QuestionsQuestions (EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 287)
To provide a uniform system for the registration of government officials’ motor vehicles and the assignment of official number plates for vehicles used by Philippine government officials and duly accredited foreign representatives.
All motor vehicles purchased or owned by any department, bureau, office, division, branch, unit, or government agency/instrumentality (including government-owned and controlled corporations) must be promptly registered and must bear official number plates with the government shield.
Their use is strictly limited to official business.
Motor vehicles used for special purposes may be assigned ordinary high private registration number plates, but only with the written approval of the President of the Philippines.
Generally, no. Except for the President, Vice-President, President of the Senate, Speaker of the House, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Chief of Staff and general officers of the AFP, and chiefs of foreign diplomatic missions, no other vehicles registered in the Philippines may bear distinguishing flags, stars, and emblems.
Plates must be uniform in size and color; they must be numbered consecutively; and no identification markings of any kind may be placed thereon.
They are allocated one set of number plates each bearing the words “GOVERNOR” or “CITY MAYOR,” and underneath the name of the province or chartered city, respectively.
Not more than one registration number plate shall be assigned or issued to any official entitled to reserved numbers, except for the President, Vice-President, President of the Senate, Speaker of the House, and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
Members of the Congress may be assigned not more than two (2) sets of registration plates for motor vehicles duly registered in their names as their personal property.
Assignment or transfer to unauthorized persons of reserved automobile number plates by government officials entitled thereto is strictly prohibited.
Violation is sufficient cause for the withdrawal of the corresponding plate number.
Assignment is made upon prior written authority from the Department of Foreign Affairs in all cases.
The prefixes are: “CM” for Chief de Mission, “CD” for Corps Diplomatique, “UN” for United Nations, and “CC” for Consular Corps.
It takes effect as of January 1, 1958.
Yes. EO 287 revokes all executive orders, department orders, rules, or regulations on the same subject matter.