Question & AnswerQ&A (Act No. 2063)
The Governor-General is authorized to declare the portion of the Benguet Road within the Mountain Province a toll road for vehicles carrying freight or merchandise, to promulgate toll rates and payment methods, regulate traffic, make other necessary regulations, and discontinue toll collection when public interest requires.
All proceeds from tolls and fines must be used, under the Governor-General's direction, to cover the expenses of toll collection and the maintenance and repair of the Benguet Road within the Mountain Province.
Yes, the Governor-General may exempt vehicles of the Army, Navy, or other United States Government Departments from paying tolls.
A person is guilty of a misdemeanor and on first conviction may be fined between five to twenty-five pesos; on subsequent convictions, a fine of ten to thirty pesos, imprisonment of five to fifteen days, or both, at the court’s discretion.
Vehicles carrying freight or merchandise such as automobiles, bull carts, wagons, or other types of vehicles on the Benguet Road within the Mountain Province.
Injuring or breaking any toll or other gate or hindering toll gate keepers in their duties is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of up to one hundred pesos, imprisonment of up to six months, or both, as decided by the court.
Placing or causing to be placed any nails, tacks, wire, broken glass, or other objects likely to injure vehicle tires or obstruct traffic is a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine up to one hundred pesos, imprisonment up to six months, or both.
Copies of the regulations must be posted in English, Spanish, and the Ilocano dialect in conspicuous places at each toll or block station on the road within the Mountain Province.
It prohibits vehicles from remaining between stations on the road outside the hours specified in the posted regulations, penalizing violations as misdemeanors with specified fines and possible imprisonment.
The Act took effect upon its passage on April 18, 1911.