Fred left court after his case for fighting in public was closed with a community service sentence pending. He was overjoyed and even took Nakimuli (his wife) out to celebrate. However, he is now wondering if he must do the work himself or he can get a ‘muchuba’ to sort it out to protect his reputation as an office manager.
CAN YOU HIRE SOMEONE TO CARRY OUT YOUR PUNISHMENT?
The simple answer is NO!!!.
A punishment is personal. Just like you commit a crime personally, the law must punish you personally.
The law wants you to realise the error of your actions and to become a better person. This means that if you hire someone to do this, you will continue to commit offences just because you have the means to pay someone to ‘suffer’ on your behalf. Therefore, Fred hard to personally do the work in the community that was given by the court for the offence he committed.
WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU REFUSE TO DO AS YOU WERE TOLD?
In case you fail or refuse to carry out the punishment that the court gave you as a non-custodial sentence, then the court will be left with no option but to order that you are rearrested and given the custodial punishment you should have received in the first place.
📷: The Informer UG
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