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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 96
PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 96 -
DECLARING UNLAWFUL THE USE OR ATTACHMENT OF SIRENS, BELLS, HORNS,
WHISTLES OR SIMILAR GADGETS THAT EMIT EXCEPTIONALLY LOUD OR STARTLING
SOUNDS, INCLUDING DOMELIGHTS AND OTHER SIGNALLING OR FLASHING DEVICES
ON MOTOR VEHICLES AND PROVIDING CERTAIN EXCEPTIONS THEREFOR
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WHEREAS, Presidential Proclamation No. 1081
envisioned, among other goals, the bringing about of a social order
characterized by a high state of discipline and order among the
citizenry;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, much of the chaotic conditions from which our people have
suffered and still continue to suffer are the direct result of
indiscriminate and unregulated use of sirens, bells, horns, whistles
and similar gadgets that emit exceptionally loud or startling sounds,
including dome lights and other similar signaling or flashing devices
attached to motor vehicles and used on the highways;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, it has been observed that such unregulated use of sirens,
bells, horns, whistles or similar gadgets that emit exceptionally loud
or startling sounds, including dome lights and similar signaling or
flashing devices actually impede and confuse traffic, are inconsistent
with sound traffic discipline and control on the highways, and in
effect constitute a major problem in the maintenance of peace and
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NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines,
pursuant to Proclamation No. 1081, dated September 21, 1972, and in my
capacity as Commander-in-Chief of all the Armed Forces of the
Philippines, do hereby order and decree:cralaw:red
1. That it shall be unlawful for the owner or
possessor of any motor vehicle to use or attach to his vehicle any
siren, bell, horn, whistle, or other similar gadgets that produce
exceptionally loud or startling sound, including dome lights, blinkers
and other similar signaling or flashing devices.
2. The gadgets or devices mentioned above may be
attached to and use only on motor vehicles designated for official use
by the Armed Forces of the Philippines, National Bureau of
Investigation, Land Transportation Commission, Police Departments, Fire
Departments, and hospital ambulances. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
Any device or gadget installed or mounted on any motor vehicle or
otherwise used in violation of this decree shall be subject to
immediate confiscation and, in cases of a second and subsequent
offenses, the offender shall be prosecuted for violation of this Decree
before the military tribunal and, upon conviction thereof, shall suffer
the penalty of imprisonment for six months and/or a fine of 600 pesos.
In addition, the certificate of registration of the motor vehicle on
which the unauthorized gadget or device herein mentioned is installed,
mounted or used shall be cancelled or revoked.
The Commissioner of Land Transportation shall draw and promulgate such
rules and regulations necessary to give effect to this
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Done in the City of Manila,
this 13th day of January, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and
seventy-three.
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