VIOLATION OF PROBATION TERMS AND CONDITIONS

In accordance with probation law, a probationer's specific act and or omission constitutive of a
violation of probation condition shall be reported to the Trial Court. Based on reasonable cause
reported by a reliable informant or on his own findings, the probation officer shall conduct or
require the Supervising Probation Officer on case to immediately conduct a fact-finding
investigation on any alleged or reported violation of probation condition(s) to determine the
veracity and truthfulness of the allegation. After the completion of the fact-finding investigation,
the Supervising Probation Officer on the case shall prepare a violation report thereon containing
his findings and recommendations and submit the same for review and approval. In some cases,
a probationer who has not reported for initial supervision within the seventy-two (72) hours from
his receipt of the Probation Order or within the prescribed period ordered by the Trial Court or
whose whereabouts could not be ascertained notwithstanding best efforts exerted within a
reasonable period of time by the City and Provincial Parole and Probation Office shall be
immediately reported to the Trial court for appropriate action. Thereafter said probation officer
shall file with the Trial Court a violation report containing its findings and recommendation for
the court resolution.
After having duly considered the nature and gravity of such reported violation based on the
submitted Violation Report, the Trial Court may issue a warrant for the arrest of the probationer
for serious violation of his probation condition. Once arrested and detained, the probationer shall
immediately be brought before the Trial Court for a hearing of the violation charged. In the
hearing which shall be summary in nature, the probationer shall have the right to be informed of
the violation charged and to adduce evidence in his favor. The court shall not be bound by the
technical rules of evidence, but may inform itself of all the facts which are material and relevant
to ascertain the veracity of the charge. The probationer may be admitted to bail pending such a
hearing. If the violation is established, the court may revoke or continue his probation and
modify the conditions thereof. If revoked, the court shall order the probationer to serve the
sentence originally imposed. An order revoking the grant of probation or modifying the terms
and conditions thereof shall not be appealable.