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Introduced by SENATOR RAMON BONG REVILLA, JR.
AN ACT
PROVIDING FOR THE COMPULSORY REGISTRATION OF HEAVY EQUIPMENT
EXPLANATORY NOTE
Infrastructure spending, with the highest economic muitiplier effect on GDP, is 
our nation's greatest hope in reinvigorating the country's economy post-crisis. As such, 
it is necessary that all bases are covered with regard to the procedures of 
implementing such projects, not the least of which is the compulsory registration of 
heavy equipment.
Aside from generating substantial income for the Government, the compulsory 
registration of heavy equipment could curb, if not totaily eliminate, the practice of 
unscrupulous contractors who leave projects unfinished or, after merely obtaining the 
initial mobilization fee for a particuiar infrastructure project, completely disappear.
This proposed measure would also prevent the practice of leasing the same 
heavy equipment to two or more different contractors who simultaneousiy work on 
different projects on the same dates but at different sites. Such practices cause the 
delay of most infrastructure and public works projects. It would further prevent any, 
if not all, misrepresentation by the contractors with regard to ownership of heavy 
equipment, thereby helping the Government Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) in the 
determination and compliance of pre-qualification requirements.
With the compulsory registration of heavy equipment, owners/lessors and 
leases of heavy equipment will be properly identified, and these unscrupulous 
contractors will be blacklisted for good. It is high time that this standard be 
implemented for the benefit of our economy.
The immediate passage of this measure is necessary to achieve a rational 
registration scheme for heavy equipment and curtail the unscrupulous practices of 
contractors.
In view of the foregoing, the urgent approval of this bill is earnestly sought.
RAMQK BONG REVILLA, JR.


NINETEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
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REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
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First Regular Session 
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SENATE
S. No. 1583
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Introduced by SENATOR RAMON BONG REVILLA, JR.
AN ACT
PROVIDING FOR THE COMPULSORY REGISTRATION OF HEAVY EQUIPMENT
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in 
Congress assembled:
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Chapter I
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GENERAL PROVISIONS
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Section 1. Short Title. - This Act shall be known as the "Heavy Equipment
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Registration Act.
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Sec. 2. Declaration of Policy. - It is the declared policy of the State to promote
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the ideals of good governance in all its branches, departments, agencies, subdivisions,
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and instrumentalities, including government-owned and controlled corporations, and
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local government units.
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Sec. 3. Scope and Application. - This Act shall apply to all heavy equipment,
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regardless of source, origin, ownership and usage in construction, logging, mining,
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quarrying, waste management, dredging, shipping, manufacturing, ship building,
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airport operations, seaport operations, agriculture and other services industries.
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Sec. 4. Definition of Terms. - For purposes of this Act, the following terms or
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words and phrases shall mean or be understood as follows:
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a. Heavy Equipment refers to heavy-duty vehicles, specially designed for
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executing construction tasks, most frequently, the ones involving earth moving.
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They are also known as construction equipment, earth movers, engineering
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vehicles, or just plain equipment;


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b. Civil Engineering refers to the professional engineering discipline that deals with
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the design, construction and maintenance of the physical and natural built
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environment, including works such as bridges, roads, canals, dams and
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building. Civil Engineering is the oldest engineering discipline after military
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engineering, and it was defined to distinguish it from military engineering. It is
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traditionally broken into several sub-disciples including environmental
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engineering, geotechnical engineering, structural engineering, transportation
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engineering, water resources engineering, materials engineering, coastal
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engineering, surveying, and construction engineering. Civil engineering takes
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place on all levels: in the public sector from municipal through national levels,
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and in the private sector from individual homeowners to international
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companies;
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c. Construction Engineering refers to the planning and management of the
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construction of structures such as highways, bridges, airports, railroads,
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buildings, dams, and reservoirs. Construction of such projects requires
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knowledge of engineering and management principles and business
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procedures, economics, and human behavior. Construction engineers engage
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in the design of temporary structures, quality assurance and quality control,
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building and site layout surveys, on site material testing, concrete mix design,
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cost estimating, planning and scheduling, safety engineering, materials
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procurement, selection of equipment, and cost engineering and budget control;
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d. Construction refers to the fields of architecture and civil engineering,
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construction is a process that consists of the building or assembling of
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infrastructures;
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e. Leasing refers to a common method by which contractors acquire their Heavy
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Equipment, usually from companies specialized in the field of Construction
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Equipment or Lease. Leasing transactions are typically divided into finance
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leasing and operating leasing;
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f. Dredging refers to an excavation activity or operation usually carried out at
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least partly underwater, in shallow sea or freshwater areas with the purpose of
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gathering up bottom sediments and disposing of them at a different location,
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mostly to keep waterways navigable;


