Section 460: Suspended sentence and community service

(1) Notwithstanding the provision of any other law creating an offence, where the court sees reason, the court may order that the sentence it imposed on the convict be, with or without conditions, suspended, in which case, the convict shall not be required to serve the sentence in accordance with the conditions of the suspension.
(2) The court may, with or without conditions, sentence the convict to perform specified service in his community or such community or place as the court may direct.
(3) A convict shall not be sentenced to suspended sentence or to community service for an offence involving the use of arms or offensive weapon, or for an offence which the punishment exceeds imprisonment for a term of 3 years.
(4) The court, in exercising its power under subsection (1) or (2) of this section shall have regard to the need to:
(a) reduce congestion in prisons;
(b) rehabilitate prisoners by making them to undertake productive work; and
(c) prevent convict who commit simple offences from mixing with hardened criminals.