Pursuant to the provision of R.A. 6539 otherwise known as the œAnti-Carnapping Act  particularly Section 2 thereof, identification/serial numbers of engine and/or chassis that are encoded and electronically transmitted by the Bureau of Customs shall not be subject to the œcoding standard  as provided in Memorandum Circular No. ACL-2009-1156 re: œCoding Standards for the Engine and Chassis.  Such identification numbers of engine and/or chassis must, however, include all the characters (alpha, numeric, special characters, symbols) that appear in the stencil of the subject engine and/or chassis. Else, the transaction should be rejected and the concerned party must be advised to return to the Bureau of Customs for the necessary correction.

Further, BOC Certificate of Payment of œunnumbered  engine/chassis or those with œdummy  engine/chassis numbers should likewise be rejected for LTO transaction.

Memorandum Circular No. ACL-2009-1156 shall remain in effect for all locally manufactured chassis or engine (if any).

All personnel that are found to be violating this Order shall be administratively charged for œGross Violation of Office Rules and Regulations. 

All orders and/or memoranda that are in conflict herewith are hereby superseded.

FOR STRICT COMPLIANCE.

Adopted: 24 Aug. 2009

(SGD.) ARTURO C. LOMIBAO
Assistant Secretary