Category Archives: Land Transportation and Traffic Code

What is general procedure for dealing with a traffic violation?

Posted on March 7, 2015 by Erineus

Under R.A. 4136, or the Land Transportation and Traffic Code, the general procedure for dealing with a traffic violation is not the arrest of the offender, but the confiscation of the driver’s license of the latter: SECTION 29. Confiscation of … Continue reading →

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Whether road side questioning falls under custodial interrogation, or can it be considered a formal arrest?

Posted on July 25, 2014 by Erineus

First, there was no valid arrest of petitioner. When he was flagged down for committing a traffic violation, he was not, ipso facto and solely for this reason, arrested. Arrest is the taking of a person into custody in order … Continue reading →

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The general procedure for dealing with a traffic violation is not the arrest of the offender, but the confiscation of the driver’s license

Posted on July 25, 2014 by Erineus

Under R.A. 4136, or the Land Transportation and Traffic Code, the general procedure for dealing with a traffic violation is not the arrest of the offender, but the confiscation of the driver’s license of the latter: SECTION 29. Confiscation of … Continue reading →

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Whether under the present set up (LGC) the power of the Land Registration Office (“LTO”) to register, tricycles in particular, as well as to issue licenses for the driving thereof, has likewise devolved to local government units?

Posted on July 22, 2014 by Erineus

Coming up to this Court, petitioners raise this sole assignment of error, to wit: Oldmisâ o “The Court of Appeals [has] erred in sustaining the validity of the writ of injunction issued by the trial court which enjoined LTO from … Continue reading →

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Is Municipal Ordinance Regulating the Speed Limit on National Highways Valid and Legal?

Posted on July 18, 2014 by Erineus

FIRST DIVISION [G.R. No. L-26702. October 18, 1979.] JUAN AUGUSTO B. PRIMICIAS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. THE MUNICIPALITY OF URDANETA, PANGASINAN, ET AL., Defendants-Appellants. Ambrosio Padilla Law Offices for Appellee. Primicias, Castillo & Macaraeg for appellants. D E C I S I … Continue reading →

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