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HOUSE BILL NO.__ 9357

Introduced by REPRESENTATIVE JOSE MA. R. ZUBIRI, JR.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

With the prevalent use of motor vehicles in everyday life and the increasing incidence of
the other modalities of carnapping and other motor vehicle-related crimes, the need for
a more effective and efficient system of penalizing and preventing these crimes arises.

Republic Act No. 10883, otherwise known as the “New Anti-Carnapping Act of 2016”
penalizes and prevents carnapping. The law defined the unlawful certain acts of
carnapping but failed to provide penalties thereby making it ineffective.

This bill seeks to update the “New Anti-Carnapping Act of 2016” by providing the missing

provisions that will help enable the Philippine National Police to effectively decrease
incidence of other modalities of carnapping.

Thus, approval of this bill is earnestly sought.

REP. JOSE R. ZUBIRI, JR.
Third District, Buki


Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

NINETEENTH CONGRESS
Second Regular Session

HOUSE BILL NO.__9357__

Introduced by REPRESENTATIVE JOSE MA. R. ZUBIRI, JR.

AN ACT
PROVIDING A PENAL CLAUSE FOR THE ACTS DEFINED UNDER SECTIONS
4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,14,15,16 AND 17 AND AUTHORIZING THE DISPOSAL OF
UNCLAIMED RECOVERED AND IMPOUNDED CARNAPPED MOTOR VEHICLES
AMENDING THE PURPOSE OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10883 OTHERWISE KNOWN
AS THE AMENDING THE NEW ANTI-CARNAPPING ACT OF 2016

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

‘Section 1. Section 4 of Republic Act No. 10883 is hereby amended to read as follows:

“Section 4. Concealment of Camapping. - Any person who conceals camnapping
shall be punished with imprisonment of six (6) years up to twelve (12) years and a
fine equal to the amount of the acquisition cost of the motor vehicle, motor vehicle

directors or any of its officers and employees who may have directly participated in
the violation.

Any person who violates any of the provisions of this Act shall be punished with
imprisonment for not less than two (2) years nor more that six (6) years and a fine
equal in the amount to the acquisition cost of the motor vehicle, motor vehicle
engine, or any other part involved in the violation.

Any public official or employee who directly commits the unlawful acts defined in
this Act or is guilty of gross negligence of duty or connives with or permits the
commission of any of the said unlawful acts shall, in addition to the penalty
prescribed in the preceding paragraph, be dismissed from the service, and his/her
benefits forfeited and shall be permanently disqualified from holding public office.”

Section 2. Section 5 of Republic Act No. 10883 is hereby amended to read as follows:
“Section 5. Original Registration of Motor Vehicles. — Any person seeking the original

registration of a motor vehicle, whether that motor vehicle is newly assembled or
rebuilt or acquired from a registered owner, apply to the Philippine National Police

identity of the applicant. If the motor vehicle or any of its numbered parts is not
on the list, the PNP shall forthwith issue a certificate of clearance.


Upon the presentation of the certificate of clearance from the PNP and after
verification of the registration of the motor vehicle engine, engine block, and chassis
in the permanent registry of motor vehicle engine, engine block and chassis, the
LTO shall register the motor vehicle in accordance with existing laws, rules and
regulations within 20 working days.”

Any person who violates this provision shall be punished with imprisonment for not
less than two (2) years nor more than six (6) years and a fine equal in amount to
the acquisition cost of the motor vehicle, motor vehicle engine, or any other part
involved in the violation.

Any public official or employee who shall cause or allow the registration of any motor
vehicle or issue a clearance in relation thereto that is contrary to law, rules and
regulations shall be punished by reclusion temporal.”

Section 3. Section 6 of Republic Act No. 10883 is hereby amended to read as follows:

“Section 6. Registration of Motor Vehicle, Motor Vehicle Engine, Engine Block and
Chassis. - Within one (1) year upon approval of this Act, every owner or possessor
of unregistered motor vehicle or parts thereof in knockdown condition shall register
before the LTO the motor vehicle engine, engine block and chassis in the name of
the possessor or in the name of the real owner who shall be readily available to
answer any daim over the registered motor vehide engine, engine block and
chassis. Thereafter, all motor vehicle engines, engine blocks and chassis not
registered with the LTO shall be considered as a carnapped vehicle, an untaxed
importation or coming from illegal source and shall be confiscated in favor of the
government.

