4. It shall be the Function of the Commissioner-
| (a) to exercise control over the community corrections centres established for the purposes of this Act and over the Deputy Commissioners of Community Based Corrections, Assistant Commissioners of Community Based Corrections and other officers of the Department of Community Based Corrections; |
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| (b) arrange with appropriate bodies, for the carrying; out of community based correction orders; |
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| (c) to provide advice to courts regarding the suitability of offenders for community based correction orders; |
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| (d) to ascertain, identify, and advise, courts on the facilities available for carrying out community based correction orders; |
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| (e) to provide advice concerning the most appropriate programme or special condition to be attached to a community based correction order proposed to be entered by court; |
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| (f) to monitor, and provide surveillance and supervision of, offenders in respect of whom community based correction orders have been entered; |
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| (g) to inform court of the failure to comply with any condition of a community based correction order with a view to instituting proceedings under section 14; |
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| (h) to apply for variation of a community based correction order, where necessary : |
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| (i) to provide community education regarding correctional principles, objectives and programmes. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts