Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City, Metro Manila

Eighteenth Congress
First Regular Session

2129

HOUSE BILL NO.

Introduced by Honorable Lucy Torres-Gomez \

EXPLANATORY NOTE

In the urban jungle that is Metro Manila, numbers of residences and
establishments are sometimes not so easy to find. On the other hand, houses
and business firms in the provinces, especially in remote areas, do not fare
any better inasmuch as in many cases the numbers are entirely missing.

Modern community planning, however, requires a more systematic
numbering of houses and other structures. These numbers serve as the
postal addresses of the residential units and business establishments i in the
country. Apart from orderliness and convenience in contemporary social
life, numbering of structures would have some security dimensions since
the identification of the owners/occupants of a unit as well as the activities
undertaken thereat, is facilitated for purposes of peace and order. In an
ordered society, therefore, the numbering of units could not remain
optional on the part of the owners or the dwellers. q

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On the basis of the foregoing premises, the early approval of this bill
is earnestly requested.

Ln H

LUG TORRES-GOMEZ._
Representative
Fourth District of Leyte



Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City, Metro Manila

Eighteenth Congress
First Regular Session

2129
HOUSE BILL NO.

Introduced by Honorable Lucy Torres-Gomez

AN ACT
MAKING MANDATORY THE NUMBERING OF DWELLING
UNITS AND OTHER BUILDINGS IN THE COUNTRY
Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the
Philippines in Congress assembled:
SECTION 1. Short Title. - This Act shall be known as the

“Philippine Numbering of Houses and Buildings Act of 2019”.

SEC. 2. Mandatory Numbering of Houses and Other Buildings. —
All dwelling houses and other buildings erected or to be erected on any
street, alley, lane, or any other place within the limits of every barangay in
the country shall be numbered in accordance with the system and plan
hereinafier provided.

Churches, chapels, government buildings, such as municipal
buildings, administrative buildings, schoolhouses, hospitals, clinics, public
markets, fire stations and barracks, are exempt from the provisions of this

Act.



SEC. 3. Duty of the Municipal or City Engineer. — In order to have
a systematic and accurate numbering of houses or buildings, the Municipal
or City Engineer is authorized to cause the numbering and renumbering of
houses or buildings within the territorial jurisdiction of the local
government unit. It shall be his duty to assign a number to each and every
dwelling house or building in accordance with a system and plan duly
adopted by his office. The owner or occupant may purchase or cause the
manufacture of the plate number from any store or hardware of his choice
and following the class, form, shape, design and location of the plate of
his/her preference, provided he/she adopts or utilizes the specific number
So assigned to his house or building unit by the Municipal or City Engineer.

To implement the provisions of this Act, the Municipal or City
Engineer shall send appropriate notices to the concerned house or building
owner or occupant. For building owners or occupants, they shall not be
issued a certificate of occupancy unless they comply with the provisions of

this Act.

SEC. 4. Duty of Owner or Occupant of the Structure. ~ It shall be
the duty of every owner, or in his/her absence or prolonged unavailability,
the occupant(s), of the house or building erected or to be erected in every

barangay of the country to place the corresponding plate number assigned



to the said house or building within a period of fifteen (15) days from the
date he or she receives the notice to that effect.
Further, it shall be unlawful for the owner, occupant or any other
person to take down, alter, or deface any number plate, or retain an
improper number, or to substitute any number on the house or building
other than the one given by the Municipal or City Engineer. This
notwithstanding, the replacement of worn-out or illegal number by a new

plate bearing the same design and number as the old one, shall be.allowed.

SEC. 5. Penalty. - Any person who violates of the provisions of this
Act, specifically Section 4 hereof, shall be subject to a fine of not less than
Five Hundred Pesos (Php 500.00) nor more than Ten Thousand Pesos (Php
10,000).

The Municipal or City Engineer is hereby empowered to issue
notices of violation and summons for breach of any provision of this Act.
Upon a finding of liability at the conclusion of summary proceedings
therefor, the concerned owner or occupant is given a period of one (1) week
to comply with the regulations. Thereafter, the Municipal or City Legal
Officer, for and in behalf of the local government unit, shall institute the

appropriate collection suit in a court of law.


SEC. 6. Implementing Rules and Regulations. - The Department of
Interior and Local Government (DILG) shall issue the necessary rules and

regulations to implement the provisions of this Act.

SEC. 7. Repealing Clause. - All acts, decrees, executive orders,
rules and regulations and other issuances or parts thereof inconsistent with

the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed, modified or amended.

SEC. 8. Separability Clause. - If for any reason, any portion or

provision of this Act be declared unconstitutional, other parts or provisions
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hereof which are not affected thereby shall continue to be in full force and

effect.

SEC. 9. Bffectivity Clause. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15)
days after its publication either in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of

general circulation.

Approved, i