Correctional Services Act, 1998 (Act No. 111 of 1998)Chapter VI : Community Corrections55. Commencement |
| 1) | Community corrections may not commence without a warrant or appropriate order being lodged at the community corrections office. |
| 2) | At every community corrections office the following must be recorded in a register: |
| a) | Information about the identity of the person subject to community corrections; |
| b) | the authority for the imposition of community corrections; |
| c) | the conditions of the community corrections order; and |
| d) | the date and hour of commencement and expiry of the sentence or period of community corrections. |
| 3) |
| a) | At the commencement of community corrections the person concerned must be informed in writing of- |
| i) | the conditions which will be imposed on him or her in a form and language which will enable him or her to understand what he or she is expected to do or to refrain from doing; |
| ii) | the channels of communication for complaints and requests. |
| b) | If the person is illiterate, a correctional official must explain this written information through an interpreter if necessary. |
| c) | The person concerned must confirm that the information has been understood. |
| 4) | At the commencement of the community corrections, the person concerned- |
| a) | must allow his or her identity and other particulars to be established in the manner and to the same extent as required in section 28 in respect of an inmate; and |
| b) | may be required to submit to a medical examination to determine physical and mental fitness with reference to the conditions imposed. |