‘Any person who violates this provision shall be punished with imprisonment for not
less than two (2) years nor more than six (6) years and a fine equal in amount to
the acquisition cost of the motor vehicle, motor vehicle engine or any other part
involved in the violation.

Any public official or employee who shall cause or allow the registration of any motor
vehicle or issue a clearance in relation thereto that is contrary to law, rules and
regulations shall be punished by reclusion temporal.”

Section 4. Section 7 of Republic Act No. 10883 is hereby amended to read as follows:

“Section 7. Permanent Registry of Motor Vehicle, Motor Vehide Engines, Engine
Blocks and Chassis. - The LTO shall keep a permanent registry of motor vehicles,
motor vehicle engines, engine blocks and chassis of motor vehicles, motor vehicle
engines, engine blocks, chassis of all motor vehicles, specifying therein their type,
make, serial numbers and stating therein the names and addresses of their present
and previous owners. Copies of the registry and of all entries made thereon shall
be furnished the PNP and all LTO regional, provincial and city branch
offices: provided, that all LTO regional, provincial and city offices are likewise
obliged to furnish copies of all registrations of motor vehicles to the main office and

to the PNP: provided, further, that the original copy of the certificate of registration
Rall be given to the registered owner, tie second copy shall Be retained with the
LTO and the third copy shall be submitted to the PNP. Moreover, it shall be unlawful
for any person or employee who willfully encodes in the registry of motor vehicles
‘non-existing vehicle or without history, new identity of already existing vehicle or
double/muttiple registration ("KAMBAL") of vehicle.


Any person who violates this provision shall be punished with imprisonment for not
less than two (2) years nor more than six (6) years and a fine equal in the amount
to the acquisition cost of the motor vehicle, motor vehicle engine or any other part
involved in the violation.

Any public official or employee who violates this provision shall be punished with
reclusion temporal and a fine equal in the amount to the acquisition cost of the
motor vehicle, motor vehicle engine or any other part involved in the violation.”

Section 5. Section 8 of Republic Act No. 10883 is hereby amended to read as follows:

“Section 8. Registration of Sale, Transfer, Conveyance of a Motor Vehicle,
Substitution or Replacement of a Motor Vehicle Engine, Engine Block or Chassis -
Every sale, transfer, conveyance of a motor vehicle, substitution or replacement of
‘a motor vehicle engine, engine block or chassis of a motor vehicle shall be registered
with the LTO within twenty (20) working days upon purchase/acquisition of a motor
vehicle and substitution or replacement of a motor vehicle engine, engine block or
chassis. A motor vehicle, motor vehicle engine, engine block or chassis not
registered with the LTO shall be presumed as a camapped vehide, an untaxed
imported vehicle, or a vehicle proceeding from illegal sources unless proven
otherwise and shall be confiscated in favor of the government.

less than two (2) years nor more than six (6) years and a fine equal in the amount
to the acquisition cost of the motor vehicle, motor vehicle engine or any other part
involved in the violation.

Any public official or employee who violates this provision shall be punished with
reclusion temporal and a fine equal in the amount to the acquisition cost of the
motor vehicle, motor vehicle engine or any other part involved in the violation.”

‘Section 6. Section 9 of Republic Act No. 10883 is hereby amended to read as follows:

“Section 9. Duty of Collector of Customs to Report. - Within seven (7) days after
the arrival of an imported vehicle, motor vehicle engine, engine block, chassis or
body, the Collector of Customs of a principal port of entry where the imported
vehicle or parts enumerated above are unloaded shall report the shipment to the
LTO, specifying the make, type and serial numbers, if any, of the motor vehicle,
motor vehide engine, engine block, chassis or body, and stating the names and
addresses of the owner or consignee thereof. If the motor vehicle, motor vehicle
engine, engine block, chassis or body does not bear any serial number, the Collector
of Customs concerned shall hold the motor vehicle, motor vehicle engine, engine
block, chassis or body until it is numbered by the LTO: provided, that a PNP
Clearance shall be required prior to engraving the engine or chassis number.

Any person who violates this provision shall be punished with imprisonment for not
less than two (2) years nor more than six (6) years and a fine equal in the amount
to the acquisition cost of the motor vehicle, motor vehicle engine or any other part
involved in the violation.

