Putrajaya has invoked its emergency powers again, this time extending the eligibility for community service to those facing up to three years imprisonment.
Previously, only those who are facing up to three months imprisonment may qualify for community service.
The Emergency (Offenders Compulsory Attendance) (Amendment) Ordinance 2021, published in the federal gazette this evening, will take effect tomorrow.
It introduces amendments to Section 5 the Offenders Compulsory Attendance Act 1954, which governs community service for adult convicts.
The Offenders Compulsory Attendance Act allows the court, in lieu of a sentence, to make a compulsory attendance order requiring a person daily attendance at a centre in which they will undertake compulsory work.
The court must still consider the character of such person, the nature and seriousness of the offence and all other relevant circumstances.
With the increase of eligibility for those facing up to three months imprisonment to three years, the period of compulsory work is also extended from three months to a year.
The maximum work time of four hours a day was retained.
The provision allowing community service to be extended to those who fail to pay a fine or debt was also retained. - Mkini
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