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  1. Upon receipt of the application for community service, the court shall immediately notify the following officers: (a) the barangay chairperson or his/her authorized representative of the barangay where the crime was committed; (b) a representative from the provincial or city's Probation Office; and, (c) the local government unit's Social Welfare...

  2. 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.

  3. 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 ...

  4. 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.

  5. The application for community service must be filed within the period to perfect an appeal. If the accused was required to post bail, pending resolution of the application for community service he/she may also move that he/she be allowed on temporary liberty.

  6. I REPUBLIC ACT No. 11362 | AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE COURT TO REQUIRE COMMUNITY SERVICE IN LIEU OF IMPRISONMENT FOR THE PENALTIES OF ARRESTO MENOR AND ARRESTO MAYOR, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE CHAPTER 5, TITLE 3, BOOK 1 OF ACT NO. 3815, AS AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS "THE REVISED PENAL CODE" Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of...

  7. Oct 7, 2020 · Trial courts can now impose community service as a penalty for minor offenses starting November 2, 2020. This was after the Supreme Court has approved the guidelines in the imposition of community service as a penalty in a bid to promote restorative justice and decongest jails.