Section 13
of Offenders (Probation and Community Service) Act
Section 13
(1)
Where a probationer is convicted of an offence punishable with imprisonment, the court before which he is convicted may, in addition to a
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probation order, make a community service order, requiring him to perform unpaid work.
(2)
The number of hours which a probationer may be required to work under the community service order shall be specified in the order and shall be not less than 40 and not more than 240.
(3)
A court shall not make a community service order unless it has first considered a report about the probationer and his circumstances and is satisfied that he is a suitable person to perform work under such an order.
(4)
Where a court makes community service orders in respect of two or more offences of which the probationer has been convicted, it may direct that the hours of work specified in any of these orders shall be concurrent with or additional to those specified in any other of such orders:
Provided that the total of those hours which are not concurrent shall not exceed the number specified in subsection (2).
(5)
Before making a community service order, the court shall explain to the probationer in a language which he understands —
(a)
the purpose and effect of the order and in particular the requirements of the order as specified in section 14;
(b)
the consequences which may follow under section 15 if he fails to comply with any of those requirement; and
(c)
that the court has power to review the order on the application of the probationer or the parents or guardian of a youthful offender, the Chief Probation Officer or the probation officer.
(6)
The court by which a community service order is made shall forthwith give a copy of the order to the probationer and to the probation officer or volunteer probation officer.
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(7)
The Minister may by order published in the Gazette amend this section by varying the number of hours for the time being specified in subsection (2).
(8)
Nothing in subsection (1) shall prevent a court by which a community service order is made in respect of any offence from imposing any disqualification on the probationer.
Obligations of probationer subject to community service order.