Art. 317 Organization performing or providing pretrial services

If a company or organization is paid with public money to help with pretrial services, like checking out a defendant's background before trial, they have to actually verify the information they get. They can't just take what the defendant tells them at face value, and they can't just collect information without double checking it.

This means the organization has to confirm that details about the defendant, like their address, job, family ties, criminal history, or anything else relevant to the case, are actually true. The point is to make sure the information used by judges and courts to make decisions about bail, release, or supervision is accurate and reliable, not just based on unverified claims.