Article 56: The sentence of community service shall not be pronounced against an accused
person who is not present at the hearing.
Article 57: The community service sentence shall not be carried out concurrently with a custodial
sentence.
Article 58: The modalities of execution of the community service sentence are determined by a
decree.
CHAPTER 3: ADDITIONAL PENALTIES
Section 1: General confiscation
Article 59: General confiscation for the benefit of the State shall be pronounced by the judge in
cases provided for by law.
Article 60: General confiscation concerns all or part of the present property of the convicted
person, of whatever nature, whether movable or immovable, divided or undivided, without,
however, prejudicing the rights of third parties to the said property.
The following shall not be confiscated:
1°) property declared unseizable by law;
2°) the personal property of the spouse or children of which the convicted person had the
administration, management or disposal de facto or de jure.
Article 61: If the convicted person is married, the confiscation shall apply only to his own
property and to his share in the undivided property between him and his spouse.
If there are heirs with reserved portions, the confiscation only concerns the available portion and,
if necessary, the sharing or the auction shall be carried out according to the rules applicable in
matters of succession.
Article 62: Any judicial decision pronouncing the total or partial confiscation of an asset is
published in the Official Gazette and in a Legal Gazette at the request of the Administration in
charge of the Domain.
Any holder in any capacity whatsoever, any manager of movable or immovable property
belonging directly, indirectly or through an intermediary, to persons whose assets are confiscated
in whole or in part, any debtor of any sum, value or object of any kind to the same persons - for
whatever reason - must make a disclosure statement within three (3) months of the publication or
perform any act giving rise to a disclosure.
The disclosure statement is made in two registered letters, with acknowledgement of receipt,
addressed, one to the Public Prosecutor's Office of the court which convicted the person, the
other to the Administration in charge of the Domain. .