Section 16
of Offenders (Probation and Community Service) Act
Section 16
(1)
A court may, having regard to the circumstances which have arisen since the community service order was made, grant an extension to the period of one year specified in section 14(2), on the application of the probationer, the probation officer or the volunteer probationer.
(2)
Where an application is made under subsection (1), the court may, instead of exercising its power under that subsection —
(a)
revoke the order; or
(b)
revoke the order and deal with the probationer for the offence in respect of which the order was made in any manner in
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which he could have been dealt with for the offence by the court which made the order.
(3)
A person sentenced under subsection (2)(b) may appeal to the
High Court.
(4)
If a probationer in respect of whom a community service order is in force is convicted of any offence before a court, that court may —
(a)
revoke the order; and
(b)
direct that the uncompleted part of such order shall be performed at the conclusion of any sentence imposed by that court.
(5)
If a court purposes to exercise its powers under subsection (1)
or (2) otherwise than on the application of the probationer, it shall summon him to appear before it and may, if he fails to appear in answer to the summons, issue a warrant for his arrest.