourth quarter, one-fourth of the annual fee shall be paid. Nothing in this section shall be construed as allowing quarterly renewals of registrations in order to avoid payment of fees in advance for the entire year.

Section 13

No original registration of motor vehicles subject to payment of taxes, customs duties or other charges shall be accepted unless proof of payment of the taxes due thereon has been presented to the Commission.

Sec 8-B

In addition to the Registration Fee imposed under Section 8 and the Road Users' Charge imposed in Section 8-A, there shall be levied, assessed and collected, in lieu of the Percentage Tax on Carriers and Keepers of garages imposed under Section 207 of the National Internal Revenue Code, a Common Carriers Tax on Keepers of garages, cars for rent or hire driven by the lessee, land transportation contractors, persons who transport by land passenger or freight for hire and common carriers by land, in accordance with the following schedule: (As added by PD No 1934) Additional Provisions from PD No 1934