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National Administrative Register Volume 13/1
Elective and appointive officers are given a grace period of five (5) working days from
their election or appointment to file application for renewal without penalty.
Failure to file the application for renewal of permit within the prescribed period shall be
subject to fines of Five Thousand Pesos (P5,000.00) if filed within six months after the
prescribed period and Ten Thousand Pesos (P10,000.00) if filed after six (6) months. Failure
to renew the AEP within one (1) year after its expiration shall be a cause for its revocation or
cancellation.
SECTION 3. Effectivity - This Department Order shall take effect fifteen (15) days
after its publication in two (2) newspapers of general circulation.
Adopted: 5 March 2002
(SGD.) PATRICIA A. STO. TOMAS
Secretary
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND HIGHWAYS
Date Filed: 24 January 2002
Department of Public Works and Highways Department
of Transportation and Communications
Department of the Interior and Local Government Joint Circular
WHEREAS, national roads and bridges are being unnecessarily damaged through the
movement over these structures of freight trucks and trailers, whose gross weights and axle
loads exceed the allowable limits;
WHEREAS, in order to abate this condition, Republic Act (RA) No. 8794, entitled ìAn
Act Imposing A Motor Vehicles Userís Charge On Owners Of All Types of Motor Vehicles and
For Other Purposes,î was enacted by the House of Representatives and the Senate on 06
June 2000 and 11 April 2000, respectively , and was approved by the President on 27 June
2000;
WHEREAS, Section 7c of the Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of RA No.
8794 provides penalties for overloaded trucks and trailers and prohibits vehicles that exceed
the allowable gross vehicle weights (GVW) and/or axle loads from proceeding on the roadway;
WHEREAS, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has installed
weighbridge stations as strategic locations along national roads which can determine the
weights of trucks and trailers; and
WHEREAS, there is a need to provide efficient and coordinated use of the weighbridge
and portable axle load weighing stations in order to implement the provisions of R.A. No.