The court may, due to low dangerousness of the person and circumstances under which the criminal offence was committed and as long as it has imposed a punishment of up to one year, decide to suspend the enforcement of imprisonment sentence and replace it with the obligation for the convict to perform community work.
Community work means the performance of work by the convicted person upon his consent and without reward in the public interest or in the interest of the association set out in the court verdict for a period ranging from forty to two hundred and forty hours.
This obligation may not be imposed if the convict refuses the suspension during the court hearing.
Community work is performed within a six-month term.
The court shall, in its sentence, determine the number of working hours and the obligation for the convict to keep contact with the probation service. The probation service decides on the kind of work which will be performed, the place and the week days when the work will be performed, keeping in mind, to the extent possible, his regular employment or his family obligations. The duration of community work shall not exceed eight hours a day.
Following the completion of the work, the punishment shall be remitted.
If the convict does not perform community work, does not keep contact with the probation service, or violates the conditions or other obligations decided by the court, the prosecutor shall forthwith inform the court. The court shall, in such a case, follow the rules provided for in the Article 62 of this Code.
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