PD 603 Article 2

Article 2

ART. 2. Title and scope of code. — The Code shall be known as the Child and Youth Welfare Code. It shall apply to persons below twenty-one years of age except those emancipated in accordance with law. "Child" or "minor" or "youth", as used in this Code, shall refer to such persons.

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