QuestionsQuestions (EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 374)
Executive Order No. 374 amends specific paragraphs (Nos. 4, 5, and 6) of Executive Order No. 287 to regulate the registration and assignment of government motor vehicle number plates to officials and certain foreign representatives, including updates to reserved plate numbers, coverage, and the rule on issuance of plates.
Paragraph No. 4 was amended. It revised the detailed list of reserved registration plate numbers assigned to specified Philippine government officials, including officials of the Office of the President, legislators, members of the judiciary, and various executive departments and agencies.
Plate No. 1 is assigned to the President of the Philippines.
Plate No. 2 is assigned to the Vice-President of the Philippines.
Plate No. 4 corresponds to the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Plate No. 5 is assigned to the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
Example for a city: Plate No. 201 is assigned to the Vice-Mayor of Manila (and other city vice-mayors). Example for a provincial: Plate No. 202-A/B/C etc. is assigned to provincial treasurers; also, plate numbers are assigned to provincial officials such as the Governor (e.g., Provincial Governor of Abra, etc.).
It provides that no motor vehicle shall be operated anywhere in the Philippines without a motor vehicle plate number duly issued by the Motor Vehicles Office, for purposes of identification.
No. While existing Philippine laws and/or treaties may exempt such vehicles from registration fees, they are nevertheless not exempt from the legal requirement of obtaining the necessary motor vehicle plate number from the Motor Vehicles Office for identification.
It allows other ranking officials (including those in government-owned/controlled corporations) who have a WAPCO salary range of 55 or above and who occupy higher-category positions than chiefs of divisions or other officials specifically assigned plate numbers, to be assigned reserved plate numbers consistent with the pattern in the Order.
It added the officials: 'Commanding Officers of the United States Air and Naval Forces in the Philippines' and referenced plate numbers (including a correction/expansion to plate numbering, as shown in the text).
The exceptions include: the President, the Vice-President, the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the members of the Cabinet, the Auditor General, members of Congress, the Chief Justice and Associate Justices of the Supreme Court, and the Presiding Justice and Associate Justices of the Court of Appeals.
It shall take effect on January 1, 1960.
It standardizes the assignment of reserved registration plate numbers and mandates that all vehicles operated in the Philippines must have duly issued plate numbers from the Motor Vehicles Office, thereby strengthening identification and official recognition.
Reserved registration plate numbers are pre-assigned plate numbers designated for specific officials or categories of officials (or later for allocation by the Office of the President). They are important for consistent identification of official vehicles and for ensuring that only entitled officials/categorized personnel receive corresponding plate numbers.
A student should ask: Who is authorized to allocate these reserved numbers (the Office of the President), and what criteria or process determines which officials or agencies will be assigned those reserved numbers after allocation—especially for those not explicitly listed.