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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 101
PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 101 -
EXPEDITING THE METHODS IN PRESCRIBING, REDEFINING OR MODIFYING THE
LINES AND MODES OF OPERATION OF PUBLIC UTILITY MOTOR VEHICLES IN THE
PHILIPPINES
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WHEREAS, in the Greater Manila Area, the
bigger towns and cities in the Philippines, and the main roads
connecting them, there exists serious traffic congestion and disorder
that have been causing accidents and delays in travel, which are highly
detrimental to public safety and convenience and to the functions of
commerce, industry, and the Government.
WHEREAS, in many parts of the country, due partly to inadequacy of
transportation facilities, there have abounded unauthorized operators
of public utility motor vehicles ("colorum" and "kabit"), who have
clandestinely operated in violation of the penal provisions of existing
law, rendered unregulated, unsafe or sub-standard service, put up
unfair competition to legitimate operators, and deprived the Government
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WHEREAS, it is the policy of the State, as swiftly as possible, to
improve the deplorable condition of vehicular traffic, obtain maximum
utilization of existing public service motor vehicles, eradicate the
harmful and unlawful trade of clandestine operators by replacing or
allowing them to become legitimate and responsible operators, and
update the standards that should henceforth be followed in the
operation of public utility motor vehicles; and
WHEREAS, to carry out his national policy, it is imperative to provide,
among other urgently needed measures, more expeditious methods in
prescribing, redefining, or modifying the lines and mode of operation
of public utility motor vehicles that now or thereafter, may operate in
this country.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines,
by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution as
Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, and pursuant
to Proclamation No. 1081, dated September 21, 1972, and General Order
No. 1, dated September 22, 1972, do hereby promulgate this Decree.
Section 1. Powers of the Board of Transportation. —
Notwithstanding the provisions of existing law to the contrary, the
Board of Transportation, in carrying out the declared national policy,
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1. To prescribe, redefine or modify the lines,
routes, or zones of service of operators that now or hereafter may
operate public utility motor vehicles in the Philippines.
2. To grant special permits of limited term for the
operation of public utility motor vehicles as may, in the judgment of
the Board, be necessary to supplement and render adequate the service
in any area, as a consequence of the modification of lines, routes or
zones of service undertaken pursuant to this Decree.
3. To grant special permits of limited term for the
operation of public utility motor vehicles as may, in the judgment of
the Board, be necessary to replace or convert clandestine operators
into legitimate and responsible operators.
4. To fix just and reasonable standards,
classification, regulations, practices, measurements, or service to be
furnished, imposed, observed, and followed by operators of public
utility motor vehicles.
Section 2. Exercise of powers. — In the exercise of
the powers granted in the preceding section, the Board shall proceed
promptly along the method of legislative inquiry.
Apart from its own investigation and studies, the Board, in its
discretion, may require the cooperation and assistance of the Bureau of
Transportation, the Philippine Constabulary, particularly the Highway
Patrol Group, the support agencies within the Department of Public
Works, Transportation and Communications, or any other government
office or agency that may be able to furnish useful information or data
in the formulation by the Board of any policy, plan or program in the
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The Board may also call conferences; require the submission of position
papers or other documents, information, or data by operators or other
persons that may be affected by the implementation of this Decree; or
employ any other suitable means of inquiry.
Section 3. Limitations. — In carrying out the
purposes of this Decree, the Board shall adopt and observe a just and
reasonable system of priorities in the redefinition, modification, or
grant operating rights, and reduce as much as possible any adverse
effect on any person or persons affected by this Decree.
Section 4. Transitory provision. — Six months after
the promulgation of this Decree, the Board of Transportation, the
Bureau of Transportation, the Philippine Constabulary, the city and
municipal police forces and the provincial and city fiscals shall wage
a concerted and relentless drive towards the total elimination and
punishment of all clandestine and unlawful operators of public utility
motor vehicles.
Section 5. Repeal. — All Acts, parts of Act,
executive orders, and regulations inconsistent with the provisions of
this Decree are hereby repealed.
Section 6. Effectivity. — This Decree takes effect
immediately.
Done in the City of Manila,
this 19th day of January, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and
seventy-three.
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