E.

O292OF1987ADMI
NISTRATI
VECODEOFTHEPHI
LIPPI
NES

CHAPTER7–PAROLEANDPROBATI
ONADMI
NISTRATI
ON

SECTION23. Par
oleandProbati
onAdmi
nist
rat
ion-TheParol
eandProbat
ion
Administr
ati
onherei
naft
errefer
redt
oastheAdminist
rat
ionshal
lhav
ethefol
lowi
ng
funct
ions.

1)Admi
nist
ert
hepar
oleandpr
obat
ionsy
stem

2)Ex
erci
segener
alsuper
visi
onov
eral
lpar
oleesandpr
obat
ioner
s;

3)Pr
omot
ethecor
rect
ionandr
ehabi
l
itat
ionofof
fender
s,and

4)Suchot
herf
unct
ionsasmayher
eaf
terbepr
ovi
dedbyl
aw

SECTION25. Applicabili
[Link].968, asamended–ThePr ovi
sionsofP. D.968ot her
wise
knownast hePr obationLawof1976shal lconti
nuetogov erntheoperationandmanagement
oftheAdmi ni
strati
oni ncludi
ngt heenumerat
ionoffunctionsandqualif
icationsfor
appointmentoftheAdmi nistr
ator,Deput
yAdmi ni
str
ators,Regi
onal,
Prov inci
alandCity
Probati
onof f
icersandt heirassist
antsandothersubordinat
epersonnel notinconsi
stentwit
h
thi
stitl
e.

HI
STORYOFPROBATI
ON

PROBATIONisasent enceserv
edwhi l
eundersuperv
isi
[Link]
y
beginni
ngofprobat
ioncanbet racebackin1300`swhereEngl
ishcour
tshadestabli
shedthe
practi
ceofbi
ndingoverforgoodbehav i
or,
inwhichoff
enderscoul
dbeentrust
edintothe
custodyofwi
ll
ingci
tizens.

JOHNAUGUSTUS(1784- 1859)i sgener all

yr ecogni
zedast hef i
rstprobati
onof fi
cer
andt heaccountoft hefi
rstprobationl awwascl aimedt obeinUnitedSt atesparti
cularl
yin
BostonSt ateofMassachuset [Link] uswasashoemakerwhi lehewasat t
ending
sessionsincr iminalcourt
sin1850` s,hemakeanof f
ertothejudgest otakecareofsel ected
off
ender sintohi shomeasanal t
ernativ etoimpr isonmentandpr esentt hem whenev erthe
[Link]
sthewassuper vi
si ngdrunkar dsbutin1857hewassuper vi
singmany
ki
ndsofof fendersanddev oti
ngal lhist imet ot heser vi
ceofthecour tJohnAugust ushav e
servedonet housandonehundr edfift
yt wo(1,152)menandsev enhinder edninetyfour(794)
womenandnoneoft hem havev i
olatedt heprogr am inst
it
utedbyAugust [Link] n1859
andi nrecognitionofhiswor khewasnamed“ FATHEROFPROBATI ON”

1878t
heSt
ateofMassachuset
tsenact
edast
atut
ethathi
resapai
dpr
obat
ionof
fi
cer
[Link],
washir
edtobet hefir
stpai
dpr
obati
onoffi
cerinBost
on,
aft
erwhi
ch
pr
obat
ionhav
egai
nawor
ldwideacceptanceasanal
ter
nat
ivet
opr i
son.

I
nt hePhil
ippines,t
hePhili
ppinelegisl
aturepassedanACTNO. 4221.In1937knownas
thePROBATI [Link] sLawpr ov i
dedforfirsttimeoff
endersfr
om ei ghteen(
18)year
sold
andabov [Link],t
hislawwasabol ishedafteralmostt wo(2)yearsofoper ati
onbecause
Republi
cActNo.4221wasdecl aredunconst i
tutionalwasbecauseitwasconsi der
edclass
l
egislat
[Link] obati
onexistedonlyinci t
iesandmunicipal
i
tieswhi chweregiven
appropri
ationforthesaidlaw.

THEPROBATI
ONSYSTEM OFTHEPHI
LIPPI
NES

PROBATI
ONaffect
sonlythecri
minalaspectoft
[Link]
onofthe
sent
encei
mposedontheaccusedwhoisgrantedprobat
ionhasnobeari
ngonhisli
abi
li
ty.
Thecour
tmustheart
hecivi
laspect
.

