Compulsory Labor


A prosecutor in making a ruling on deferred prosecution pursuant to Subparagraph 5, Paragraph 1, Article 253-2 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, and a judge in pronouncing suspension of a sentence pursuant to Subparagraph 5, Paragraph 2, Article 74 of the Criminal Code may require the defendant to perform compulsory labor of no less than forty hours and not more than two hundred and forty hours for a designated government department, governmental institution, administrative legal entity, community or other public welfare organization or group.


When the Office requires a defendant to perform compulsory labor, consideration will be given to not only the offense he/she is convicted of, but also personal factors such as sex, family status, identity, occupation, experience, expertise, physical condition, criminal record and his/her willingness to participate. The Office sticks to the principle of using specialists for specialized service when performing the entrusted compulsory labor. For example, a physician may provide voluntary medical consultation service to an institution, offering free medical care service to the disadvantaged, and building a healthy life of the disadvantaged. Or a defendant in the hair salon profession may offer hair cut or hair treatment services for dwellers of a settlement institution, providing diversified types of compulsory labor services and achieving the positive goal of paying back the community.