EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
Second Regular Session
SENATE 
S. No. 1798
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August
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 multiplier 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 compuisory registration of 
heavy equipment.
Aside from generating substantial income for the Government, the compulsory 
registration of heavy equipment could curb, if not totally eliminate, the practice of 
unscrupulous contractors who leave projects unfinished or, after merely obtaining the 
initial mobilization fee for a particuiar infrastructure project, completeiy disappear.
This proposed measure would also prevent the practice of ieasing the same 
heavy equipment to two or more different contractors who simultaneously 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 regards to ownership of heavy 
equipment thereby heiping the Government Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) in the 
determination and compiiance 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.
RAMOTf'^O^^EmiA, JR.


EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
Second Regular Session
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S. No. 1798
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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 Phiiippines in 
Congress assembied:
ARTICLE I
GENERAL PROVISIONS
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Section 1. Short Tide. - 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/or controlled corporations,
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and 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, ones involving earth moving. They


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are also known as construction equipment, earth movers; engineering vehicies, or
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just piain equipment.
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b) Civil Engineering- is a professionai engineering discipiine that deais with
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the design, construction and maintenance of the physicai and naturai buiit
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environment, including works such as bridges, roads, canals, dams and building.
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Civil Engineering is the oldest engineering discipline after military engineering, and
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it was defined to distinguish it from military engineering. It is traditionally broken
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into several sub- disciples including environmental engineering, geotechnical
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engineering, structural engineering, transportation engineering, water resources
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engineering, materials engineering, coastal engineering, surveying, and
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construction engineering. Civil engineering takes place on all levels: in the public
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sector from municipal through national levels, and in the private sector from
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individual homeowners through to international companies.
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Construction Engineering - concerns the planning and management of
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the construction of structures such as highways, bridges, airports, railroads,
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buildings, dams, and reservoirs. Construction of such projects requires knowledge
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of engineering and management principles and business procedures, economics,
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and human behavior. Construction engineers engage in the design temporary
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structures, quality assurance and quality control, building and site layout surveys,
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on site material testing, concrete mix design, cost estimating, planning and
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scheduling, safety engineering, materials procurement, selection of equipment, and
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cost engineering and budget control.
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Construction - in 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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Leasing- is 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 leasing
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and operating leasing.
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Dredging - is an excavation activity or operation usually carried out at
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gathering up bottom sediments and disposing of them at a different location, mostly
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to keep waterways navigable.
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Logging - is the process in which trees are cut down for forest
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management and timber.
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Mining - is the extraction of valuable minerals or other geological
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materials from the earth, usually (but not always) from one body, vein or (coal)
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seam.
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\) Quarrying — is taking rock from the ground or hills, either by digging with
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machines or by breaking u the rock with explosives.
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j) Waste Management — is the collection, transport, processing, recycling or
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disposal of waste materials.
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Shop Building — is the construction of ships which normally takes place
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in a specialized facility known as a shipyard.
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\)Shlpplng—is the physical process of transporting goods and cargo on maritime
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vessels.
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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 or
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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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Airport Operations-\nc\\i6e businesses operating international, national
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or civil 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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Port Operations - A 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 in
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the loading and/or unloading and staging of personnel, supplies, and equipment
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from shipping.
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Lifting Capacity- is the rated load of a material handling lifting device
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lifting beam, scissor iift, or any other type of ioad-bearing materiai handiing 
equipment.
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Output Capacity—refers to the extent to which an enterprise or a nation 
actuaiiy uses its instaiied productive capacity. Thus, it refers to the reiationship 
between actuai output that is produced with the instaiied equipment and the 
potentiai output which couid be produced with it, if capacity was fuiiy used.
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KvA — kilovolt Ampere pr KWA.
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CIAP — the Construction Industry Authority of the Phiiippines is an 
attached agency to the Department of Trade and Industry (DTT) as provided for by 
Presidentiai Decree No. 1746.
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DTI- Department of Trade and Industry.
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AC EL - Associate Carriers and Equipment Lessors, Inc.
LTO- Land Transportation Office.
Marina — Maritime Industry Authority.
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ARTICLE II
REGISTRATION SYSTEM
Sec. 5. Registration Office. - This Act directs the Construction Industry 
Authority of the Phiiippines (CIAP) to undertake the duties, functions and 
responsibiiities of the mandatory heavy equipment registration system for aii heavy 
equipment in the Phiiippines, except those provided in Section 9 of this Act.
