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Introduced by Senator Maria Lourdes Nancy S. Binay 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
Sometime 'in December 2013, a commuter bus fell off a skyway along South Luzon 
Expressway in Parafiaque, Metro Manila and landed on a truck. Seventeen (17) died from the 
incident, while several others including the driver of the bus sustained serious physical 
injuries. 
Not long before, on November 2013, two passenger buses figured in an accident along 
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EDSA. There were at least six (6) fatalities reported, and almost thirty (30) people injured, 
Back in 2009, two accidents involving passenger vessels for inter-island travel occurred just 
days apart. Dozens of people perished, while several others remain missing. 
There are numerous other similar transport related tragedies that could be culled from recent 
past. 
Investigation on these transport mishaps reveal that apart from the negligence of the 
employee, the owners of the common carrier largely contributed to the incidents because of 
their failure to comply with transportation laws intended for the safety and security of public 
transportation. 
Unfortunately, although criminal cases have been filed against the employees directly liable 
for the crime, the owners of the common carriers are practically absolved since their civil 
liability for criminal negligence is merely subsidiary to that of their employee. 
ClearlY; 'there is an urgent need to rationaliie our transportation law in order to ensure the 
safety and' security of public transportation.' This bill therefore proposes to increase the 
liability of owners of common carriers transporting passengers, whether by land, sea, or air, 
by making their civil liability for the criminal negligence of their employees solidary to that 
of their employees . 
In view of the foregoing, the passage of this bill is earnestly recommended. 
E NANCY S. BINAY 
Senator 
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Introduced by Senator Maria Lourdes Nancy S. Binay 
AN ACT INCREASING THE LIABILITY OF PERSONS, FIRMS, CORPORATIONS, 
AND OTHER ENTITIES ENGAGED.IN THE, BUSINESS OF TRANSPORTING 
PASSEN'aERS, BY LAND, WATER, OR AIR, BY MAKING THEIR CIVIL 
LIABILITY SOLIDARY FOR THE ACTS AND OMISSIONS OF THEIR EMPLOYEES 
IN THE DISCHARGE OF THEIR DUTIES, AMENDING FOR THIS PURPOSE ACT 
NO. 3815, AS AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE REVISED PENAL CODE 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House .of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress 
assembled: 
SECTION 1. A new Article 103-A is hereby inserted in Act No. 3815, as amended, 
otherwise known as the Revised Penal Code, to read as follows: 
ART. 103-A. SOLIDARY CIVIL LIABILITY OF COMMON CARRIERS.-
THE CIVIL LIABILITY OF PERSONS, FIRMS, CORPORATIONS, OR ANY 
OTHER ENTITIES ENGAGED IN, THE BUSINESS OF CARRYING OR 
TRANSPORTING PASSENGERS, BY LAND, WATER, OR AIR, FOR 
COMPENSATION, OFFERING THEIR SERVICES TO THE PUBLIC, FOR 
THE ACTS OR OMISSIONS OF THEIR EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, OR ANY 
OTHER PERSONS IN THEIR CHARGE, IN THE DISCHARGE OF THEIR 
DUTIES, SHALL BE SOLIDARY, 
SECTION 2. Repealing Clause. All laws, decrees, orders, rules and regulations, other 
issuances; or parts thereof inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed or 
modified accordingly. 
SECTION 3. Effectivity Clause. This Act shdll take effect fifteen (15) days after its complete 
publication in at least two (2) national newspapers of general circulation. 
Approved, 
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