Repubhe of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES:
Quezon City

EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILL NO. 2053

introduced by Rep. Pracious Hipolito Castelo

EXPLANATORY NOTE

Not many people might be aware of the phenomenal rise of criminality arising from the use
of motorcycles for the commission of infinite number of street crimes. Through these motor
vehicles the PNP has tracked down the involvement of persons riding in tandem in other
bigger criminal activities or high-profile crimes.

PNP responded to this crime wave involving criminals riding in tandem on motorbikes by a
program dubbed, ‘Motorized Anti-Street Crime Operatives Program’ of the National Captial
Region Police Office. But this is not to say that in fact, such riding-in-tandem crime incidents
also occurred in Centra! Luzon (Region It), Central Visayas (Region Vil), at least in the past
two years.

This crime wave continues to rise.

PNP theorized that criminal elements have taken advantage of the high-speed mobility
provided by motorcycles as effective instruments of crime. Arrested ‘suspects were found to
be involved in strings of robbery, car theft, and evan murder cases.

One Director General of the PNP even went to say that “For every riding in tandem suspect
neutralized, several crimes are solved” thus making no false allusion to the fact that only an
effective ban against riding in tandem over the use of Tnotorcycles could be the most efficient
way to curb criminality and lawlessness.

This measure is intended to strengthen or at ieast, lend authority to certain counter-
measures already initiated by the PNP in order to stem the tide of such serial street crimes
or increased notoriety of criminats or their syndicates in bigger or more high-profile crimes.

The immediate passage of this measure is highly


Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

House BILL wo, 2953

Introduced by Rep. Precious Hipolito Castelo

AN ACT
AUTHORIZING PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE TO ADOPT A STRATEGIC POLICY
AGAINST CRIMINALS RIDING IN TANDEM ON MOTORCYCLES THEREBY
RATIONALIZING MORE AGGRESSIVE INTERDICTION OPERATIONS AND FOR OTHER
PURPOSES

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Republic of the Philippines
in Congress assembled:

SECTION 1. This Act shall be known as the “Riding in Tandem Interdiction Act.”

SEC. 2. It is the declared policy of the State to serve and protect the people, a
mandate that is the mantra and corporate philosophy of the Philippine National Police to
maintain peace and order, protect life and property and to promote the general welfare.

Under this Act, it shail be the strategic policy of the PNP to adopt more aggressive
interdiction operations against street crimes on motorcycles and persons riding in tandem on
motorcycles who are likely involved and are responsible for serial crimes or even for high-
profile criminal activities.

SEC. 3. This Act shall cover all kinds of motorcycles and persons or individuals riding
these motor vehicles especially when used in the commission of street crimes or other high
profile criminal activities unless this policy against riding in tandem is tater on lifted by the
PNP.

SEC. 4. To carry out the provisions of this Act, the initial amount of ONE HUNDRED
MILLION PESOS is hereby appropriated from the Genera! Appropriations Act for the
purpose of upgrading the physical and technical capacity of the Philippine National Police to
implement this Act. .

SEC. 5. All laws, issuances, decrees, orders, rules and regulations or parts thereof
not consistent with this Act are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.

SEC. 6. This Act shall take effect thirty (30) days after its publication in the Official
Gazette or in at least two (2) newspapers of general circulation.

Approved,