Singapore legislation
Section 71C
Section 71C
Community service orders
(1)
A court shall not make a community service order under section 71(1)(f) against a maintenance defaulter unless the court is satisfied that suitable arrangements can be made for the maintenance defaulter to perform community service under such an order.
(2)
Even though a community service order has been made under subsection (1), the court may, upon an application by a community service officer and upon being satisfied that the maintenance defaulter concerned is medically unfit to comply with the community service order, rescind the order.
(3)
The Minister may —
appoint any person to be a community service officer for the purposes of this section;
prescribe the duration within which community service to be performed under a community service order must be completed; and
make rules under section 180, not inconsistent with the provisions of this Part, to make further provisions for the manner in which a community service order may be performed, including the imposition of additional requirements and the service of any instructions or notice on a maintenance defaulter in respect of whom such an order has been made.