Any public official or employee who violates this provision shall be punished with

reclusion temporal and a fine equal in the amount to the acquisition cost of the

motor vehicle, motor vehicle engine or any other part involved in the violation.”
Section 7. Section 10 of Republic Act No. 10883 is hereby amended to read as follows:

“Section 10. Duty of Importers, Distributors and Sellers of Motor Vehicles to Keep
Record of Stocks. - Any person engaged in the importation, distribution, and buying


and selling of motor vehicles, motor vehicle engines, engine blocks, chassis or body
shall keep a permanent record of one’s stocks, stating therein their type, make and
serial numbers, and the names and addresses of the persons from whom they were
acquired and the names and addresses of the persons to whom they are sold, and
shall render accurately a monthly report of his/her transactions in motor vehicles to
the LTO.

In the case of motor vehicle engines to be mounted on motorboats, motor bancas
and other light water vessels, the applicant shall secure a permit from the Philippines
Coast Guard, which office shall in tum furnish the LTO with the pertinent data
concerning the motor vehicle engines including their type, make and serial numbers.

Any person who violates this provision shall be punished with imprisonment for not
less than two (2) years nor more than six (6) years and a fine equal in the amount
to the acquisition cost of the motor vehicle, motor vehicle engine or any other part
involved in the violation.

Any public official or employee who violates this provision shall be punished with
reciusion temporal and a fine equal in the amount to the acquisition cost of the
motor vehicle, motor vehicle engine or any other part involved in the violation.”

Section 8. Section 11 of Republic Act No. 10883 is hereby amended to read as follows:

“Section 11. Duty of Manufacturers of Engine Blocks, Chassis or Body to Cause the
Numbering of Engine Blocks, Chassis or Body Manufactured. - Any person engaged
in the manufacture of engine blocks, chassis or body shall cause the numbering of
every engine block, chassis or body manufactured in a convenient and conspicuous
part thereof which the LTO may direct for the purpose of uniformity and
identification of the factory and shall submit to the LTO a monthly report of the
manufacture and sale of engine blocks, chassis or body.

less than two (2) years nor more than six (6) years and a fine equal in the amount
to the acquisition cost of the motor vehicle, motor vehicle engine or any other part
involved in the violation.

Any public official or employee who violates this provision shall be punished with
reclusion temporal and a fine equal in the amount to the acquisition cost of the
motor vehicle, motor vehicle engine or any other part involved in the violation.”

Section 9. Section 12 of Republic Act No. 10883 is hereby amended to read as follows:

“Section 12. Clearance and Permit Required for Assembly or Rebuilding of Motor
Vehicles. - Any person who shall undertake to assemble or rebuild or cause the
assembly or rebuilding of a motor vehicle shall first secure a certificate of clearance
from the PNP: provided, that no such permit shall be issued unless the applicant
shall present a statement under oath containing the type, make and serial numbers
of the engine, chassis and body, if any, and the complete list of the spare parts of
the motor vehicle to be assembled or rebuilt together with the names and addresses
of the sources thereof.

Any person who violates this provision shall be punished with imprisonment for not.
less than two (2) years nor more than six (6) years and a fine equal in the amount
to the acquisition cost of the motor vehide, motor vehicle engine or any other part
involved in the violation.

‘Any public official or employee who violates this provision shall be punished with
reciusion temporal and a fine equal in the amount to the acquisition cost of the


motor vehicle, motor vehicle engine or any other part involved in the violation.”
Section 10. Section 14 of Republic Act No. 10883 is hereby amended to read as follows:

“Section 14. Defacing or Tampering with Serial Numbers of Motor Vehicle Engines,
Engine Blocks and Chassis. - It shall be unlawful for any person to deface or
otherwise tamper with the original or registered serial number of motor vehicle
engines, engine blocks and chassis.

Any person who violates this provision shall be punished with imprisonment for not
less than two (2) years nor more than six (6) years and a fine equal in the amount
to the acquisition cost of the motor vehicle, motor vehicle engine or any other part
involved in the violation.

‘Any public official or employee who violates this provision shall be punished with
reclusion temporal and a fine equal in the amount to the acquisition cost of the
motor vehicle, motor vehicle engine or any other part involved in the violation.”

