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Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE!
Quezon City

SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILL NO 135

Introduced by Rep. Winston “Winnie” Castelo

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EXPLANATORY NOTE

This bill seeks to put a stop to the nefarious practice of some motorists fleeing the scene of the
accident after having hit pedestrians to escape responsibility and prosecution. The first impulse
‘of anyone who has hit a pedestrian should be to immediately stop and attend to the victim and
face his or her responsibility and not to leave him or her for dead, Flight is a reprehensible
option and should be dealt with to the full extent of the law, Speeding motorists hitting
pedestrians should be conditioned to automatically stop in order to make every effort to save
their victims. It is their moral duty.

Hence, those who flee from the accident scene should be meted out a
order to stem the rising tide of hit-and-run accidents,

dre severe penalty\in

The immediate passage of this proposed measure is earnestly sought.


Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

House BILL No. D135

Introduced by Rep. Winston “Winnie” Castelo

AN ACT
IMPOSING STIFFER PENALTIES FOR PERSONS FLEEING FROM ACCIDENT SCENES
AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

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

SECTION 1. This Act shall be known as the “Anti-Hit-and-Run Act.”

SEC 2. A driver of any kind of motor vehicle found to have hit a pedestrian and fled from
the accident scene shall be penalized as follows:

(@) If the accident did not result in physical injuries or homicide, the penalty of a fine
ranging from Thirty thousand pesos (P30,000.00) to Ninety thousand pesos
(P90,000.00) and imprisonment for a period of three (3) months..

(b) If the accident resulted in physical injuries, the penalty provided in Article 253 of the
Revised Penal Code or the penalty provided in the next preceding subparagraph,
whichever is higher, and a fine ranging from One Hundred Thousand Pesos
(100,000.00) to Two Hundred Thousand pesos (P200,000.00) shalll be imposed.

(©) If the accident resulted in homicide, the penalty provided in Article 249 of the
Revised Penal Code and a fine ranging from Three Hundred Thousand pesos
(P300,000.00) to Five Hundred Thousand pesos (P500,000.00) shall be imposed;
and

(a) The nonprofessional driver's license of any person found to have violated the
provision of this Act shall also be suspended for a period of twelve (12) months for
the first conviction and perpetually revoked for the second conviction. The
professional driver's license of any person found to have violated the provision of this
Act shall also be perpetually revoked for the first conviction. The perpetual
revocation of a driver's license shall disqualify the person from being granted any
kind of driver's license thereafter.

SEC. 3. The Department of Transportation (DOTT) shall issue the necessary rules and
regulations for the effective implementation of this Act.

SEC. 4, All laws, decrees, executive orders, rules and regulations inconsistent with the
provisions of this Act are hereby repealed accordingly.

SEC 5. This Act shall take effect thirty (30) days upon publication in the Official Gazette
and in at least two (2) newspapers of general circulation.

Approved,