Sec. 6. Types of Registration. - This Act provides for the mandatory 
registration of heavy equipment as to (a) initiai, (b) renewai, (c ) transfer and (d) 
ieasing registration.
Sec. 7. Initial Ownership Registration. — Aii heavy equipment covered by this 
Act shaii be duiy registered with the CIAP upon acquisition with vaiid proof of 
ownership. Such acquisition covers the initiai ownership as weii as any subsequent 
change of ownership. Aii heavy equipment imported into the Phiiippines by any foreign 
entity, government or private, for its own or iease to others shaii be duiy required to 
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Sec. 8. Amendment of Registration. - In case of change of ownership, engine 
or motor and body number, if appiicabie, the details of such change must be duiy 
reported to the CIAP.
Sec. 9. Exciusions. - The foilowing forms of Heavy Equipment shaii not be 
covered by this Act:
a) Motorized Equipment aiready subject to registration by the Land 
Transportation Office (LTO), such as but not iimited to. Dump Trucks; Stake 
Trucks; Truck Tractors; Flatbed Trailers; Goose-neck Flatbed Trailers: 
Transit Mixers; and Concrete Pumps on Trucks;
b) Motorized and non-motorized Equipment already subject to registration by 
the MARINA, such as but not limited to Dredgers and Flat Barges;
c) Motorized Equipment with a power rating of less than 50 Horsepower; and
d) Stationary and Mobile Plant and Equipment, such as but not limited to 
Concrete Batching Plants; Asphalt Batching Plants; Rock Crushing Plants; 
Aggregates Screening Systems; Cement Silos; Fly Ash Silos; Fuel Tanks; 
Tower Cranes; Construction Site Elevator System; Moving Platforms.
Sec. 10. Registration Fees. -The CIAP shall set the necessary registration fees 
covering ownership registration and leasing registration of heavy equipment, to cover 
the cost of processing, inspection and maintenance of the heavy equipment 
registration system. From time to time the CIAP may reset the Schedule of Registration 
fees to ensure that such are in tune with the current costs.
Sec. 11. Jmpiementing Ruies and Reguiations. - Within sixty (60) days from 
the promulgation of this Act, the necessary rules and regulations for the proper 
implementation of its provisions shall be formulated by the CIAP, DPWH, DOTC, DOLE 
and DTI. The said rules and regulations shall be approved by the Secretary of Trade 
and Industry, as Chairman of the CIAP. For a period not later than thirty (30) days 
upon the approval of the implementing rules and regulations, the standard forms for 
Heavy Equipment owner registration and leasing registration shall be formulated and 
approved.
Sec. 12. Offenses and Penaities. - Without prejudice to the provisions of 
Republic Act No. 3019, otherwise known as the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act" 
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suffer the penalty of imprisonment of not less than six (6) yearn and one (1) day, but 
not more than fifteen (15) years:
1. Delaying, without justifiable cause, the ownership registration or leasing 
registration or amendment thereof being applied for by a registrant.
2. Unduly influencing or exerting undue pressure on any official or employee of 
the CIAP to take a particular action which favors or tends to favor a particular 
registrant.
3. Willful violation of the Implementing Rules and Regulations of this Act that 
would provide for the Owner Registration or Leasing Registration of a non­
existent Heavy Equipment.
4. Willful violation of the Implementing Rules and Regulations of this Act that 
would provide for the double or multiple Owner Registration or Leasing 
Registration of a Heavy Equipment.
5. Issuance of Certification of Owner Registration or Leasing Registration 
contrary to the information recorded in the Owner Registry and Leasing 
Registry.
When any of the following acts is done in collusion with private individuals, the 
private individual/s shall likewise be liable for the offense.
In addition, the public officer involved shall suffer the penalty of temporary 
disqualification from public office, while the private individual/s shall be permanently 
disqualified from transacting business with the government.
Sec. 13. Repealing Clause. — Any law, presidential decree or issuance, executive 
order, letter of Instruction, administrative order, proclamation, charter, rule or 
regulation and/or parts thereof contrary to or consistent with the provisions of this Act 
Is hereby repealed, modified or amended accordingly.
Sec. 14. Separability Clause. - If any provision of this Act is declared invalid or 
unconstitutional, the other provisions not affected shall remain valid and subsisting.
Sec. 15. Effecb'vity Clause. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days following 
its publication In the Official Gazette or In two (2) newspapers of general circulation.
Approved,