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g. Logging refers to the process in which trees are cut down for forest
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management and timber;
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h. Mining refers to the extraction of valuable minerals or other geological materials
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from the earth, usually (but not always) from one body, vein or (coal) seam;
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i. Quarrying refersX.0 taking rock from the ground or hills, either by digging with
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machines or by breaking up the rock with explosives;
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j. Waste Management refers to the collection, transport, processing, recycling or
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disposal of waste materials;
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k. Shop Buiiding refers to the construction of ships which normally takes place in
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a specialized facility known as a shipyard;
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I. Shipping refers to the physical process of transporting goods and cargo on
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maritime vessels;
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m. Manufacturing includes all steps necessary to convert raw materials,
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components, or parts into finished goods that meet a customer's expectations
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or specifications. Manufacturing commonly employs a man-machine setup with
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division of labor in a large-scale production;
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n. Airport Operations include businesses operating international, national or civil
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airports or public flying fields. It also includes operators supporting airports
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(except special food services contractors), offering services such as aircraft
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refueling, aircraft parking, rental of hangar space, air traffic control services,
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baggage handling services, cargo handling services and others;
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0. Port Operations refer to task-organized unit, located at the seaport; of
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embarkation and/or debarkation under the control of the landing force support
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party and/or combat service support element, that assists and provides support
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in the loading and/or unloading and staging of personnel, supplies, and
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equipment from shipping;
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p. Lifting Capacity refers to the rated load of a material handling lifting device
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applied as a uniformly distributed load. It may also refer to the load capacity of
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a lifting beam, scissor lift, or any other type of load-bearing material handling
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equipment;
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q. Output Capacity refers to the extent to which an enterprise or a nation actually
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uses its installed productive capacity. Thus, it refers to the relationship between


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actual output that is produced with the installed equipment and the potential
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output which couid be produced with it, if capacity was fuily used;
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r. KvA is kilovolt Ampere pr KWA;
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s. CIAP refers to the Construction Industry Authority of the Philippines which is
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an attached agency to the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), as provided
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for by Presidentiai Decree No. 1746;
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t. DTIrefersto Department of Trade and Industry;
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u. AC EL refers to Associate Carriers and Equipment Lessors, Inc;
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V. LTO refers to Land Transportation Office; and,
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w. Marina refers to the Maritime Industry Authority.
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Chapter II
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REGISTRATION SYSTEM
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Sec. 5. Registration Office. - This Act directs the Construction Industry
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Authority of the Philippines (CIAP) to undertake the duties, functions and
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responsibiiities of the mandatory heavy equipment registration system for all heavy
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equipment in the Phiiippines, except those provided under Section 9 of this Act.
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Sec. 6. Types of Registration. - This Act provides for the mandatory registration
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of heavy equipment as to (a) initial, (b) renewal, (c) transfer and (d) leasing
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registration.
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Sec. 7. Initial Ownership Registration. — All heavy equipment covered by this
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Act shali be duly registered with the CIAP upon acquisition with valid proof of
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ownership. Such acquisition covers the initiai ownership as well as any subsequent
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change of ownership. All heavy equipment imported into the Philippines by any foreign
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entity, government or private, for its own or iease to others, shall be duly required to
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be registered under this provision.
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Sec. 8. Amendment of Registration. - In case of change of ownership, engine
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or motor and body number, if appiicable, the details of such change must be duly
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reported to the CIAP.
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Sec. 9. Exclusions. - The following forms of Heavy Equipment shall not be
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covered by this Act:


