Community service refers to unpaid labor performed by a convicted person, with the type of work determined by the Probation Bureau.

A sentence imposed in the form of community service shall be carried out in a public institution, except in cases where, socially beneficial nature of the work allows it to be served in a private legal entity.

An agreement shall be concluded between the Probation Bureau and the employer, which shall indicate the type of community service to be performed by the convicted person, its total term, daily duration, place of work, name and address of the employer, as well as other circumstances important for the resolution of the issue. A copy of this agreement shall be given to the convicted person.

Community service shall be assigned for a period of forty to eight hundred hours. The duration of community service daily shall not exceed eight hours.

Community service may be assigned for a longer period if the fine has been replaced with community service, if a procedural agreement has been concluded between the parties, if the local council of the Special Penitentiary Service has replaced the term of imprisonment with community service, if the court considers that it is no longer necessary for the convict to continue serving the life sentence (after 15 years of actual imprisonment have been served) and replaces it with community service.

Community service shall not be assigned to disabled persons of the first and second groups, pregnant women, women with children under the age of seven, persons of retirement age, as well as conscripted military personnel.