PROBATI ONi
st hepartoft
hecor recti
onalsystem,itcannotbeproper
lyconsi
der
edas
anindependentsubj
ect,i
tmustbev iewedi nit
srelati
ontoot heraspect
softheenfor
cement
ofthecr i
minall
awsandi t
sproperperspectiv
[Link]
spar toftheentir
estr
uctur
eandonlyoneof
thefeaturesofawel
l-groundedsystem.

PROBATI ONi saf orm oftreatmentoft heconv i

ctedof f
ender sitisnotclemency,pi
ty,
orleniencytot heof f
endersbutr atherasubst it
utefori
mpr isonment .Ther earesome
offenderswhomustgot oprisonfort heirowngoodandf orthegoodofsoci et
ybecausethei
r
presencei nthecommuni t
yconst i
tutest hreattolawandor der .Probationiscompar edtoan
outpatient;t
heout patientdoesnotneedt obehospi tal
izedbecausehi ssi cknessisnot
[Link] er,thepat i
entmustr emai nundert hecareandsuper vi
sionofhi sfamil
y
phy si
cianinordert hathissicknesswi llnotbecomemor [Link] obati
onerdoesnot
togot opr i
son, butheshoul dremai nundert hesupervi
sionandgui danceofhi sprobati
on
offi
ceri nordert hathewi llnotbecomeamor eseri
ousof f
ender .

PROBATI ONi sgiv enincasesi nwhicht heendsofj usticedonotr equi rethatthe

offenderneedst ogot opr i
sonwhi chwoul dprov i
deoppor tunitytot heoffendert or ef
orm
outsidef rom pr isonbuti nlinewi t
hitsobjectives;(
a)toestablishedaenl i
ght enedandhumane
correctional syst em thatwillpromot ethereformat i
onofof fender sandt or educet he
i
nci denceofr ecidivism;(b)topr ovi
deal esscost l
yalternat
ivet ot heimprisonmentof
offender swhoar elikel
yt orespondt oindivi
dual i
zed,communi ty-basedt reatmentpr ogram.
Prov i
ded, thatt hef oll
owingci r
cumst ancesar eobser vedandev aluated;(1)Thatt hereisa
str
ongl i
kelihoodt hatthedependantwi llr
eform, (
2)thatthereisl i
t t
ledangerofhi sser i
ously
i
njur i
ngorhar mi ngmember sofsoci etybyfurthercrimes,asf ori nstancehi scasei snota
vi
olentcr imeandt hathehasnopr eviousrecor dofconv i
cti
on, (3)andt hatt hedet err
ent
eff
ectofi mpr isonmentonot hercriminalsisnotr equi
red.
 THEPROBATI ONLAW P.
D968wassi gnedintoLawonJul y24,
1976butit
s
substant
iveprov
isi
onsoft
heprobat
ionlawwhi chwassi gnedi
ntolawonDecember1,
1977.
Theapplicat
ionoft
hesubst
anti
veprovi
sionsconcerningthegr
antofprobat
iont
ookef
fecton
January3,1978.

ThesecondamendmentSect
ion4andsect
ion9ofP.
D968,
whi
chwasappr
ovedon
Oct
ober5,1985.

PROBATI
ONI ti
sadisposi
ti
onunderwhichadef
endant,
aft
erconvict
ionandsent
ence,
rel
easedsubj
ecttocondi
ti
onsimposedbythecour
tandtothesuper
visi
onofprobati
on
off
icer
.

PROBATI
ONmaybegr
ant
edev
eni
fthesent
encei
mposedaf
ineonl
y.

PROBATIONmaybegr ant
edwhethert
hesentenceimposesat
erm ofi
mpr
isonmentor
af
inewi
thsubsi
diar
yimpr
isonmenti
ncaseofinsol
vency
.

Uponappl
i
cat
ionoft
hedef
endantf
orpr
obat
ion,
thecour
tmaysuspendexecut
ionof
t
hesentence.

Subj
ecttotheprovisi
onoft
hePr esident
ial
DecreeNo.968, t
hecourtmayaft
erit
sshal
l
haveconv i
ctedandsentencedadefendantuponhisapplicat
ionwit
hintheper
iodof
perfect
inganappeal,
suspendtheexecutionofsaidsentenceandplacedthedef
endanton
probati
onforsuchperiodanduponsucht erm andcondi
tionsasitmaydeemedbest.

