(a) by seizure of moneys upon the person concerned; or (b) if money is due or is to become due as salary or wages from any employer of the person concerned, by— (i) from time to time ordering the employer to deduct a specified amount from the salary or wages so due and to pay over such amount to the clerk of the court in question; or (ii) ordering the employer to deduct from time to time a specified amount from the salary or wages from the employer due and to pay over such amount to the clerk of the court in question. 350 Levy of fine and costs on conviction of defamation When any person is convicted of the unlawful publication of any defamatory matter which was published by means of printing, the prosecutor may levy the fine, if any, and costs out of any property of the offender in like manner as in civil actions. 350A Community service orders (1) Subject to this section and to regulations made in terms of section three hundred and eighty-nine, a court which convicts a person of any offence may, instead of sentencing him to imprisonment or a fine, make a community service order requiring him to render service for the benefit of the community or any section of the community for such number of hours as shall be specified in the order. (2) Where a court makes community service orders in respect of two or more offences of which the offender has been convicted, the court may direct that all or any of the hours of service specified in any of the orders shall be concurrent with those specified in any other order, and in the absence of such a direction the hours shall run concurrently. (3) A court which makes a community service order in respect of an offender may sentence the offender to a fine and additionally, or alternatively, to imprisonment as an alternative punishment, to be paid or served, as the case may be, if he fails to render the service specified in the order. (4) A court may make a community service order in respect of an offender even if he has been convicted of an offence under an enactment which makes provision only for a fine and additionally, or alternatively, impriso nment as punishment for the offence: Provided that this subsection shall not apply where a minimum penalty is prescribed in the enactment concerned as punishment for the offence. [Section inserted by section 18 of Act 8 of 1997.] 350B Performance of community service (1) Subject to this section and to such conditions and requirements as may be prescribed, an offender in respect of whom a community service order is in force shall render the service specified in the order for the number of hours specified therein. (2) Unless revoked, a community service order shall remain in force until the offender has rendered the number of hours’ service specified in it. [Section inserted by section 18 of Act 8 of 1997.] 350C Breach of community service order (1) Subject to this section, if a magistrate has reason to believe, whether from information on oath or othe rwise, that an offender has failed to comply with any requirement of a community service order, the magistrate may order the offender to be brought— (a) before the High Court, where the community service order was made by that court; or (b) before a magistrates court, where the community service order was made by that court; for the purposes of subsection (3). (2) The magistrate may, if necessary for the purpose of an order under subsection (1), order the offender to be arrested without warrant and, unless the offender is admitted to bail in terms of Part XI, to be detained in prison. (3) If the court is satisfied that an offender who has been brought before it in terms of subsection (1) has failed to comply with any requirement of a community service order, the court may— (a) amend or extend the order in such manner as the court thinks will best ensure that the offender renders the service specified in the order; or (b) revoke the order and (i) order the offender to pay any fine or undergo any imprisonment that was imposed on him as an alternative punishment in terms of subsection (3) of section three hundred and fifty A; or (ii) where the court that made the order did not impose an alternative punishment in terms of subsection (3) of section three hundred and fifty A, deal with the offender for the offence in respect of which the order was made in any manner in which that court could have dealt with him; or (c) make such other order or direction in the matter as the court considers just.

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