An Act Requiring the Mandatory Installation of Speed Limiter in Public Utility and Certain Types of Vehicle

Sixteenth Congress
Third Regular Session

Begun and held in Metro Manila, on Monday, the twenty-seventh day of July, two thousand fifteen.

REPUBLIC ACT No. 10916

An Act Requiring the Mandatory Installation of Speed Limiter in Public Utility and Certain Types of Vehicle

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippine Congress Assembled:

Section 1. Short Title. - This Act shall be known as the "Road Speed Limiter Act of 2016".

Section 2. Declaration of Policy. - It is hereby declared the policy of the State to maintain at all times the safety and protection of the public. Towards this end, it shall pursue a more proactive and preventive approach to secure the safety of passengers and public in general on roads and highways. It shall implement measures to safeguard them from any speed-related road accidents which are not only causing fatalities but also damage to properties.

Section 3. Definition of Terms. - As used in this Act:

Section 4. Mandatory Installation of Speed Limiter. - No covered vehicle, following the effectivity of this Act, shall be allowed to run in any road, street or highway in the Philippines without a standard speed limiter in accordance with the standards and specifications approved by the DOTC; Provided, That in case of vehicles which are already registered with any appropriate agency, this requirement shall be complied with not later than eighteen (18) months from the effectivity of this Act.

Section 5. No Speed Limiter, No Registration. - No covered vehicle shall be registered by the LTO or given a franchise by the LTFRB without the standard speed limiter installed and set in the vehicle in compliance with Section 4 and Section 6 hereof.

Section 6. Setting of Standard. - The DOTC shall, in accordance with acceptable international standards, determine the specifications of the speed limiters that may be allowed to be installed in the covered vehicles. The LTO or the LTFRB, shall supervise and inspect the setting of speed limiter corresponding to the maximum allowed in the route plied by a particular covered vehicle.

Section 7. Accreditation. - The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) shall accredit persons, establishments or institutions producing, manufacturing or distributing speed limiters in accordance with the specifications and standards as may be determined by the DOTC. For this purpose, the DTI shall issue the necessary certification attesting compliance with such specifications and standards as a prerequisite for registration.

Section 8. Implementing Rules and Regulations. - The DOTC, in coordination with the LTO, LTFRB, DTI and the Department of Science and Technology, and in consultation with private stakeholders, shall formulate and promulgate the necessary implementing rules and regulations of this Act within sixty (60) days upon the effectivity of this Act.

Section 9. Fines/Penalties. - (a) The driver who operates a motor vehicle covered by this Act or the owner or operator who allows such driver to operate without the speed limiter herein required shall suffer a fine in the amount of fifty thousand pesos (₱50,000.00).

Section 10. Appropriations. - The initial amount necessary to implement the provisions of this Act shall be charged against the current year’s appropriation of the DOTC. Thereafter, such sums as may be necessary for the continued implementation of this Act shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act.

Section 11. Separability Clause. - If any provision of this Act is held invalid or unconstitutional, other provisions not affected thereby shall continue to be in full force and effect.

Section 12. Repealing Clause. - All laws, decrees, executive orders or parts thereof inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed, amended or modified accordingly.

Section 13. Effectivity. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its complete publication in the Official Gazette or in a national newspaper of general circulation.

Approved,

FELICIANO BELMONTE, JR.
Speaker of the House of Representatives

FRANKLIN M. DRILON
President of the Senate

This Act which is a consolidation of Senate Bill No. 2999 and House Bill No. 5911 was finally passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on February 2, 2016 and May 23, 2016, respectively.

MARILYN B. BARUA-YAP
Secretary General
House of Representatives

OSCAR G. YABES
Secretary of the Senate

Approved: July 21, 2016

(Sgd.) BENIGNO S. AQUINO, III
President of the Philippines