TI
MEOFFI
LINGAPPLI
CATI
ONFORPROBATI
ON;
PURPOSEANDEFFECT

Whatthel awrequiresist hattheappl

icat
ionforprobati
onmustbef il
edwi thi
nthe
peri
odofper f
ectinganappeal .Theneedt ofi
lei
twi t
hinsuchperiodwasintendedt o
encourageoffenders,whoar ewi ll
ingtoberefor
medandr ehabil
it
ated,
toavailofprobationat
thefi
rstopportunit
[Link] ov i
sionwasnev eri
ntendedtosuspendt heperi
odf orthe
perf
ectionofanappeal ,andt hef i
li
ngoftheapplicat
ionforprobati
onoperatesaswai verof
theri
ghttoappeal .

Theconvi
ctisnoti
mmediat
elyplacedonpr
obat
ion,
fornopersonshal
lbeplacedon
probati
onexceptuponpri
ori
nvest
igat
ionbythepr
obat
ionoff
icerandadeter
minat
ionbythe
court.

Nat
ureofor
dergr
ant
ingpr
obat
ion.

Anor derplacingthedefendantonpr obati

oni snotasent encebutisrathera
suspensionoft heimposi t
ionofsent [Link] inaljudgmentbuti ti
sratheran
“i
nterl
ocutoryjudgment ”inthenatureofacondi ti
onal orderplacingtheconvicteddef
endant
underthesuper vi
sionoft hecourtforhisr eformati
on, tobef oll
owedbyaf i
naljudgmentof
discharge,
ifthecondi t
ionsofthepr obationar enotcompl iedwithafinalj
udgmentofhis
sentencewillbepr onouncedifthecondi ti
onsar eviolated.
Probati
onoff
icermustsubmitthei
nvest
igat
ionrepor
tnotl
aterthan60day sandthecour
t
resol
vestheappli
cat
ionforpr
obati
onnotlat
erthan15daysafterrecei
ptoftherepor
t.

Thepr obati
onoffi
cershallsubmittothecourtt
heinvesti
gati
onrepor
tofadef endant
notl
aterthan60day sfr
om receiptoftheorderofthesai
dcour tt
oconducttheinvesti
gat
ion.
Thecourtshallr
esolvet
heapplicati
onf orpr
obati
onnotlaterthan15daysafterrecei
ptofthe
sai
dreport.

Pendingsubmissi
onoftherepor
tandtheresolut
ionoft
hepet
it
ion,
thedef
endantmaybe
rel
easedunderhisbai
lfi
ledi
nthecri
minalcase.

Pendi
ngsubmissi
onoft
heinv
esti
gati
onandtheresol
uti
onoft
hepeti
ti
on,t
he
def
endantmaybeall
owedontemporar
yli
bert
yunderhi
sbailfi
l
edint
hecri
minal
case.

Thedefendantmayber el
easedonrecogni
zancetot hecustodyofar esponsibl
e
memberofthecommuni ty
,(1)i
ncasewherenobai l
wasf i
led,or(2)incasewher ethe
def
endanti
sincapableoffil
ingabai l
.Amemberoft hecommuni tywhot akescustodyofthe
def
endantonrecognizanceguaranteest
helatt
er’
sappearancewhenev errequiredbythecour
t.

Cr
it
eri
aonpl
aci
nganof
fenderonpr
obat
ion.

Thecour
tshal
lconsi
deral
li
nfor
mat
ionr
elat
ivet
othe:

a.
)Char
act
er

b.
)Ant
ecedent
s

c.
)Env
ironment

d.
)Ment
alandphy
sical

Condit
ionoftheof
fenderandavail
abl
einsti
tut
ionandcommuni
tyr
esour
ceswhi
chr
eveal
s
thepersonal
i
tyoft
heapplicantf
orprobat
ion.

WHENPROBATI
ONSHALLBEDENI
ED?

Pr
obat
ionshal
lbedeni
edi
fthecour
tfi
ndst
hat

a)Theoff
enderi
sinneedofcor
rect
ional
treat
mentthatcanbepr
ovi
dedmost
eff
ect
ivel
ybyhi
scommi t
menttoaninsti
tut
ion.

b)Ther
eisunduer
iskdur
ingt
heper
iodofpr
obat
ion,
theof
fenderwi
l
lcommi
tanot
her
cr
ime

c)Pr
obat
ionwi
l
ldepr
eci
atet
heser
iousnessoft
heof
fensecommi
tt
ed.
Thegrantordenial
ofanappli
cat
ionforprobat
iondoesnotr
isksol
elyontheoff
ender`
s
potent
ial
i
tytorefor
m butal
soontheobser v
anceofthedemandsofjust
iceandpubl
icint
erest
.
Theseareexpressinst
atut
eenactedbythelawmaker.

