CEBU, Philippines - Owners of motor vehicles in Cebu City whose mufflers are modified to emit louder sounds may face higher fines, if not imprisonment.
The City Council has passed an ordinance that puts more teeth to a 1964 ordinance that requires the use of a “silencer” for all motor vehicles to avoid “loud and deafening blasts”.
Under the new ordinance authored by Councilor Roberto Cabarrubias, violators may be fined P3,000 for the first offense and P5,000 or imprisonment or not more than three months or both at the discretion of the court for the second offense.
“There is a need to make people act responsibly over the use of their property so as not to cause disturbance and annoyance to the public,” Cabarrubias said.
A muffler or a silencer is a device attached to vehicle exhaust pipes to help diminish the loud sound emitted by car engines.
“Those who use or operate any motor vehicle so modified or with removed muffler as to cause loud and unnecessary or unreasonable noise, including the noise resulting from exhaust, which is clearly audible from nearby properties and unreasonably disturbing to the quiet, comfort, or repose of other persons will be penalized,” Cabarrubias said.
In Cebu City: Owners of loud vehicles face bigger fine, jail time | Cebu News, The Freeman Sections, The Freeman | philstar.com
daghang salamat Councilor Roberto Cabarrubias.. mao gyud ni ang tubag. mas nindot unta to if mas dako pa ang penalties.




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