AN ACT BANNING THE REGISTRATION AND OPERATION OF VEHICLES WITH RIGHT-HAND STEERING WHEEL IN ANY PRIVATE OR PUBLIC STREET
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AN ACT BANNING THE REGISTRATION AND OPERATION OF VEHICLES WITH RIGHT-HAND STEERING WHEEL IN ANY PRIVATE OR PUBLIC STREET
Republic Act No. 8506
February 13, 1998
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Summary of Republic Act No. 8506Prohibition on Right-Hand Steering Wheel Vehicles
- It is unlawful to import, register, use, or operate any vehicle with a right-hand steering wheel on any public or private street, road, or highway. (Section 1)
- Exceptions:
- Vintage automobiles manufactured before 1960, in showroom condition. (Section 1)
- Vehicles used exclusively for officially and legally sanctioned motorsports events. (Section 1)
- Off-road special purpose vehicles. (Section 1)
Penalties
- Any person violating the provisions of this Act shall be subject to imprisonment (prision correccional in its medium period) and a fine of fifty thousand pesos (P50,000). (Section 2)
Effectivity
- This Act shall take effect immediately after its complete publication in the Official Gazette or in at least two (2) national newspapers of general circulation. (Section 3)
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AN ACT BANNING THE REGISTRATION AND OPERATION OF VEHICLES WITH RIGHT-HAND STEERING WHEEL IN ANY PRIVATE OR PUBLIC STREET
Republic Act No. 8506
•February 13, 1998
Republic of the Philippines
Congress of the Philippines
Metro Manila
Tenth Congress
Republic Act No. 8506             February 13, 1998
AN ACT BANNING THE REGISTRATION AND OPERATION OF VEHICLES WITH RIGHT-HAND STEERING WHEEL IN ANY PRIVATE OR PUBLIC STREET, ROAD OR HIGHWAY, PROVIDING PENALTIES THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled::
Section 1. It shall be unlawful for any person to import, cause the importation of, register, cause the registration of, use, or operate any vehicle with its steering wheel right-hand side thereof in any highway, street or road, whether private or public or of the national or local government except such vehicles that are acknowledged as vintage automobiles, manufactured before 1960, in showroom condition, and/or are to be utilized exclusively for officially and legally sanctioned motorsports events, and off-road special purpose vehicles.
Section 2. The penalty of prision correccional in its medium period and a fine of fifty thousand pesos (P50,000) shall be imposed upon...
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