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 I OF ACT NO. 3815, AS AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS "THE REVISED PENAL CODE"
SECTION 1. Short Title. — This Act shall be known as the "Community Service Act."
SECTION 2. Policy. — It is the policy of the State to promote restorative justice and decongest jails by authorizing the court in its discretion to require community service in lieu of service in jail for offenses punishable by arresto menor and arresto mayor.
SECTION 3. Community Service. — Article 88a of Act No. 3815 is hereby inserted to read as follows:
"ART. 88a. Community Service. — The court in its discretion may, in lieu of service in jail, require that the penalties of arresto menor and arresto mayor be served by the defendant by rendering community service in the place where the crime was committed, under such terms as...
