LETTER OF INSTRUCTIONS NO. 992, February 19, 1980

[ LETTER OF INSTRUCTIONS NO. 992, February 19, 1980 ]

REGULATING THE USE AND NUMBER OF GOVERNMENT VEHICLES AND LIMITING THE USE OF SECURITY PLATES ON GOVERNMENT VEHICLES, PRESCRIBING THE PROCEDURES FOR THE ISSUANCE THEREOF.

TO: The Minister Ministry of Transportation & Communication

The Minister Ministry of National Defense

The Director-General National Intelligence Security Authority

The Director Bureau of Land Transportation

All Other Ministries, Agencies, Offices, Government- Owned and/or Controlled Corporations and Other Government Instrumentalities

All Concerned

WHEREAS, in accordance with the cost production policy of the government in the light of the energy crisis, it is imperative that the number and use of vehicles by all the government agencies be reflated;

WHEREAS, there is a continuing need for a current inventory of all government vehicles, not only for the above purpose, but in consonance with good asset control practice;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers in me vested by the Constitution, do hereby order and issue the following instructions:

All ministries, bureaus, agencies, and offices, including government-owned and/or controlled corporations are hereby enjoined to submit to the Ministry of Transportation & Communications, through the Bureau of Land Transportation, a listing of all vehicles under their control, indicating therewith the following:

(a) type of vehicle, (b) last year of registration, (c) plate number, (d) registration certificate numbers, (e) location of vehicle, and (f) date and number of security plates issued, if any, not later than 31 March 1980.

All government vehicles are, in view of this, required to be registered with the Bureau of Land Transportation, starting the year 1981, and the expenses for such registration shall be included in the respective budgets of these government agencies for 1981 and ensuing years.

DONE in the City of Manila, this 19th day of February, in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Eighty.

(Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS President of the Philippines