South Australian Consolidated Acts South Australian Consolidated Acts11—Imprisonment not to be imposed except in certain circumstances
(1) A sentence of
imprisonment may only be imposed—
(a) if,
in the opinion of the court—
(i)
the defendant has shown a tendency to violence towards
other persons; or
(ii)
the defendant is likely to commit a serious offence if
allowed to go at large; or
(iii)
the defendant has previously been convicted of an offence
punishable by imprisonment; or
(iv)
any other sentence would be inappropriate, having regard
to the gravity or circumstances of the offence; or
(b) if a
sentence of imprisonment is necessary to give proper effect to the policies of
the criminal law stated in section 10.
(2) This section does
not apply to a sentence of imprisonment imposed for the enforcement of
sentence.