Article 195. Report on Conduct of Child. - The Department of Social Welfare or its representative or
duly licensed agency or individual under whose care the youthful offender has been committed shall
submit to the court every four months or oftener as may be required in special cases, a written report
on the conduct of said youthful offender as well as the intellectual, physical, moral, social and
emotional progress made by him.
Article 196. Dismissal of the Case. - If it is shown to the satisfaction of the court that the youthful
offender whose sentence has been suspended, has behaved properly and has shown his capability to
be a useful member of the community, even before reaching the age of majority, upon recommendation
of the Department of Social Welfare, it shall dismiss the case and order his final discharge.
Article 197. Return of the Youth Offender to Court. - Whenever the youthful offender has been found
incorrigible or has wilfully failed to comply with the conditions of his rehabilitation programs, or should
his continued stay in the training institution be inadvisable, he shall be returned to the committing court
for the pronouncement of judgment.
When the youthful offender has reached the age of twenty-one while in commitment, the court shall
determine whether to dismiss the case in accordance with the next preceding article or to pronounce
the judgment of conviction.
In any case covered by this article, the youthful offender shall be credited in the service of his sentence
with the full time spent in actual commitment and detention effected under the provisions of this
Chapter.
Article 198. Effect of Release of Child Based on Good Conduct. - The final release of a child pursuant
to the provisions of this Chapter shall not obliterate his civil liability for damages. Such release shall be
without prejudice to the right for a writ of execution for the recovery of civil damages.
Article 199. Living Quarters for Youthful Offenders Sentence. - When a judgment of conviction is
pronounced in accordance with the provisions of Article 197, and at the time of said pronouncement the
youthful offender is still under twenty-one, he shall be committed to the proper penal institution to serve
the remaining period of his sentence: Provided, That penal institutions shall provide youthful offenders
with separate quarters and, as far as practicable, group them according to appropriate age levels or
other criteria as will insure their speedy rehabilitation: Provided, further, That the Bureau of Prisons
shall maintain agricultural and forestry camps where youthful offenders may serve their sentence in lieu
of confinement in regular penitentiaries.
Article 200. Records of Proceedings. - Where a youthful offender has been charged before any city or
provincial fiscal or before any municipal judge and the charges have been ordered dropped, all the
records of the case shall be destroyed immediately thereafter.
Where a youthful offender has been charged and the court acquits him, or dismisses the case or
commits him to an institution and subsequently releases him pursuant to this Chapter, all the records of
his case shall be destroyed immediately after such acquittal, dismissal or release, unless civil liability
has also been imposed in the criminal action, in which case such records shall be destroyed after
satisfaction of such civil liability. The youthful offender concerned shall not be held under any provision
of law, to be guilty of perjury or of concealment or misrepresentation by reason of his failure to
acknowledge the case or recite any fact related thereto in response to any inquiry made of him for any
purpose.
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