: (1) For an offender who has been sentenced to imprisonment for up to six months, if considering the offense committed by him, his age, conduct, the circumstances of the offense, the method adopted while committing the offense, it is not deemed appropriate to keep him in prison, or the court deems it appropriate for such an offense. The court may order him to do community service for the remaining period after serving the prescribed period of imprisonment.
(2) The court shall order community service only if the offender agrees to perform community service (3) For the purpose of this section, the following activities shall be considered community service
(a) To do public work free of charge,
(b) Serving in hospitals, old age homes, orphanages for free (c) Doing environmental protection work for free (d) Teaching or serving in public or community schools free of charge (e) To provide sports training free of charge (f) To work in any charitable organizations free of charge,
(g) To attend the remedial or correctional association institution designated by the court and to do the work as prescribed by such institution.
(4) When ordering community service in accordance with sub-section (1), the offender shall be ordered to do any work as per sub-section (3) for the same period as the term of imprisonment for which the offender has been sentenced or the term of imprisonment that the offender has to pay. 5) While determining the period according to sub-section (4), the time that the offender must work per day must also be specified.
(6) When ordering the offender to perform community service according to sub-section (1), the court shall also specify the conditions to be followed by the offender.
(7) If the offender complies with the conditions as per sub-section (6) and performs community service as per sub-section (3), it shall be considered that the imprisonment imposed on him has been paid.
(8) While performing community service, the offender shall serve under the supervision of the probation officer or parole officer designated by the Probation and Parole Board.
(9) If an offender does not perform community service as per the order made under this section or if he does not comply with the conditions under sub-section (6) orAfter the order to perform community service, if it is known that he has committed any offense before or if he commits any other offense during that period, the court shall cancel the order according to sub-section (1).
(10) After the cancellation of the order according to sub-section (9), such offender shall pay the imprisonment or the remaining imprisonment to be paid while in prison.