Registration and plate rules for government vehicles
- Motor vehicles purchased or owned by any department, bureau, office, division, branch, or unit of the Government, including those of government-owned and controlled corporations, must be promptly registered in the Motor Vehicles Office.
- Such motor vehicles must bear at all times official registration number plates that are plainly marked with the official designation, together with the Government shield.
- The use of these vehicles is strictly limited to official business.
- Motor vehicles used for special purposes may be assigned ordinary high private registration number plates only with the written approval of the President of the Philippines.
Limits on distinguishing flags, stars, and emblems
- Except for motor vehicles assigned to and used by the following, no other vehicles registered in the Philippines shall bear distinguishing flags, stars, and emblems:
- the President of the Philippines;
- the Vice-President of the Philippines;
- the President of the Senate;
- the Speaker of the House of Representatives;
- the Chief of Justice of the Supreme Court;
- the Chief of Staff and General Officers of the Armed Forces of the Philippines; and
- the Chiefs of foreign diplomatic missions in the Philippines.
Plate design, numbering, and allocation system
- Motor vehicle number plates must be uniform in size and color.
- Plate numbers must be numbered consecutively.
- No identification markings of any kind may be placed on the plates.
- Provincial Governors and City Mayors must be allocated one set of number plates each that bear:
- the words “GOVERNOR” and the name of the province; and
- the words “CITY MAYOR” and the name of the chartered city, respectively.
Reserved plate numbers for Philippine officials
- The order reserves and assigns registration plate numbers to specified Philippine officials of the Government, using a numbered list that includes (among many others) the following reserved/assigned numbers and categories:
- 1 — President of the Philippines
- 2 — Vice-President of the Philippines
- 3 — President of the Senate
- 4 — Speaker of the House of Representatives
- 5 — Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
- 6 — reserved to be allocated only by the Office of the President
- 6-A to 6-P — specified Cabinet and senior executive officials (including Secretary of Foreign Affairs, Secretary of Finance, Secretary of Justice, Secretary of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Secretary of Public Works and Communications, Secretary of Education, Secretary of Labor, Secretary of National Defense, Secretary of Health, Secretary of Commerce and Industry, and others)
- 6-K — Executive Secretary
- 6-L — Auditor General
- 6-M — Commissioner of the Budget
- 6-N — Administrator, Office of Economic Coordination
- 6-O — Social Welfare Administrator
- 6-P — Chairman, National Economic Council
- 6-Q — Press Secretary
- 7 — President Protempore of the Senate
- 7-A — Majority Floor Leader of the Senate
- 8 — Speaker Protempore of the House of Representatives
- 8-A — Majority Floor Leader of the House of Representatives
- 8-Abra to 8-Agusan to 8-Albay etc. — Congressmen, as enumerated by the order’s scheme
- 9-A, B, C, etc. — Associate Justices of the Supreme Court
- 10 — Presiding Justice of the Court of Appeals
- 10-A, B, C, etc. — Associate Justices of the Court of Appeals
- 11 — Chairman, Commission on Elections
- 11-A & B — Members, Commission on Elections
- 12 — reserved to be allocated only by the Office of the President
- 12-A to 12-R — specified undersecretaries and executive officials and related positions, under the order’s enumeration
- 13 — Solicitor General
- 14 — Chief of Staff, AFP
- 15 — Presiding Judge, Court of Tax Appeals
- 15-A & B — Associate Judges, Court of Tax Appeals
- 16 — Presiding Judge, Court of Industrial Relations
- 16-1, 2, 3, etc. — Associate Judges, Court of Industrial Relations
- 17 — Executive Commissioner, Public Utilities Commission
- 17-1, 2, 3, 4 & 5 — Commissioners, Public Utilities Commission
- 18 — President, University of the Philippines
- 19 — Executive Judge, Court of Agrarian Relations
- 20 — Chairman, National Economic Council
- 21 — Chairman, Land Tenure Administration
- 22 — reserved to be allocated only by the Office of the President
- 23 — reserved to be allocated only by the Office of the President
- 24 — Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of the Philippines, with 24-1, 2, 3, etc. — Members, Monetary Board, Central Bank of the Philippines
- 25 — Securities and Exchange Commissioner, with 25-A to 25-J listing additional officials and officers
- 26 — Treasurer of the Philippines
- 27 — First Assistant Solicitor General, with 27-A, B, C, & D — Assistant Solicitor General
- 28 — reserved to be allocated only by the Office of the President
- 29 — Vice-Chief of Staff, AFP; 29-A — Deputy Chief of Staff, AFP
- 30 — reserved to be allocated only by the Office of the President
- 31 — Private Secretary to the President; 31-A, B, C, etc. — Advisers to the President
- 32 — Legislative Secretary; 32-A Secretary to the Cabinet; multiple reserved allocations to the Office of the President appear within the 32 series
- The reserved/assigned enumeration continues through many other Philippine official positions, including city and provincial authority plate numbers and other enumerated offices, under the order’s detailed list.
