Question & AnswerQ&A (PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1911)
Presidential Decree No. 1911 authorizes the disposal of unclaimed recovered and impounded carnapped motor vehicles and amends Republic Act No. 6539, also known as the Anti-Carnapping Act of 1972.
Carnapped motor vehicles recovered and impounded that remain unclaimed for three months are considered abandoned and shall be sold and disposed of by public auction through the Chief of Constabulary or his authorized representative.
There must be a publication once a week for three consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation or in the place where the vehicle was recovered, describing the motor vehicles intended to be auctioned and giving notice that if no claim is filed within one month after the last publication, the vehicles will be sold at public auction. The date and place of the auction must also be fixed in the last publication.
The public auction is conducted by the Chief of Constabulary or his authorized representative.
The proceeds are used to cover charges including storage, cost of publication, and related expenses. Any remainder is retained by the Philippine Constabulary/Integrated National Police for operational expenses of the Anti-Carnapping Task Force or a similar unit.
It is the unit within the Philippine Constabulary/Integrated National Police that deals with carnapped vehicle recovery and related operations; it benefits from the proceeds of auctioned abandoned motor vehicles to support its operational expenses.
Identification becomes difficult or impossible because the original numbers of the tampered engine and chassis numbers could no longer be determined and restored.
The Chief of Constabulary is responsible for selling and disposing abandoned motor vehicles by public auction and promulgating rules and regulations to implement the decree, subject to the President's approval.
The decree took effect immediately upon its signing on March 23, 1984.
All conflicting laws, decrees, letters of instruction, orders, rules, and regulations are repealed, amended, or modified accordingly to conform with this decree.