Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City, Metro Manila

FIFTEENTH CONGRESS
Second Regular Session

House Bill No. 9° 31

Introduced by the Hon. Jeci A. Lapus

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This bill proposes to amend Section 2, of Republic Act No. 6539, by including the terms
“Identity-transfer” and “total wreck” in its definition of terms, and to also amend Section
12 of the same law, otherwise known as Anti-Carnapping Act of 1972, by including
“identity-transfer” as prohibited and punishable act.

Statistics shows that carnapping does not only result to lost of property among hapless
victims, but also lost of life in some instances. Alarming still is the ingenuity of
camappers in reviving, reconstructing, and re-registering a motor vehicle classified by
car insurance companies and law enforcement agencies as “total wreck’, after a
vehicular accident, by completely transferring the identity of said motor vehicle into
another factory made body of vehicle of the same make, model, classification, plate
number, chassis number and engine number, and sell the same to the detriment of
innocent victims and unsuspecting buyers.

There is no law prohibiting the use, transfer, revival, and re-registration of the chassis
number, engine number, and plate number of a motor vehicle, legally declared a “total
wreck" by insurance companies and law enforcement agencies, into another body or unit
of vehicle of the same class, model or classification, usually a camapped unit, making it
convenient for carnappers to circumvent the law.

It is for these reasons that this bill seeks to include “identity-transfer’ as one of the
punishable acts defined and penalized under R.A. 6539. It is felt that under the present
law, carnappers conveniently utilizes this loophole in the law to further carry out their
criminal activities, thus, the proliferation of carnapping and carnapped vehicle in the
market.

It is also a fact that law enforcement agencies lose their determination and dedication in
their pursuit against carnappers because of the difficulty of proving the act of carnapping
in these instances.

In view of the foregoing, the immediate passage of this bill is earnestly recommended.

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Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City, Metro Manila

FIFTEENTH CONGRESS
Second Regular Session

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House Bill No. 3

Introduced by the Hon. Jeci A. Lapus

AN ACT
AMENDING CERTAIN SECTIONS OF RA 6539, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE.
ANTI-CARNAPPING ACT OF 1972, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in
Congress assembled:

Section 1. Section 2, of Republic Act No. 6539, entitled “Anti-Carnapping Act of
1972,“ is hereby amended to read as follows:

“Section 2. - Definition of Terms. The terms “camapping
vehicle”, “defacing or tampering with’, “repainting
building”, “remodeling”, “dismantling”, ‘overhauling’,

transfer’, and “total wreck”, as used in this Act, shall be understood
respectively to mean:

xX XX

“\dentity-transfer’ is the act of transferring the engine number,
chassis number, body tag number, plate number, and any other
identifying marks of a motor vehicle declared as “total wreck” or is
beyond economic repair by concerned car insurance companies and or
law enforcement agencies, after its involvement in a vehicular accident
or other incident, and register the same into another factory made body
of vehicle or unit, of the same classification, type, make or model.

“Total wreck” is the state or status of a motor vehicle after a
vehicular accident or other incident, so that it is rendered inoperational
and beyond economic repair, due to the extent of damage on its body,
chassis, and engine.

xX X X


Section 2. Section 12 of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows:

“Section 12-A. Identity-transfer. It shall be unlawful for any person,
office or entity, to cause and or allow the sale, registration, and or
transfer into another name, the chassis number, engine number and
plate number of a motor vehicle declared as “total wreck” or beyond
economic repair by concerned car insurance company, and or law
enforcement agencies, due to its involvement in a vehicular accident or
for some other causes.”

Section 3. Section 14 of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows:

“Section 14. Penalty for Carmapping. Any person who is found guilty
of carnapping, as this term is defined in Section two of this Act, shall,
irrespective of the value of motor vehicle taken, be punished by
imprisonment for not less than fourteen years and eight months and
not more than seventeen years and four months, when the carnapping
is committed without violence or intimidation of persons, or force upon
things; and by imprisonment for not less than seventeen years and four
months and not more than thirty years, when the camapping is
committed by means of violence against or intimidation of any person,
or force upon things; and the penalty of life imprisonment to death shall
be imposed when the owner, driver or occupant of the carnapped
motor vehicle is killed in the commission of the carnapping. The
offense for both cases shall be non bailable.”

Section 4. Repealing Clause. - All laws, executive orders, and executive
issuances or letter of instructions, or part thereof, inconsistent with or contrary to the
provisions of this Act, are hereby deemed, amended or modified accordingly.”

Section 5. Separability Clause. - If for any reason, any section or provision of this
Act shall be declared unconstitutional or invalid, the other parts thereof not affected
thereby shall remain valid.

Section 6. Effectivity Clause. - This Act shalll take effect fifteen (15) days after its
publication in the Official Gazette or in at least two (2) national newspapers of
general circulation

Approved,