Section 11. Section 15 of Republic Act No. 10883 is hereby amended to read as follows:

“Section 15. Identity Transfer. - It shall be unlawful for any person, office or entity
to cause and/or allow the sale, registration, and/or transfer into another name, the
chassis number, engine number and plate number of a motor vehicle declared as
“total wreck" or beyond economic repair by concerned insurance company, and/or
law enforcement agencies, due to its involvement in a vehicular accident or for some.
other causes. The LTO shall cancel the registration of total wreck vehicle as reported
by the PNP and/or as deciared by the Insurance Commission.

Any person who violates this provision shall be punished with imprisonment for not
less than two (2) years nor more than six (6) years and a fine equal in the amount
to the acquisition cost of the motor vehicle, motor vehicle engine or any other part
involved in the violation.

Any public official or employee who violates this provision shall be punished with
reclusion temporal and a fine equal in the amount to the acquisition cost of the
motor vehicle, motor vehicle engine or any other part involved in the violation.”

Section 12. Section 16 of Republic Act No. 10883 is hereby amended to read as follows:

“Section 16. Transfer of Vehicle Plate. - It shall be unlawful for any person, office
or entity to transfer or use a vehicle plate from one vehicle to another without
securing the proper authority from the LTO.

‘Any person who violates this provision shall be punished with imprisonment for not
less than two (2) years nor more than six (6) years and a fine equal in the amount
‘to the acquisition cost of the motor vehicle, motor vehicle engine or any other part
involved in the violation.
Any public official or employee who violates this provision shall be punished with
reclusion temporal and a fine equal in the amount to the acquisition cost of the
motor vehicle, motor vehicle engine or any other part involved in the violation.”
Section 13. Section 17 of Republic Act No. 10883 is hereby amended to read as follows:
“Section 17. Sale of Second-Hand Spare Parts. - It shall be unlawful for any person,

office or entity to buy and/or sell any second-hand spare parts taken from a
carnapped vehicle.


‘Any person who violates this provision shall be punished with imprisonment for not
Jess than two (2) years nor more than six (6) years and a fine equal in the amount
to the acquisition cost of the motor vehicle, motor vehicle engine or any other part
involved in the violation.

Any public official or employee who violates this provision shall be punished with
reclusion temporal and a fine equal in the amount to the acquisition cost of the
motor vehicle, motor vehicle engine or any other part involved in the violation.”

Section 14. Disposition of Abandoned Motor Vehicles. — All camapped or stolen motor
vehicle, recovered and impounded by law enforcement agencies which after a period of
three (3) months from the date of its seizure/recovery have remained undlaimed or whose
real owners could no longer be determined or established because the original number
plate of the motor vehicle or serial numbers of the motor vehicle engine, engine block
and chassis could no longer be determined and restored, are considered as abandoned
motor vehicles and shall be sold and disposed of by the Chief, Philippine National Police
through the Director, Highway Patrol Group his authorized representative in a public
auction; provided, that in all cases before any public auction is effected, there shall be
Published once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general
Circulation in the Philippines or in the place where it was recovered or found, a description
of the motor vehicles intended to be auctioned with a notice that after the lapse of one
(1) month from the date of the last publication, should no reason to file a claim for the
recovery of the same, said motor vehicles will be sold at public auction; provided, finally
that the date and place of the public auction to be conducted by the Chief, Philippine
National Police through the Director, Highway Patrol Group his authorized representative
shall already fixed in the last publication aforementioned.

Section 15. Proceeds of the Public Auction. — After the public auction, the proceeds
shall be applied to answer for charges including storage and cost of publication and
related expenses incurred in connection therewith; provided, that, the remainder, if any,
shall from part of the trust funds of the of the Chief, Philippine National Police through
‘trust receipts primarily for the conduct of anti-carnapping, anti-hijacking and anti-highway
robbery operations.

Section 16. Separability Clause. - If any provision of this Act is declared invalid, the
remainder of this Act or any provision not affected thereby shall remain in full force and
effect.

Section 17. Repealing Clause.— All laws, decrees, orders, regulations and policies
inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed and/or amended
accordingly.

Section 18. Effectivity. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication
in the Official Gazette or in two (2) newspapers of general circulation, whichever comes
earlier.

Approved,