The provisions of Article 80 of the Revised Penal Code shall be deemed modified by the provisions of
this Chapter.
Article 190. Physical and Mental Examination. - It shall be the duty of the law-enforcement agency
concerned to take the youthful offender, immediately after his apprehension, to the proper medical or
health officer for a thorough physical and mental examination. Whenever treatment for any physical or
mental defect is indicated, steps shall be immediately undertaken to provide the same.
The examination and treatment papers shall form part of the record of the case of the youthful offender.
Article 191. Care of Youthful Offender Held for Examination or Trial. - A youthful offender held for
physical and mental examination or trial or pending appeal, if unable to furnish bail, shall from the time
of his arrest be committed to the care of the Department of Social Welfare or the local rehabilitation
center or a detention home in the province or city which shall be responsible for his appearance in
court whenever required: Provided, That in the absence of any such center or agency within a
reasonable distance from the venue of the trial, the provincial, city and municipal jail shall provide
quarters for youthful offenders separate from other detainees. The court may, in its discretion, upon
recommendation of the Department of Social Welfare or other agency or agencies authorized by the
Court, release a youthful offender on recognizance, to the custody of his parents or other suitable
person who shall be responsible for his appearance whenever required.
Article 192. Suspension of Sentence and Commitment of Youthful Offender. - If after hearing the
evidence in the proper proceedings, the court should find that the youthful offender has committed the
acts charged against him the court shall determine the imposable penalty, including any civil liability
chargeable against him. However, instead of pronouncing judgment of conviction, the court shall
suspend all further proceedings and shall commit such minor to the custody or care of the Department
of Social Welfare, or to any training institution operated by the government, or duly licensed agencies
or any other responsible person, until he shall have reached twenty-one years of age or, for a shorter
period as the court may deem proper, after considering the reports and recommendations of the
Department of Social Welfare or the agency or responsible individual under whose care he has been
committed.
The youthful offender shall be subject to visitation and supervision by a representative of the
Department of Social Welfare or any duly licensed agency or such other officer as the Court may
designate subject to such conditions as it may prescribe.
Article 193. Appeal. - The youthful offender whose sentence is suspended can appeal from the order
of the court in the same manner as appeals in criminal cases.
Article 194. Care and Maintenance of Youthful Offender. - The expenses for the care and maintenance
of the youthful offender whose sentence has been suspended shall be borne by his parents or those
persons liable to support him: Provided, That in case his parents or those persons liable to support him
can not pay all or part of said expenses, the municipality in which the offense was committed shall pay
one-third of said expenses or part thereof; the province to which the municipality belongs shall pay onethird; and the remaining one-third shall be borne by the National Government. Chartered cities shall
pay two-thirds of said expenses; and in case a chartered city cannot pay said expenses, part of the
internal revenue allotments applicable to the unpaid portion shall be withheld and applied to the
settlement of said indebtedness.
All city and provincial governments must exert efforts for the immediate establishment of local detention
homes for youthful offenders.
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