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=== Mandatory community service ===
==== Community services ====
[[Community service]] is a non-paying job performed by one person or a group of people for the benefit of their community or its institutions. Community service is distinct from volunteering, since it is not always performed on a voluntary basis. Although personal benefits may be realised, it may be performed for a variety of reasons including citizenship requirements, a substitution of criminal justice sanctions, requirements of a school or class, and requisites for the receipt of certain benefits.

==== ''De facto'' obligatory community work ====
During the [[Cold War]] in some [[communist]] countries like [[Czechoslovak Socialist Republic|Czechoslovakia]], the [[East Germany|German Democratic Republic]] or the [[Soviet Union]] the originally voluntary work on Saturday for the community called ''[[Subbotnik]]'', ''Voskresnik'' or  ''[[Action Z|Akce Z]]'' became ''de facto'' obligatory for the members of a community.

==== Hand and hitch-up services ====
In some [[States of Austria|Austrian]] and [[States of Germany|German]] states it is feasible for communities to draft citizens for public services, called [[hand and hitch-up services]]. This mandatory service is still executed to maintain the infrastructure of small communities.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://dejure.org/gesetze/GemO/10.html|title=§ 10 GemO – Rechtsstellung des Einwohners – dejure.org}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/gg/art_12.html|title=Art 12 GG – Einzelnorm|website=www.gesetze-im-internet.de}}</ref>