City and provincial plate numbers
- The order provides a City Plate Numbers and Provincial Plate Numbers scheme with enumerated plate numbers for local officials and offices, including (among those listed):
- 201 — Mayor
- 202 — Vice Mayor
- 203 — Presiding Officer Municipal Board
- 203-A, B, C, etc. — City Councilors
- 204 — City Treasurer
- 205 — City Fiscal
- 206 — City Engineer
- 207 — Superintendent of Schools (and Provincial counterparts as enumerated)
- 208 — Chief of Police
- 209 — City Health Officer
- 210 — City Assessor
- 211 — City Public Service Officer
- 212 — Chief, Fire Department
- 213 — City Auditor
- 214 — Executive Judge Municipal Court
- 214-A, B, C, etc. — Judges, Municipal Court
- 215 — Secretary to the Mayor
- The order reserves specific ranges for future allocation to authorities, including Reserved for further allocation to City Authorities and Reserved-to be allocated only by the Office of the President using the ranges set by the enumeration.
Diplomatic, UN, and consular plate assignments
- The assignment of number plates for diplomatic and consular representatives must use plates whose color scheme is white background with black numerals and whose numbers are prefixed letters:
- “CM” for “Chief de Mission”;
- “CD” for “Corps Diplomatique”;
- “UN” for “United Nations”; and
- “CC” for “Consular Corps”.
- Assignments for these diplomatic/consular categories must be made only upon prior written authority from the Department of Foreign Affairs.
- The order assigns diplomatic and consular plate numbers using a structured set, including:
- CMa101 — Dean of the Diplomatic Corps
- CMa102 to CMa120 — Ambassadors accredited to the Philippines
- CMa121 — Ranking Minister (Accredited)
- CMa122 to CMa130 — Other Ministers in the order of precedence
- CDa131 — Counselor of the ranking Embassy; with additional CDa131-A, B, C, etc. officers and CDa131-1, 2, 3, etc. official cars for the ranking embassy
- UNa161 — Regional Director for the Western Pacific, WHO; with UN-prefixed subnumbers for deputies, WHO international staff, and official cars
- UNa162 — Resident Representative, UN Technical Assistance Board; plus UN-prefixed numbers for UN Information Officer and UNICEF Country Officer and other international staff and cars
- CCa163 — Dean of the Consular Corps
- CCa164 to CCa170 — Other Consuls General in alphabetical order of represented countries
- CCa171 to CCa190 — Consuls in alphabetical order
- CCa191 to CCa199 — Vice Consuls in alphabetical order
- CCa200 — Consular Agents
Restrictions on plate issuance and transfers
- The order provides that not more than one registration number plate shall be assigned or issued to any official in the enumerated categories, except for:
- the President of the Philippines;
- the Vice-President of the Philippines;
- the President of the Senate;
- the Speaker of the House of Representatives; and
- the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
- The order provides that Members of the Congress of the Philippines may be assigned not more than two (2) sets of registration plates for motor vehicles duly registered in their names as their personal property.
- The order prohibits government officials from assigning or transferring reserved automobile number plates to unauthorized persons.
- A violation of the prohibition authorizing unauthorized assignment or transfer is sufficient cause for the withdrawal of the corresponding plate number.
Repeal, effectivity, and implementation closure
- All executive orders, department orders, rules, or regulations on the same subject matter are revoked.
- The order takes effect January 1, 1958.
- The order is signed by CARLOS P. GARCIA, and attested by JUAN C. PAJO, Executive Secretary.