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In requiring community service, the court shall consider the welfare of the society and the reasonable probability that the person sentenced shall not violate the law while rendering a public service.
Community service shall consist of any actual physical activity which inculcates civic consciousness, and is intended towards the improvement of a public work or promotion of a public service.
"Community service shall consist of any actual physical activity which inculcates civic consciousness, and is intended towards the improvement of a public work or promotion of a public service.
Last 8 August 2019, President Duterte signed the Community Service Act (Republic Act No. 11362) allowing courts to impose community service as penalty for minor offenses punishable by arresto menor and arresto mayor, in lieu of imprisonment. Under the Revised Penal Code, the duration of the penalty of arresto mayor is imprisonment of one month ...
Oct 19, 2020 · Congress passed Republic Act 13362 or the Community Service Act which was signed into law by President Duterte on August 8, 2019. The said law authorizes the court, in its discretion, to require community service in lieu of imprisonment for minor offenses.
Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines
In requiring community service, the court shall consider the welfare of the society and the reasonable probability that the person sentenced shall not violate the law while rendering a public service.
