Section 10: Breach of community service order

10. Breach of community service order (1) Where a convicted person— (a) fails to comply with any of the conditions of a community service order; or (b) breaches any of his obligations specified in section 7, the Court which imposed the order may, on consideration of a report submitted pursuant to section 6 (3), summon the convicted person to appear before it and show cause why he should not be fined or the community service order should not be revoked or any of the conditions of the order should not be amended. (2) The Court may issue a warrant if the convicted person fails to attend pursuant to a summons issued under subsection (1). (3) The Court may, pending a decision under this section, remand the convicted person to custody or grant him bail. (4) Upon hearing the community service officer, the convicted person and such other persons as it may deem fit, the Court may— (a) without prejudice to the continuance of the community service order, impose a fine not exceeding 10,000 rupees; (b) revoke the community service order; or (c) amend the order. (5) Where the Court revokes the community service order, it may order the convicted person— (a) to serve the suspended sentence in its totality; (b) to serve such reduced term of imprisonment as the Court may deem fit, taking into account the number of hours of work already performed under the order. [S. 10 amended by s. 8 of Act 5 of 2009 w.e.f. 1 August 2009.] C33 – 5 [Issue 6] Community Service Order Act