FIFTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE REPUBLIC 
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OF THE PHILIPPINES 
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First Regular Session 
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Introduced by Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
Driving under the influence of liquor and/or 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 drunk driving but their penalties 
are only minimal. 
With the modem highways and expressways we have in our country today and the laxity 
ofthe 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 and/or 
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prohibited drUgs to protect other law-abiding motorists and users of public passages.' 
• This bill was originally filed during the Thirteenth Congress, First Regular Session. 


FIFTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE REPUBLIC 
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OF THE PHILIPPINES 
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First Regular Session 
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SENATE 
S.No. 2215 
Introduced by Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago 
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AN ACT 
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DEFINING AS A CRIME THE ACT OF DRNING A MOTOR VEHICLE WHILE UNDER 
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THE INFLUENCE OF LIQUOR AND/OR PROHIBITED DRUGS AND PROVIDING 
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GRADUATED PENALTIES THEREFOR 
Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Philippines in 
Congress assembled: 
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SECTION I. Short Title. - This Act shall be known as the "Anti-Drunk Driving Act." 
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SECTION 2. Prohibited Act. - It shall be unlawful for any person to operate and drive 
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any motor vehicle while under the influence of liquor and/or prohibited drugs. 
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SECTION 3. Penalties. - Any person found guilty of violating the provisions of this Act 
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shall be sentenced to suffer any of the following penalties: 
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(A) For the first offense, a fine of One Thousand Pesos (PI ,000.00) and suspension of his 
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license to drive for one (l) year. 
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. (B) For the second offense and all subsequent offenses, a fine of Five Thousand Pesos 
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(P5,000.00) and the revocation of his license to drive for five (5) years; Provided, that if during 
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the period that the offender's license to drive was suspended or revoked, he commits the same 
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offense again, and, in addition to the penalty specified in this paragraph, he/she will be sentenced 
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to one (1) to five (5) years imprisonment. 
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SECTION 4. Promulgation of Rules and Regulations. -
The Department of 
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Transportation and Communication (DOTC) in cooperation with the Metropolitan Manila 
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Development Authority (MMDA) and the Department of Health (DOH), shall promulgate rules 
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and regulations to implement the provisions of this. Act, which shall incl.ude but shall not be 
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confined to the following: 


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(A) The level of alcohol andlor drug content on a person's blood or breath to be 
considered as intoxicating; 
(B) The procedures for apprehension; 
(C) The necessary gadgets or test instruments to be used; and 
(D) The procedures for testing. 
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SECTION 5. Separability Clause. - If any provision or part hereof is held invalid or 
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unconstitutional, the reminder of the law of the provision not otherwise affected shall remain 
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valid and subsisting. 
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SECTION 6. Repealing Clause. - Any law, presidential decree or issuance, executive 
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order, letter of instruction, administrative order, rule or regulation contrary to, or inconsistent 
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with, the provisions of this Act is hereby repealed, modified or amended accordingly. 
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SECTION 7. Effectivity Clause. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its 
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publication in at least two (2) newspapers of general circulation. 
Approved, 
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