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Structural division: BOOK IV
Article 177 — Judgment.
Criminal Procedure Code (English)
Article text
(I) The judgment shall specify the provisions of the law on which it is based. Where the young person is found not guilty, he shall be acquitted and set free forthwith. Where he is found guilty, the court shall impose the appro- priate measure or penalty under Art. 162 et seq. Penal Code.
(2) The court may call before it any person or representative of any inslitution with a view to obtaining information concerning the character and ante- cedents of the young person so as to arrive at a decision which is in thebe$t interest of the young person. . ,
(3) After these person's have been heard, the defence may reply an~ call his witnesses as to character, who shall be interrogated by the court and thereupon the defence shall address the court as to sentence. .
(4) Judgment shall be given as in ordinary cases. The court shall explain its decision to the young person and warn him against further misconduct.