Probation Act (Cap. 446)
Probation Act (Cap. 446), article 12
12. (1) Where a court makes community service orders in
respect of two or more offences of which the offender has been
convicted by the court, the court may direct that the hours of work
specified in any of those orders shall be concurrent with or
additional to those specified in any other of those orders.
(2) Where a court makes a community service order and there
is in force in respect of the offender at the time of the makin g of
that order another such order (made by the same or a different
court) the court making the later order may direct in that orde r that
the hours of work specified therein shall be concurrent with or
additional to those specified in the earlier order.
(3) When a court makes a community service order and there is
in force a prison sentence or the offender is detained without bail,
the community service order shall come into effect after the re lease
of the offender from prison, provided that the community servic e
officer in charge of the case is of the opinion that the offend er is
still suitable to perform community service work. If the offend er is
not still suitable to perform the community service required, t he
community service officer shall return the case to the court. I n such
cases the court shall deal with the offender as if the communit y
service order had never been made.
Duties of offender
under community
service order.
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