AN ACT AMENDING SECTION THIRTY-FOUR OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED FOUR THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-SIX.
Year:
1969
Category:
Other
Date Approved:
June 21, 1969
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This Act amends subsection (g) of section thirty-four of Republic Act Numbered 4136, which pertains to the requirements for parking lights and reflectors for motor vehicles. It mandates that appropriate parking lights or flares must be displayed when a vehicle is parked on highways or poorly lit areas to ensure safety for passing traffic.Full Text
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 5715, June 21, 1969 ]
AN ACT AMENDING SECTION THIRTY-FOUR OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED FOUR THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-SIX.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled:
Section 1. Subsection (g) of section thirty-four of Republic Act Numbered four thousand one hundred thirty-six is hereby amended to read as follows:
Section 2. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
Enacted into law without executive signature on June 21, 1969.
"(g) Lights and reflector when parked or disabled.— Appropriate parking lights or flares visible one hundred meters away shall be displayed at a corner of the vehicle whenever such vehicle is parked on highways or in places that are not well-lighted or is placed in such manner as to endanger passing traffic. Furthermore, every motor vehicle shall be provided at all times with built-in reflectors or other similar warning devices either pasted, painted or attached at its front and back which shall likewise be visible at night at least one hundred meters away. No vehicle not provided with any of the requirements mentioned in this subsection shall be registered."
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