Amendment to Act No. 3203
Act No. 3559, approved on November 26, 1929, amends Section Seven of Act No. 3203, which pertains to the care and custody of neglected and delinquent children. The amendment allows for the parole of minor delinquents committed to institutions, subject to conditions set by the institution's head and approval from the Public Welfare Commissioner. It also states that the probation officer will oversee minors placed outside of institutions, returning them to court for sentencing or dismissal at the end of their probation. The court's final judgment will be based on the minor's conduct during confinement or probation and the recommendations from the Public Welfare Commissioner.
Law Information
- Reference Number
- Act No. 3559
- Date Enacted
- Category
- Statutes
- Subcategory
- Acts
- Jurisdiction
- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
Full Law Text
November 26, 1929
ACT NO. 3559
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION SEVEN OF ACT NUMBERED THIRTY-TWO HUNDRED AND THREE ENTITLED "AN ACT RELATING TO THE CARE AND CUSTODY OF NEGLECTED AND DELINQUENT CHILDREN; PROVIDING PROBATION OFFICERS THEREFOR; IMPOSING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS OF ITS PROVISIONS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES"
SECTION 1. Section seven of Act Numbered Thirty-two hundred and three is hereby amended to read as follows:
"SEC. 7. Any minor delinquent committed to an institution in accordance with sections three and five of this Act or allowed to stay elsewhere, may be paroled by the head of the institution, under such conditions as the latter may prescribe subject to the approval of the Public Welfare Commissioner, or may be returned to the court for either sentence or dismissal. The probation period of the minor allowed to stay at a place other than the institutions mentioned in sections one and two of this Act shall rest with the probation officer and at its termination he shall return such minor to the court for either sentence or dismissal.
"In all cases where any such minor delinquent is returned to the court for either sentence or dismissal the court shall render such final judgment of either sentence or dismissal as in the opinion of the court the records of such minor during his confinement in the institution to which he was committed or during his probation period and the recommendation of the Public Welfare Commissioner shall justify." CSEHcT
SECTION 2. This Act shall take effect on its approval.
Approved, November 26, 1929.
Cite This Law
Amendment to Act No. 3203, Act No. 3559, Nov 26, 1929 (Philippines)
Amendment to Act No. 3203, Act No. 3559 (Phil. 1929)
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