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| (1) A Primary 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 or elsewhere. |
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| (2) A community service order entered under subsection (1) shall be carried out in such manner as the Judge of that court may direct. |
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| (3) The duration of a community service order shall not be more than three months. |
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| (4) If the convicted person in respect of whom a community service order has been entered fails to attend at the place named or having attended fails to do the stipulated service or is irregular in attendance or does not work to the satisfaction of the person in charge or control of the place named or otherwise fails to comply with the order, then it shall be lawful for the Primary Court to revoke it and impose such sentence of imprisonment as it thinks fit. |
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| (5) Throughout the duration of the community service order, the person in charge or control of the place named shall forward, every month to the Primary Court which entered the order, a report on the attendance and work of the convicted person and stating whether the 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