Whoar
etheof
fender
sdi
squal
if
ied

—Thebenef
it
soft
hisDecr
eeshal
lnotbeext
endedt
othose:

(
a)sent
encedt
oser
veamaxi
mum t
erm ofi
mpr
isonmentofmor
ethansi
xyear
s;

(
b)conv
ict
edofanyof
fenseagai
nstt
hesecur
it
yoft
heSt
ate;

(c)whohaveprevi
ouslybeenconvi
ctedbyf
inalj
udgmentofanoff
ensepunishedby
i
mpr i
sonmentofnotlessthanonemonthandonedayand/orafi
neofnotlessthan
TwoHundredPesos;

(
d)whohav
ebeenonceonpr
obat
ionundert
hepr
ovi
sionsoft
hisDecr
ee;

Sect
[Link]
ti
onsofProbat
ion.— Ev
er yprobat
ionor
deri
ssuedbyt
hecour
tshal
l
cont
aincondi
ti
onsrequi
ri
ngt
hatthepr
obationershal
l:

(
a)presenthimselft
othe pr
obati
on of
fi
cerdesi
gnat
ed to under
take hi
s
super
visi
onatsuchpl aceasmaybespeci
fi
edintheor
derwit
hinsev
enty-
twohours
fr
om recei
ptofsaidorder

(
b)repor
ttotheprobat
ionof
fi
ceratl
eastonceamont
hatsucht
imeandpl
ace
asspeci
fiedbysai
doffi
cer.

Thecour
tmayal
sor
equi
ret
hepr
obat
ionert
o:

(
a)cooper
atewi
thapr
ogr
am ofsuper
visi
on;

(
b)meethi
sfami
l
yresponsi
bil
i
ties;

(c)dev
otehi
mselftoaspeci
fi
cemploy
mentandnott
ochangesai
dempl
oyment
wi
thoutthepri
orwr
it
tenappr
ovaloft
hepr
obationof
fi
cer
;

(d)under
gomedical
,psy
chologi
calorpsy
chiat
ricexaminati
onandt r
eat
mentand
ent
erandremaininaspeci
fi
edinst
it
uti
on,whenrequi
redforthatpurpose;
.

(
e)pur
sueapr
escr
ibedsecul
arst
udyorv
ocat
ional
trai
ning;

(f
)at
tendorresi
deinaf
aci
l
ityest
abl
i
shedf
ori
nst
ruct
ion,
recr
eat
ionorr
esi
dence
ofper
sonsonprobati
on;

(
g)r
efr
ainf
rom v
isi
ti
nghousesofi
l
l-r
eput
e;

(
h)abst
ainf
rom dr
inki
ngi
ntoxi
cat
ingbev
eragest
oexcess;

(
i)per
mitthepr
obat
ionof
fi
ceroranaut
hor
izedsoci
alwor
kert
ovi
sithi
shome
andpl
aceofwork;
 (
j)resi
deatpremi
sesappr
ovedbyi
tandnott
ochangehi
sresi
dencewi
thouti
ts
pr
iorwr
itt
enapprov
al;or

(k)sat
isf
yanyot hercondi
ti
onrelat
edt
ot her
ehabi
l
itat
ionofthedefendantand
notundulyr
estr
ict
iveofhisl
iber
tyori
ncompat
ibl
ewit
hhisfr
eedom ofconsci
ence.

Condi
ti
onoft
hecour
tonPr
obat
ion

Evenifaconvict
edper sonfail
swi thi
ntheclassesofthosequalif
iedforprobati
on,
thegr
antisnotautomaticormi ni
steri
[Link]
onisapr i
vi
legeanditsgrantrestupon
thedi
scret
[Link]
ioni sexer
cisedpri
mar i
lyfort
hebenef i
tof
soci
etyasawholeandonl ysecondar i
lyforthepersonaladvantageoftheaccused.

Whatar
etheef
fect
sofv
iol
ati
onofPr
obat
ionOr
der
?

Uponthefail
ureoftheprobati
onert
ocomplywit
hanyont heconditi
ons
prescr
ibedintheorder,oruponhiscommissi
onofanotherof
fense,heshal
lser
vet
he
penalt
yimposedf ortheoffenseunderwhi
chhewasplacedonpr obat
ion.

Forhowl
ongmayaconv
ictbepl
acedonpr
obat
ion?

1.I
ftheconv
icti
ssent
encedtoterm ofi
mprisonmentofnotmor
ethanone
y
ear,t
heperi
odofprobat
ionshal
lnotexceedtwoyears.

