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Section 1.
"Sec. 17.
"The Bureau of Land
Transportation shall cause reflective number plates to be prepared and
issued to owners of motor vehicles and trailers registered and recorded
in the Bureau of Land Transportation under this Act, as amended, for a
reasonable fee: Provided, That the fee shall be subject to the approval
of the Minister of Transportation and Communications in consultation
with the Minister of Finance, and, Provided, further, That the
identification, numbers and letters of any motor vehicle number plate
shall be permanently assigned to such motor vehicle during its
lifetime. No motor vehicles shall be exempted from payment of
registration fees. Motor vehicles for hire and privately owned motor
vehicles shall bear plates of reflective materials so designed and
painted with different colors to distinguish one class from
another.
"The transfer of motor vehicle plates whether temporary or regular,
validating tags and/or stickers from one motor vehicle to another
without permit from the Bureau of Land Transportation, except security
number plates on authorized vehicles, shall be punishable with a fine
of not less than Five Thousand Pesos (P5,000.00) and/or imprisonment of
six months at the discretion of the Court.
"For purposes of renewal of registration of motor vehicles, the
Director or his Deputies shall issue validating tags and stickers
indicating the year of registry, charging a reasonable fee: Provided,
That the fee shall be subject to the approval of the Minister of
Transportation and Communications in consultation with the Minister of
Finance."
Sec. 2. Since 19.07.98.
Approved: November 14, 1979.
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