South Australian Consolidated Acts South Australian Consolidated Acts (1) The following
persons are eligible for release on bail under this Act:
(a) a
person who has been taken into custody—
(i)
on a charge of an offence; or
(ii)
in the case of a child—on suspicion of having
committed an offence;
(b) a
person who has been convicted of an offence but has not been sentenced for
that offence;
(c) a
person who has been convicted of, and sentenced for, an offence but has not
exhausted all rights of appeal against the conviction or sentence, or to have
it reviewed;
(d) a
person who is appearing before a court for allegedly failing to observe a
condition of a recognizance;
(e) a
person who appears before a court in answer to a summons (including a person
who so appears as a witness);
(f) a
person who has been arrested on a warrant and is appearing or is to appear
before a court as a witness.
(2) Where a person who
has been arrested is being detained pursuant to the
Summary Offences Act 1953 for a purpose related to the investigation of
an offence, the person is not eligible for release on bail until the end of
that detention.