[Link]
lothercases,
ifheissent
encedt
omor
ethanoney
eart
hesai
dper
iod
shal
lnotexceedsixyears.

[Link]
mposesaf i
neonlyandtheof
fenderi
smadetoserv
e
subsi
diar
yimpri
sonment
,theperi
odofprobati
onshal
lbetwi
cethet
otal
numberofdaysofsubsi
diar
yimpri
sonment.

Whenmayapr
obat
ionerbear
rest
ed,
andwhati
sthedi
sposi
ti
ononcehei
sar
rest
ed?

Atanyt imedur i
ngprobat i
on,thecourtmayi ssueawarrantforthearrestofa
probat
ionerforanyseriousviolat
ionoft hecondit
ionsoftheprobati
[Link]
probat
ioneroncearrestedanddet ained,shal
limmedi atel
ybebroughtbeforet hecourt
forahearingoftheviolat
[Link] endantmaybeadmi t
tedtobai lpending
suchhearing.I
nsuchcase, thepr ovi
sionsregardi
ngr el
easeonbailofpersonschar ged
withacrimeshallbeappl i
cabletopr obati
oner
sar rest
edunderthi
spr ovi
sion.

Int
hehear
ing,
whichshal
lbesummaryinnat
ure,t
heprobat
ionershal
lhavethe
r
ightt
obeinf
ormedofthevi
olat
ionchar
gedandtoadduceev
idenceinhisfavor
.The
courtshal
lnotbeboundbyt hetechnicalrulesofev i
dencebutmayi nfor
mi t
selfofall
thefactswhicharemat eri
alandrelevantt oascertai
ntheveraci
[Link]
stateshal
lberepresentedbyapr osecutingof fi
cerinanycontestedhear
[Link]
he
viol
ati
onisestabli
shed,thecourtmayr ev okeorcont i
nuehisprobati
onandmodi fythe
conditi
onsthereof.I
frevoked,t
hecour tshall or
dertheprobati
onertoservethe
sentenceori
ginall
[Link] derrev okingthegrantofprobati
onormodi fy
ingthe
termsandcondi ti
onsthereofshal
lnotbeappeal able.

[Link]
ati
onoft
heconditi
onsofpr
obat
ionmustbeser
ioust
ojust
if
ythe
i
ssuanceofawarrantofar
rest
.

[Link]
endantmaybeadmi
tt
edt
obai
lpendi
nghear
ing.

[Link]
ngi
ssummaryinnatur
e,butt
hepr
obati
onershal
lhavet
heri
ghtto
beinf
ormedoft
hevi
olat
ionchar
gedandtoadduceevi
denceinhi
sfav
or.

[Link]
tisnotboundbyt
het
echni
cal
rul
esofev
idence.

[Link]
hev
iol
ati
onisestabli
shed,t
hecour
tmayr
evokeorcont
inuehi
spr
obat
ion
andmodi
fythecondit
ionsther
eof
.

6.I
frevoked,
thecour
tshal
lor
dert
hepr
obat
ionert
oser
vet
hesent
ence
or
igi
nall
yimposed.

[Link]
evoki
ngthegrantofpr
obat
ionormodi
fyi
ngt
het
ermsand
condi
ti
onsther
eofshal
lnotbeappeal
abl
e.

Whenandhowpr
obat
ioni
sdet
ermi
ned,
andwhatar
etheef
fect
soft
het
ermi
nat
ion?

Af t
ertheper
iodofprobati
onanduponconsi der
ati
onoftherecordand
recommendat i
onoftheprobati
onoff
icer,thecourtmayordert
hefinaldischar
geoft he
probat
ioneruponfi
ndingthathehasfulf
il
ledt het
ermsandconditi
onsofhi sprobat
ion
andthereuponthecaseisdeemedterminat ed.

Thef i
nal
dischargeoft
heprobat
ionershal
loperatet
orest
orehi
m al
lci
vi
lri
ght
s
orsuspendedasar esul
tofhi
sconvi
cti
onandf ul
l
ydischargehi
sli
abi
li
tyf
oranyf
ine
i
mposedast otheof f
ensetowhi
chprobati
onwasgr anted.

Theexpirati
onoftheprobati
onperi
odalonedoesnotautomati
call
yterminat
e
probati
[Link] i
oni
snotcoterminouswit
hitsper
[Link]
stissuedby
thecour t
,anorderoffi
naldi
schargedbasedonthereportandrecommendat i
onofthe
probationoff
[Link]
yfr
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