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SIXTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE PHILIPPINES 
REPUBLIC OF TIlE PHILIPPINES 
SECOND REGULAR SESSION 
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Submiuedjoindy by the CommiUees on Pubh"c Services and on Local Government with Senators 
SoUo and Revilla as authors thereof 
AN ACT 
TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF CHILDREN ABOARD TWO-WHEELED 
MOTORCYCLES TRAVELLING ALONG PUBLIC AND PRIVATE ROADS 
Be it enacted by the Senate and Ii"ollse orRepresenlatJves or dle PllllipPJileS in Congress 
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SECTION 1. Short Tide.- This Acl shall be known as "Prohibition on Children Riding 
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Motorcycles Act of 2011" 
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SEC. 2. Declaration or Policy. - It is the policy of the state to defend the right of children 
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to assisumce, including proper care and nutrition, and special protection from all forms of neglect, 
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abuse, cruelty, exploitation, and other conditions prejudicial to their development. 
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SEC. 3. Delimiions. - For purposes of this Act, the following terms shall mean: 
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(A) Molorcyclc - is any two-wheeled motor vehicle having a scat or saddlc for the 
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usc of the rider, designed to travel along public ,md private roads. 
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(B) Public Roads -
roads designated by the national government or local 
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government units as roads I,)r public usc such as but not limited to national 
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highways, provincial roads, city, municipal ,md barangay streeL,. 
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(C) Private Roads - roads not considered as public roads but where public 
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transport arc allowed and thus having vehicular traffic. 
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(D) Fool Peg - a lIat form atulched to the motorcycles on which to stand or brace 
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the lCet. 
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SEC. 1. Prohibition. - It shall be unlawliJl I"r any person to drive or operate a two-wheeled 
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motorcycle on a national highway or provincial, local or barangay road if the child passenger 
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cannot comlOrLahly reach the standard loot peg of the motorcycles. 


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SEC. 5. Except.ion. - Notwithstanding the prohibition provided in the preceding section, 
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this act shall not apply to the acts committed in remote places or provinces wherein there is no 
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considerable vehicular trallic ,md where motorcycles arc thc only means of transportation. It shall 
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likewise not apply to emergency C<eses or situations wherein riding a motorcycle arc the sole means 
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reaching the hospitals. 
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SEC. 6. PcnallJcs. - Any person found glllJty of violating Ihe provisions oFtlllS act shall be 
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penalized as follows: 
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The iirst time olknder shall be lined with an amount not exceeding Five Thousand Pesos 
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(1'5,000.00); Ten Thousand Pesos (PI0,000.00) lor the second o[[ense and Twenty Thousand 
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Pesos (P20,000.00) for the third ,md succeeding olfenses. 
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SEC. 7. Implementing Rules and Regulations. -
As the lead agency, the Land 
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Transportation Olliee (ITO) shalll<)flnulate the Implementing Rules and regulations (IRR) of this 
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Act within ninety (90) days ,Jlcr its cllCctivity. 
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SEC. 8. Separa.bih'ty Clause. - If l'or any rcason 'my section or provIsIon of this Act is 
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declared unconstitutional, other provisions hereof which arc not clkctcd thereby shall continue to 
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be in full force and circe!. 
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SEC. 9. Repealing Clause. - Any laws, decrees, or rules and regulations which arc 
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inconsistent with or contralY to the provisions of the Act arc hereby amended or repealed .. 
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SEC. 10. Effectivity Clause. - This Act shall take cJfccl upon its approval in at least two (2) 
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national newspapers of general circulation. 
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Approved, 
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