MOSCOW, July 7 (RAPSI) – Russian government has approved a bill on changing unserved part of sentence in the form of community service to detention if a convict was repeatedly violating rules and conditions of a punishment, government’s website reads on Friday.

Authors of the bill propose to introduce amendments to the Russian Criminal Code and Criminal Procedural Code in order to achieve consistency with the Penal Code.

According to the Penal Code, a head of detention center may file a motion with a court to change the form of punishment. The new bill forms legal base for judicial proceedings.