Professional Documents
Culture Documents
I. COVERAGE
This Order revises the rules and regulations governing the issuance of
Professional Driver's Licenses and Conductor's Licenses, its qualifications,
requirements, procedures and validity in order to ensure the efficient and
effective implementation of the laws, rules and regulations implementing the
same.
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Non-Professional Driver's License (NPDL) - is an authority embodied
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D. Professional Driver's License (POL) - is an authority embodied in a
form prescribed by the LTO to a person to operate a private or public utility
vehicle.
F. Motor Vehicle (MV) - refers to any vehicle propelled by any power other
than muscular power using the public highways but excepting road rollers,
trolley cars, street-sweepers, sprinklers, lawn mowers, bulldozers,
graders, forklifts, amphibian trucks and cranes if not used on public
highways, vehicles which run only on rails or tracks, and tractors, trailers
and traction engines of all kinds used exclusively for agricultural products.
A. Qualifications:
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The POL or Conductor's License card and the expired card with the
Official Receipt shall be r.eleased to the applicant, who shall be required to
write his/her name and affix his/her signature in the appropriate Release
Form.
V. VALIDITY
0. A POL shall be valid for three (3) consecutive years reckoned from the
date of birth of the licensee, unless sooner revoked or suspended.
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However, a POL holder who has not committed any violation/s during the
three (3) year period preceding its expiration shall be entitled to a renewal
of such license for a five (5) year period .
E. All licenses may be applied for renewal on or before, but not earlier than
thirty (30) days, the date of birth of the license holder. Provided, however,
that a license holder who can present an airline ticket showing proof of
imminent travel out of the country during the time the POL must or may be
renewed, shall be allowed to renew his/her license earlier than 30 days
from expiry thereof.
G. Any driver who fails to renew his license when required and within a
period of two years from the expiration thereof may renew the same
provided that the penalties for late renewal are paid.
H. Any expired license, which is not renewed for more than two (2) years but
less than ten (10) years · from such expiration, may be renewed after
payment of penalties for late renewal. In addition, the applicant shall be
required to undergo and pass both the written and practical examinations.
I. Any expired license, which has expired or remained dormant for more
than ten (10) years, shall no longer be renewed. The applicant may,
however, re-apply for a new driver's license after securing an SP.
Any driver who desires to discontinue using his license may surrender the
same to any LTO Licensing Center, District or Extension Office. The storing
Office, upon payment by the applicant of the Storage Fee, shall inform the
License Section of the Central Office, through its Regional Office, of the storage
for the annotation of the driver's license record.
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VII. RESTRICTION CODES AND CONDITIONS
A. Restriction Codes:
B. Conditions:
B. The plain renewal of PDL without revision may be done at any LTO
Driver's Licensing Renewal Offices (DLROs).
Any official or employee who, after due notice and hearing, is found guilty
of committing any of the following acts; either willfully or through negligence, shall
be administratively liable for offense(s) defined under the Civil Service Laws,
rules and regulations:
X. REPEALING CLAUSE
All prior orders, circulars and memoranda as well as any related issuances
or part thereof inconsistent with these provisions are hereby repealed or
amended accordingly.
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XI. SEPARABILITY CLAUSE
XII. EFFECTIVITY
This Order shall take effect fifteen (15) days after publication in two (2)
newspapers of general circulation in the Philippines.
RECOMMENDING APPROVAL:
~OV. TAN,Jr.
Assistant Secretary
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APPROVED BY:
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