FOURTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
First Regular Session 
7 JUN 30 P1 34 
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INTRODUCED BY SEN. MANNY VILLAR 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
Driving under the influence of liquor andlor prohibited drugs is the cause 
opa great percentage of road accidents. Yet, there is no law defining and 
punishing as a crime the act of driving while under the influence of liquor andlor 
prohibited drugs. Only cities and some first class municipalities have individual 
ordinances penalizing drunken driving but their penalties are only minimal. 
With the modern highways and expressways we have in our country today 
and laxity of the Land Transportation Office in granting licenses to drive motor 
vehicles it is necessary that there must be a national law punishing the act of 
driving under the influence of liquor andlor prohibited drugs to protect ofher law- 
abiding motorists and user of public passages. 
In view of the foregoing, the approval of this bill is earnestly requested. 


FOURTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
First Regular Session 
Senate Bill No. &3 
INTRODUCED BY SEN. MANNY VILLAR 
AN ACT 
DEFINING AS A CRIME THE ACT OF DRIVING A MOTOR VEHICLE WHILE 
UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF LIQUOR AND/OR PROHIBITED DRUGS AND 
PROVIDING GRADUATED PENALTIES THEREFOR 
Be it enacfed by fhe Senate and House of Representatives of the 
Philippines in Congress assembled: 
SECTION 1. State Policy. It shall unlawful for any person to operate and 
drive any motor vehicle while under the influence of liquor andlor prohibited 
drugs. 
SECTION 2. Penalties. Any person found guilty of violating the provisions 
of this Act shall be sentences to suffer any of the following penalties: 
a. For the first offense a fine of One Thousand Pesos and suspension of 
his license to drive for one year; 
b. For the second offense and all subsequent offenses, a fine of Five 
Thousand Pesos and the revocation of his license to drive for five 
years; provided, that if during the period that the offender's license to 
drive was suspended or revoked, then in addition to the penalty 
specified in this paragraph, helshe will be sentenced to one to five 
years imprisonment. 


SECTION 3. Promulgation of Rules and Regulations. The Department of 
Transportation and Communication (DOTC) in cooperation with the Metropolitan 
Manila Development Authority (MMDA) and the Department of Health (DOH), 
shall promulgate rules and regulations to implement the provisions of this Act, 
which shall include but shall not be confined to the following: 
a. the level of alcohol and/or drug content on a person’s blood or breath 
to be considered as intoxicating; 
b. procedures for apprehension; 
c. the necessary gadgets or test instruments to be used; and 
d. the procedures for testing. 
SECTION 4. Separability Clause. If any provisions, or part hereof, is held 
invalid or unconstitutional, the remainder of the law of the provision not otherwise 
affected shall remain valid and subsisting. 
SECTION 5. Repealing Clause. Any law, presidential decree or issuance, 
executive order, letter of instruction, administrative order, rule and regulation 
contrary to or inconsistent with the provision of this Act is hereby repealed, 
modified or amended accordingly. 
SECTION 6. Effectivity Chase. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days 
after its publication in at least two newspaper of general circulation. 
Approved.