Public Law 87–428

That section 5034 of title 18 of the United States Code is amended by adding immediately after the third paragraph thereof the following new paragraph:

“If the court desires more detailed information as a basis tor determining whether to place any juvenile delinquent on probation or to commit him to the custody of the Attorney General under the first paragraph of this section, the court may commit such delinquent to the custody of the Attorney General for observation and study at an appropriate classification center or agency. The Director of the Bureau of Prisons, under such regulations as the Attorney General may prescribe, shall, after the delinquent has been so committed, cause a complete study to be made of the delinquent, including a mental and physical examination, to ascertain his personal traits, his capabilities, pertinent circumstances of his social background, any previous delinquency or criminal experience, any mental or physical defect or other factor contributing to his delinquency, and any other factors which

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the Director may consider pertinent. A full and complete report of the results of such study, together with any recommendations which the Director believes would be helpful to the court in making its determination, shall be furnished to the court by the Director within sixty days after the date such delinquent is ordered committed to the custody of the Attorney General under this paragraph unless the court grants additional time for further study. No delinquent shall be committed under this paragraph for a period exceeding his minority or the term which might have been imposed had he been tried and convicted of the alleged violation for which he was determined delinquent, whichever occurs first.”