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Republic of the Philippines 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
Quezon City 
Nineteenth Congress 
First Regular Session 
House Bill No. __________ 
__________________________________________________________________________ 
Introduced by Representative JOEY SARTE SALCEDA 
__________________________________________________________________________ 
AN ACT 
REGULATING THE SALE OF MOTOR VEHICLES IN METRO MANILA 
BY REQUIRING A PROOF-OF-PARKING SPACE OR GARAGE FACILITY 
FROM MOTOR VEHICLE BUYERS AS A PREREQUISITE 
FOR THE PURCHASE OF A MOTOR VEHICLE AND REGISTRATION 
WITH THE LAND TRANSPORTATION OFFICE 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
Motor vehicle owners should be made responsible to provide a permanent parking 
space for their private vehicles, whether this is made an integral part of their house or building 
structure or a leased facility. The street is primarily intended for vehicular or foot traffic and 
should not be appropriated as personal parking spaces for these vehicles. Any financially-able 
purchases or a motor vehicle can be presumed to be able to provide a parking facility for his/her 
vehicle. 
The problem with traffic is not only confined in the big city streets such as EDSA, and 
congestion is not only isolated in the vicinity of Manila ports – the motor vehicles that continue 
to occupy the side streets, parked and idle, push carts, litters of all kind have been eyesores and 
a hindrance to foot and automobile traffic in most of our streets. 
In light of the aforementioned, this bill proposes to institute a No Parking or Garage, 
No Car policy. Under pain of the penalties provided in this proposed bill, this initiative requires 
the Land Transportation Office to verify the public document submitted by the vehicle 
registrant and/or purchaser and attest to the existence of a parking facility. 
It is for these foregoing premises that the approval of this bill is earnestly sought. 
JOEY SARTE SALCEDA 
July 1, 2022 
8:00 am
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Republic of the Philippines 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
Quezon City 
Nineteenth Congress 
First Regular Session 
House Bill No. __________ 
__________________________________________________________________________ 
Introduced by Representative JOEY SARTE SALCEDA 
__________________________________________________________________________ 
AN ACT 
REGULATING THE SALE OF MOTOR VEHICLES IN METRO MANILA 
BY REQUIRING A PROOF-OF-PARKING SPACE OR GARAGE FACILITY 
FROM MOTOR VEHICLE BUYERS AS A PREREQUISITE 
FOR THE PURCHASE OF A MOTOR VEHICLE AND REGISTRATION 
WITH THE LAND TRANSPORTATION OFFICE 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress 
assembled: 
SECTION 1. Short Title. – This Act shall be known as the “Proof-of-Parking Space 
Act”. 
SEC. 2. Declaration of Policy. – It is hereby declared the policy of the State to protect 
and promote the right of the people to a balanced and healthful ecology. The State also 
recognizes that the use of property bears a social function, hence it is subject to the duty of the 
State to intervene when the common good so requires. Towards this end, the State shall 
promulgate measures to lessen traffic congestion, curb the number of private vehicles, provide 
safe and uncluttered pathways where people may freely walk through space for ongoing human 
and vehicular traffic. 
SEC. 3. Scope and Application. – Any person, whether natural or juridical, with 
residence or business address in metro Manila who intends to purchase a motor vehicle, shall 
be required to execute an affidavit which shall be acknowledged before a notary public, 
attesting to the availability of a permanent parking space or facility or that a parking space or 
facility has been leased or procured specifically for the purpose of parking the motor vehicle 
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intended to be bought before they can purchase a motor vehicle. Each and every motor vehicle 
shall require a separate space for parking. 
The affidavit executed by the prospective buyer of motor vehicles shall be presented to 
the Land Transportation Office (LTO) as a prerequisite for registration. 
 
SEC. 4. Responsibility of Prospective Buyer of Motor Vehicle. – No motor vehicle may 
be legally conveyed in the absence of a public document duly attested to by the prospective 
buyer of a motor vehicle and acknowledged before a notary public, that a permanent parking 
space or facility already exists for the motor vehicle which is subject of the sale. The affiant 
shall be bound by the claims stated in the document and shall be held liable for untruthful 
statements made in his/her affidavit under Articles 171 and 172 of the Revised Penal Code. 
 
SEC. 5. Role of the Land Transportation Office (LTO). – The LTO shall make as a pre-
requisite in the registration of a motor vehicle in the submission of the affidavit attesting to the 
existence of a permanent parking space or facility by the buyer or vendee of the motor vehicle 
that it has confirmed the existence of a permanent parking space or facility for the motor 
vehicle to be purchased. 
The document must be kept on file and the same shall be produced when there exists a 
claim or evidence to the contrary that the parking space or facility attested therein does not 
exist. 
 
SEC. 6. Local Government Units and Citizen Patrol. – Any concerned individual may 
report to the LTO, Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) or the engineering 
office of the local government unit (LGU) concerned the existence of motor vehicles which 
are parked on the streets, alleys or pathways primarily used for pedestrian and motor vehicle 
traffic. Authorized personnel of the LTO, MMDA, LGU engineering office, and law 
enforcement agencies shall conduct periodic ocular inspection for the purpose of strictly 
implementing the provisions of this Act. 
The LTO, MMDA, or personnel from the LGU concerned shall, motu propio or upon 
a compliant, ascertain the veracity of the non-existence of a permanent parking space or facility 
for a registered motor vehicle. 
 
SEC. 7. Penalties. – A motor vehicle registration issued to an owner, whether natural 
or juridical, which has been fraudulently obtained from the LTO by making untrue claims in 


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the public document executed for the purpose of complying with the requirements under 
Section 3 of this Act indicating that an adequate parking space or facility exists for a motor 
vehicle, shall be revoked and the motor vehicle owner shall be suspended from registering a 
motor vehicle under his name for a period of three (3) years and imposed a fine in the amount 
of Fifty Thousand Pesos (P50,000.00) for every violation of the provisions of this Act. 
Any officer or employee of the LTO who has allowed the registration of a motor vehicle 
without the necessary document required under Section 3 of this Act or with knowledge of the 
falsity of the statements in the instrument attesting to the availability of the permanent parking 
space or facility for the motor vehicle, shall be suspended form office for a period of three (3) 
months without pay. 
The penalties enumerated herein shall be without prejudice to the liability that may be 
incurred under the Revised Penal Code and other existing laws. 
 
SEC. 8. Implementing Rules and Regulations. – Within ninety (90) days from the 
effectivity of this Act, the Department of Transportation, in consultation with the Department 
of Interior and Local Government, MMDA, LTO and representatives from the LGUs in Metro 
Manila, shall promulgate the rules and regulations for the effective implementation of this Act. 
 
SEC. 9. Repealing Clause. – All laws, presidential decrees, executive orders, 
memoranda, rules, and regulations contrary to or inconsistent with the provisions of this Act 
are hereby repealed, amended or modified accordingly. 
 
SEC. 10. Separability Clause. – If any part or provision of this Act is declared 
unconstitutional or invalid, the remaining parts or provisions not affected shall remain in full 
force and effect. 
 
SEC. 11. Effectivity. – This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication 
in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation. 
 
Approved,