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| (1) The court may in lieu of imposing a sentence of imprisonment on conviction of an accused person or in lieu of imposing a sentence of imprisonment on an accused person in default of payment of a fine enter an order hereinafter referred to as a " community service order ". directing the accused person to perform stipulated service at a named place in a State or State-sponsored project, if regulations have been made by the Minister for carrying out such an order. |
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| (2) The duration of the community service order shall not be more than one year when the order is entered by a Magistrate and three years when the order is entered by the High Court. |
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| (3) If the convicted person in respect of whom a community service order has been entered, fails to attend at the place of work named, or having attended fails to do the stipulated service or is irregular in attendance or not punctual in attendance or does not work to the satisfaction of the management of the project or otherwise fails to comply with such community service order, then it shall be lawful for the court which entered the order to revoke it and impose such sentence of imprisonment as it thinks fit. |
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| (4) Throughout the duration of the community service order, the manager or a supervising officer of the project shall forward, every month to the court which passed the community service order, a report on the attendance and work of the convicted person and stating whether the community service order is being or has been complied with and such report shall be final and conclusive on such questions. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts