Section 9. Fines/Penalties.—

1. The driver who operates a motor vehicle covered by this Act or the owner or operator who allows such driver to operate without the speed limiter herein required shall suffer a fine in the amount of fifty thousand pesos (?50,000.00).

2. The same fine shall be imposed upon the driver, owner or operator who operates or allows a person to operate a motor vehicle with a nonfunctioning or tampered speed limiter.

   In addition to the above fines, a suspension of the driver’s license for a period of one (1) month or franchise of a motor vehicle for a period of three (3) months, as the case may be, shall be imposed upon the offender who commits the abovementioned violations for the first time.

   For the commission of any of the foregoing prohibited acts for the second time, the driver’s license of the offender shall be suspended for a period of three (3) months or the franchise of a motor vehicle shall be suspended for a period of six (6) months, as the case may be. in addition to the fines herein imposed.

   For the subsequent commission of any of the foregoing prohibited acts, the driver’s license of the offender shall be revoked or the franchise of a motor vehicle shall be suspended for a period of one (1) year, as the case may be, in addition to the fines herein imposed.

3. Any person who is found guilty of tampering as defined in this Act shall suffer a penalty of imprisonment of not less than six (6) months but not more than three (3) years and a fine of thirty thousand pesos (?30,000.00).

   The provision of this section shall be applied without prejudice to criminal prosecution or civil action under existing applicable laws.