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Senate Bill No. 139 4 
INTRODUCED BY SEN. JINGGOY EJERCITO ESTRADA 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
The use of stolen vehicles in committing crimes is rampant and common. 
Police authorities have devised means to arrest and bring to justice the 
perpetrators of this crime. However, the criminals' cunningness to commit 
criminal acts cannot be exhausted. Some might take advantage of buying totally 
wrecked vehicles including its registration from different junkyards or sources, 
use the registration and the plate number in other vehicles to prevent detection 
from authorities and proceed with the planned crime. 
In this regard, this bill seeks to prohibit the sale of totally wrecked cars 
including its registration and to regulate the sale of the scrap metals coming from 
the wrecked vehicles to prevent the criminal elements from using this modus 
operandi to sustain their operations. 
In consideration thereof, I earnestly seek the immediate passage of this 
important bill. 
OY EJERCITO ESTRADA 
Senator 


SIXTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE REPUBLIC 
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First Regular Session 
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Senate Bill No. 13 9 4 
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INTRODUCED BY SEN. JINGGOY EJERCITO ESTRADA 
AN ACT 
PROHIBITING THE SALE OF TOTALLY WRECKED VEHICLE INCLUDING 
ITS REGISTRATION AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in 
Congress assembled:' 
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SECTION 1. Short Title. This Act shall be known and may be cited as 
the "Anti-Totally Wrecked Vehicle Sale Act of 2013". 
SEC. 2. Definition of Terms.', As used in this Act, the term -
a) 
"Vehicle" - means any motor vehicle propelled by any power other 
than muscular power using all roads, except road rollers, street-
sweepers, sprinklers, lawn mowers, bulldozers, graders, fork-lifts, 
amphibian trucks, cranes and those that run only on rails or tracks, 
and tractors, and traction engines of all kinds used exclusively for 
agricultural purposes. 
b) 
Trailers having any number of wheels, when propelled or intended to 
be propelled by attachment to a motor vehicle shall be classified as a 
vehicle under this Act. 
c) 
"Totally wrecked vehicle" - means any vehicle which can no longer 
run or function due to its severe deformity after an accident or due to 
force majure; 
d) 
"Registration"- means the record of the motor vehicle engine, engine 
block and chasis and plate number in the registry of motor vehicle of 
the Land Transportation Office. 
SEC. 3. Duty of Investigating PNP Oficer in Totally Wrecked 
Vehicular Accidents or Due to Force Majure. - It is the duty of the investigating 
PNP Officer in totally wrecked vehicular accidents to send a copy of its report to 
the Land Transportation Office within the province, city or municipality to inform 
the same of the inCident. The investigating PNP Officer shall also secure the 
plate numbers of the said vehicle but shall issue a receipt to the registered owner 
or his/her heirs-in-interest within a period of seven (7) days from the incident. The 


copy of the report and the plate numbers shall be submitted to the L TO within a 
period of seven (7) days from the incident. 
In case of totally wrecked vehicle due to force majure, the registered 
owner of the said vehicle or his/her heirs-in-interest should report the incident to 
the nearest police station and surrender the plate numbers to the investigating 
PNP Officer. The latter shall issue an acknowledgement receipt to the registered 
owner of the said vehicle or his/her heirs-in-interest and the PNP Officer shall 
inform the Land Transportation Office within the province, city or municipality 
within a period of seven (7) days from the date of notice by the registered owner 
of the said vehicle or his/her heirs-in-interest. He/she shall also surrender the 
plate numbers to the L TO within the period indicated herein. 
SEC. 4. Duty of Land Transportation Office. - Upon receiving the report 
and plate numbers from the investigating PNP Officer, the L TO shall cause the 
cancellation of the registration of the totally wreck vehicle within a period of 
seven (7) days to prevent the use of the registration of the said vehicle by any 
person. The L TO, after seven (7) days from receipt of report and plate numbers, 
shall issue a clearance, without fee, for the sale of the scrapped materials of the 
totally wreck vehicle to the registered owner or his/her heirs-in-interest. 
SEC. 5. Duly of Persons Buying Scrapped Materials from Totally 
Wrecked Vehicle. - It shall be the duty of any person, whether natural or 
juridical, buying scrapped materials to secure from its source, a certified true 
copy of a clearance issued by the. L TO that the same comes from a totally 
wrecked vehicle. Without such clearance, the sale shall be conditional and failure 
to secure a clearance within a period of seven (7) days shall make the sale null 
and void. 
SEC. 6. Penal Provisions. -Any person who violates any provision of this 
Act shall be punished with imprisonment for not less one (1) year nor more than 
six (6) years and a fine equal in amount to the brand new acquisition cost of the 
motor vehicle, motor vehicle engine or any other part involved in the violation: 
Provided, that if the person violating a'ny provision of this Act is a juridical person, 
the penalty herein provided shall be imposed on its president or secretary and/or 
members of the board of directors or any of its officers and employees who may 
have directly participated in the violation. 
Any government 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 act shall, in addition to the 
penalty prescribed in the preceding paragraph, be dismissed from the service 
with prejudice to his/her reinstatement and with disqualification from voting or 
being voted for in any election and from appointment to any public office. 
SEC. 7. Penalty for Sale of Totally Wrecked Vehicle with Registration. 
- Any person who is found guilty of sale of totally wrecked vehicle with 
registration shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than' six years and 
one day and not more than twelve years or a fine equal in amount to the brand 
new acquisition cost of the motor vehicle or both, at the discretion of the court. 


SEC. 8. Repealing Clause. - All laws, decrees, executive orders, rules 
and regulations or parts thereof inconsistent with or contrary to the provisions of 
this Act are hereby repealed or modified accordingly. 
SEC. 9. Separability Clause. - If any part or provision of this Act is held 
unconstitutional or invalid, other parts or proviSions thereof which are not affected 
shall continue to remain in full force and effect. 
SEC. 10. Effectivity. - This Act shall take effect after fifteen (15) days 
following completion of its publication in at least two (2) newspapers of general 
circulation. 
Approved,