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PRESIDENTIAL DECREES
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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1950 -
AMENDING CERTAIN SectionS OF PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1934, AMENDING
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 4136 (LAND TRANSPORTATION AND TRAFFIC CODE)
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BY PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1958) WHEREAS, Presidential Decree No. 1934 was issued for the purpose of amending certain provisions of Republic Act No. 4136, otherwise known as the Land Transportation and Traffic Code, in view of the need to conserve energy and fuel and utilize these resources properly; WHEREAS, there is a pressing need to provide funds for road maintenance and construction; WHEREAS, in line with said purpose, there is a need to further amend certain sections thereof, so that the road user charge for 2/3 Axle trucks is reduced by 30%, from P60 to P40, and the fixed common carriers tax for public utility jeeps and motorcycles is reduced by 50%, from P500 to P250 and P200 to P100, respectively, to provide adequate transition; NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution, do hereby order and ordain: Section 1.chanroblesnad Sec. 8-A of Republic Act No. 4136, as inserted by Presidential Decree No. 1934, is hereby amended to read as follows: "Sec. 8-A.chanroblesnad Road Users' Charge. � In addition to the registration fee imposed under Sec. 8, there shall be levied, assessed and collected, in lieu of the Energy Tax imposed under Sec. 2 of Presidential Decree No. 843, a Road Users' Charge in accordance with the following schedule: chanroblesnad Typechanroblesnad chanroblesnad C H A R G E S Passenger Carschanroblesnad Current Year chanroblesnad 1 Yr.chanroblesnad 2-3 Yrs.chanroblesnad 4-5 Yrs.chanroblesnad 6 Yrs & chanroblesnad Above Light ((1601 CC chanroblesnad and below)chanroblesnad P1,000.00chanroblesnad P800.00chanroblesnad P600.00chanroblesnad P400.00 Medium (100 CC to chanroblesnad 2800 CC)chanroblesnad 2,000.00chanroblesnad 1,600.00chanroblesnad 1,200.00chanroblesnad 800.00 Heavy (2081 CC chanroblesnad and above)chanroblesnad 6,000.00chanroblesnad 4,000.00chanroblesnad 3,600.00chanroblesnad 2,400.00 Utility Vehicles including Trucks and Buseschanroblesnad Charges 2700 GVW and belowchanroblesnad P1,000.00 2701 GVW to 4500 GVWchanroblesnad 2.000.00 4501 GVW and over 2/3 Axles (per 100 kgs. of chanroblesnad gross weight) not less than P2,000 orchanroblesnad 40.00 4 Axles and above (per 100 Kgs. chanroblesnad of gross weight)chanroblesnad 20.00 Trailers (per 100 Kgs. of gross chanroblesnad weight)chanroblesnad 20.00 Motorcycles 49 CC and below (without Sidecar)chanroblesnad 100.00 50 CC and to 650 CC (without Sidecar)chanroblesnad 150.00 651 CC and above (without Sidecar)chanroblesnad 1,000.00 Sidecarschanroblesnad 150.00" Sec. 2.chanroblesnad Sec. 8-B of Republic Act No. 4136, as inserted by Presidential Decree No. 1934, is hereby amended to read as follows: "Sec. 8-B.chanroblesnad Common Carriers Tax. � In addition to the Registration Fee imposed under Sec. 8 and the Road Users' Charge imposed in Sec. 8-A, there shall be levied, assessed and collected, in lieu of the Percentage Tax on Carriers and Keepers of garages imposed under Sec. 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 of freight for hire and common carriers by land, in accordance with the following schedule: Typechanroblesnad Tax Public Utility Buseschanroblesnad P2,000.00 Trucks/trailerchanroblesnad 1,000.00 Taxis/Hire Passenger Carchanroblesnad 1,000.00 Public Utility Jeepschanroblesnad 250.00 Motorcycles with Sidecarchanroblesnad 100.00 Sec. 3.chanroblesnad A new Sec. 5-A is hereby inserted to read as follows: "Sec. 5-A.chanroblesnad Amnesty for Delinquent Motor Vehicle Owners. � All motor vehicle owners, whose vehicles are not currently registered and who shall register said motor vehicles, under the rates prescribed herein, on or before December 31, 1984, shall not be subject to the penalties prescribed for the period of delinquency." Sec. 4.chanroblesnad A new Sec. 5-B is hereby inserted to read as follows: "Sec. 5-B.chanroblesnad Period for Registering Transfers of Ownership of Motor Vehicles and Penalties. � Transfers of ownership of motor vehicles shall be registered within seven (7) days after the execution of the Deed of Sale, the Sheriff's sale, or other documents transferring ownership of motor vehicles. In the event of failure to register the transfer of ownership of motor vehicles within the period prescribed herein there shall be added to the amount collectible a surcharge of fifty per cent (50%). Sec. 5.chanroblesnad Repealing Clause. � All laws, decrees, orders and regulations, or parts thereof, inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed or modified accordingly. Sec. 6.chanroblesnad Effectivity. � This Decree shall take effect immediately. Done in the City of Manila, this 5th day of September in the Year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Four. |
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