25 handed community service as punishment in Abu Dhabi

They were told to clean roads, squares, mosques, libraries and parks

Twenty-five people have so far been handed community service in Abu Dhabi since the implementation of the punishment in March. 
The Abu Dhabi Judicial Department said the defendants were told to clean roads, public squares, mosques, public libraries, public parks and work at fuel stations while paying fines in some cases and seizing their driving licenses.
Officials said these men were convicted in traffic-related cases, including reckless driving, driving a car without a number plate, performing road stunts, racing on the roads and not stopping after causing an accident.
Judicial authorities said the community service work assigned to the convicts is aimed at benefiting the public in addition to reforming the offender while changing their behaviour.
The public prosecutors oversee implementation of the community service and receive reports on the offenders' performance, according to the law. If the convict fails to perform the community service well, prosecutors can refer him to court and be given a jail sentence similar to the period of the community service he had been handed.
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The Abu Dhabi Judicial Department in March announced the rules and guidelines for the type of work that people ordered to carry out community service have to take on as part of implementation of the 2016 federal law No 7, including cleaning streets, public squares, beaches, parks and natural sanctuaries, special needs care, transporting patients, cleaning and maintaining mosques, public parks, and others.
Authorities said the community service has replaced detention in minor crimes that otherwise do not exceed more than six months imprisonment or a fine.
A new public prosecution specializing in the implementation of community service measures had been set up following a resolution issued by Sheikh Mansouri bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Chairman of the Abu Dhabi Judicial Department. It was also given authority to postpone the implementation of the community service for a person in case it deems inappropriate that time. 
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