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LETTER OF INSTRUCTIONS NO. 1444 -
CENTRALIZATION OF TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS RECORD |
The Minister of Justice
The Minister of National Defense
The Governor of Metropolitan Manila
The Chief of the Philippine Constabulary and
Director General of the Integrated National
Police
The Director of the Bureau of Land and Transportation
The Commissioner of the National Pollution Control
Commission
The Chairman of the Board of Transportation
The Court Administrator, Supreme Court
WHEREAS, Batas Pambansa Bilang 398, amending Republic Act No. 4136 has without prejudice to the authority of the Courts in appropriate cases, given the Bureau of Land Transportation, the exclusive power and authority to suspend or revoke, for cause, and driver's license issued under the provisions of said Act;
WHEREAS, there is a need to integrate and centralize all records of violations and disposition of traffic cases for the efficient collation and retrieval of information that may be required by any government agency or the public;
WHEREAS, it is imperatively necessary to have an efficient and accurate system of recording the adjudication of cases, involving land transportation and traffic violations, to ensure the effective removal of incompetent and unqualified drivers and to eradicate the use of spurious land transportation documents;
WHEREAS, the Bureau of Land Transportation presently owns and has, in its possession, an on-line computer system, capable of recording all transactions regarding driver licenses, the registration of motor vehicles and all apprehension cases of drivers and vehicles, among others;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E, MARCOS, President of the Republic of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution, do hereby order and direct the following:
1.
All law enforcement and peace officers and other agents duly designated
by the Director of the Bureau of Land Transportation shall, within
seventy-two (72) hours from the time of the apprehension, submit to the
nearest Bureau of Land Transportation officer all cases of apprehension
for violations of the traffic code and the existing laws and rules on
land transportation.
2. In cases
where the apprehension of the violator is uncontested, the Director of
Land Transportation or his duly authorized representative, may, by way
of administrative penalty, impose the charges prescribed under Sec. 56 of Republic Act 4136, as amended by Batas Pambansa 398.
3.
Apprehension cases, for which charges or imputed violations of
applicable traffic rules are being contested or denied or where the
imposable penalty does not fall within the administrative and
regulatory power of the Director of Land Transportation to impose,
shall be referred, for disposition, to the appropriate fiscals office
or Court which, in turn, shall submit a report, within seventy-two (72)
hours from the date of disposition of the case, to the Director of the
Bureau of Land Transportation, pursuant to Sec. 58 of Republic Act
4135.
4. The Bureau
of Land Transportation shall maintain and make available an up-to-date
and comprehensive record of all apprehension cases furnished hereunder
by all law enforcement agencies and courts, as well as cases in which
an administrative penalty is imposed, in accordance with the foregoing
provisions.
5. The
Director of the Bureau of Land Transportation hereby authorized to
promulgate the necessary implementing rules and regulations hereof,
subject to the approval of the Minister of the Transportation &
Communications.
6. These
instructions shall be effective on January 1, 1985.
Done in the City of Manila this 10th day of January, 1985.
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