Section 4. A new section is hereby added after Section 23-A of the same Act and numbered as 23-B, to read as follows:

“SEC. 23-B. Penalties. — Without prejudice to the penalties provided under the Revised Penal Code and other applicable laws, the penalties corresponding to the following acts shall be imposed by the appropriate agency of officer:

“(a) Any officer who, in any manner, issues a driver’s license without the necessary examinations, connives with the applicant for the irregular issuance of a license, or who, by gross negligence, issues a driver’s license to an unqualified applicant shall suffer a penalty of removal from the service with all the accessory penalties attached thereto:

“(b) A fine in the amount of Twenty thousand pesos (P20,000.00) shall be imposed upon an applicant for a driver’s license found to have committed any of the following acts:

“(1) Willful misrepresentation with respect to material information in one’s application;

“(2) Connivance with the officer in the irregular conduct of examinations or issuance of license;

“(3) Falsification of documents; or

“(4) Cheating during examinations.

“Any or all of the acts abovementioned shall be punished whether or not a license was granted by reason of such misrepresentation, connivance, falsification or cheating.

“In addition to the abovementioned fine, the driver’s license of an erring applicant, if one is granted by reason of such misrepresentation, connivance, falsification or cheating, shall be revoked, and the applicant shall be prohibited from applying for a period of two (2) years. The repetition of such offense shall warrant the perpetual disqualification from being granted a driver’s license in addition to the fine above-stated; and

“(c) A holder of a driver’s license who acts in violation of the provisions of Republic Act No. 4136 and other existing traffic laws shall suffer corresponding penalties as may be provided by law and other issuances.

“In case of death or physical injuries resulting in the loss of any part of the victim’s body or the use thereof, insanity, imbecility, impotence or blindness, or incapacity to work for more than ninety (90) days, the license of the offending driver shall be revoked for a period of four (4) years, after a finding by the court that such driver was negligent or at fault.

“The Department of Transportation (DOTr) and the LTO shall, in coordination with the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) and other concerned agencies and private stakeholders, aggressively and regularly conduct a nationwide information, education and communication (IEC) campaign on road safety, including the list of measures implemented pursuant to and violations punishable under this Act.”