THIRTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
First Regular Session 
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INTRODUCED BY HON. MANUEL B. VILLAR, JR. 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
Driving under the influence of liquor andlor prohibited drugs is the cause of a great 
percentage of road accidents. Yet, there is no national law defining and punishing as a crime the 
act of driving while under the influence of liquor and/or 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 Commission 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 and/or 
prohibited drugs to protect other law-abiding motorists and user of public passages. 
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INTRODUCED BY HON. MANUEL B. VILLAR JR. 
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 enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress 
assembled: 
Section 1. State Policy. It shall be unlawful for any person to operate and drive any motor 
vehicle while the influence of liquor andprohibited drugs. 
Section 2. Penalties. Any person found guilty of violating the provisions of this Act shall 
be sentenced 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, he/she 
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 promulgates rules and 
regulations to implement the provisions of this Act, which shall include out 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 


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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 or 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 Clause. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its 
publication in at least two (2) newspaper of general circulation. 
Approved,