QuestionsQuestions (BUREAU OF LABOR RELATIONS)
To set specific guidelines for the LTO’s registration and apprehension of right hand drive vehicles, in line with directives from the DOTC under Department Order Nos. 94-806 and 94-289.
01 April 1995.
No. The memorandum states that no RHD vehicle shall be renewed its registration effective 01 April 1995.
They may place the vehicle under storage and reactivate it only when proper conversion (repositioning) to LHD is done.
No. The memorandum expressly provides that owners shall not be allowed to pay under deposit under Section 5 of R.A. 4136.
It refers to the technical conversion/repositioning of the vehicle from right hand drive to left hand drive, enabling compliance with LHD requirements before reactivation/registration.
They shall be apprehended and their license plates confiscated and suspended until converted (repositioned) to LHD.
The driver and/or owner shall be penalized in accordance with Department Order No. 93-693 and MC No. 89-105.
Proof of conversion shall be through ocular inspection and presentation of the Certificate of Warranty provided under the PNS regulations.
The memorandum requires ocular inspection and presentation of the Certificate of Warranty; thus, it involves the registering agency/inspector conducting the ocular inspection and verifying the certificate.
The memorandum requires specific proof: ocular inspection and the Certificate of Warranty under PNS regulations. Without these, the conversion requirement is not considered satisfied for compliance.
Apprehension, confiscation of license plates, and suspension until conversion to LHD is completed.
Department Order No. 93-693 and MC No. 89-105.
For any violation of the guidelines, the head of the registering agency and the inspector concerned shall be summarily penalized, including relief and suspension and other administrative action under existing Civil Service rules and regulations.
The memorandum bases its directives on R.A. 4136—specifically referencing Section 5 (deposit) and Section 16 (registration period coverage), which it modifies or operationalizes through its own LTO/TODC guidelines.
Place the vehicle under storage (since renewal is prohibited) and have the vehicle properly converted/repositioned to LHD, then present proof of conversion via ocular inspection and the required Certificate of Warranty under PNS regulations before reactivation.