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a. Motorized Equipment already subject to registration by the Land Transportation
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Office (LTO), such as but not limited to. Dump Trucks; Stake Trucks; Truck
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Tractors; Flatbed Trailers; Goose-neck Flatbed Trailers: Transit Mixers; and
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Concrete Pumps on Trucks;
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b. Motorized and non-motorized Equipment already subject to registration by the
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MARINA, such as but not limited to. Dredgers and Flat Barges;
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c. Motorized Equipment with a power rating of less than 50 Florsepower; and
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d. Stationary and Mobile Plant and Equipment, such as but not limited to, Concrete
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Batching Plants; Asphalt Batching Plants; Rock Crushing Plants; Aggregates
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Screening Systems; Cement Silos; Fly Ash Silos; Fuel Tanks; Tower Cranes;
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Construction Site Elevator System; Moving Platforms.
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Sec. 10. Registration Fees. -The CIAP shall set the necessary registration fees
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covering ownership registration and leasing registration of heavy equipment, to cover
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the cost of processing, inspection and maintenance of the heavy equipment
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registration system. From time to time, the CIAP may reset the 
Schedule of
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Registration fees to ensure that such are in tune with the current costs.
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Sec. 11. Impiementing Rules and Regulations (IRR). - Within sixty (60) days
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from the promulgation of this Act, the necessary rules and regulations for the proper
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implementation of its provisions shall be formulated by the CIAP, DPWH, DOTC, DOLE
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and DTI. The said rules and regulations shall be approved by the Secretary of Trade
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and Industry, as Chairman of the CIAP. For a period not later than thirty (30) days
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upon the approvai of the IRR, the standard forms for Heavy Equipment owner
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registration and leasing registration shall be formulated and approved.
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Sec. 12. Offenses and Penalties. - Without prejudice to the provisions of
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Republic Act No. 3019, otherwise known as the ''Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act"
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and the penal laws, any public officers who commit any of the following acts shall
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suffer the penalty of imprisonment of not less than six (6) years and one (1) day, but
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not more than fifteen (15) years:
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1. Delaying, without justifiable cause, the ownership registration or leasing
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registration or amendment thereof being applied for by a registrant;


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2. Unduly influencing or exerting undue pressure on any official or employee of
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the CIAP to take a particular action which favors or tends to favor a particular
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registrant;
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1. Wilifui vioiation of the IRR of this Act that would provide for the Owner
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Registration or Leasing Registration of a non-existent Heavy Equipment;
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2. Wilifui violation of the IRR of this Act that would provide for the double or
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multiple Owner Registration or Leasing Registration of a Heavy Equipment;
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3. Issuance of Certification of Owner Registration or Leasing Registration
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contrary to the information recorded in the Owner Registry and Leasing
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Registry.
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When any of the following acts is done in collusion with private individuals, the
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private individual/s shall likewise be liable for the offense.
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In addition, the public officer involved shall suffer the penalty of temporary
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disqualification from public office, while the private individual/s shall be permanently
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disqualified from transacting business with the government.
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Sec. 13. Repealing Clause. - Any law, presidential decree or issuance, executive
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order, letter of instruction, administrative order, proclamation, charter, rule or
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regulation and/or parts thereof contrary to, or consistent with, the provisions of this
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Act are hereby repealed, modified or amended accordingly.
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Sec. 14. Separability Clause. - If any provision of this Act is declared invalid or
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unconstitutional, the other provisions not affected shall remain in full force and effect.
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Sec. 15. Effectivity Clause. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days following
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its publication either in the Official Gazette ox in at least two (2) newspapers of general
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circulation in the Philippines.
Approved