Article 1 Starting Date: 21/01/2010
A new Part titled “Part 3 (bis) - Enforcement of the Social Working Penalty” shall be added to the Book Three of the Criminal Procedure Law, to include the following Articles: “Article 359 (bis) Execution of the judgment issued for social working at the entities specified by the Public Prosecutor in coordination with those entities and under the supervision of the Public Prosecution. The provisions of Articles 353, 354, 355, 356 and 357 of this Law shall be applied to social working penalty. Article 359 (bis 1) The Public Prosecution may order postponement of enforcement of the social working penalty, if it is required, for the period it deems appropriate. It may order to undertake the necessary procedures that prevent the convicted person from fleeing. Article 359 (bis 2) If the convicted person breaches the requirements of execution of the social working penalty in Article 63 (bis 2) of the aforementioned Penal Code, the Public Prosecutor may, of its own accord or upon the request of the place where the convicted person carries out the penalty, decide to apply the penalty provided for in the second paragraph of Article 63 (bis 1).”