South Australian Consolidated Acts South Australian Consolidated Acts16—Imposition of penalty without conviction
Where a court finds a person guilty of an offence for which it proposes to
impose a fine, a sentence of community service, or both and the court is of
the opinion—
(a) that
the defendant is unlikely to commit such an offence again; and
(b)
that, having regard to—
(i)
the character, antecedents, age or physical or mental
condition of the defendant; or
(ii)
the fact that the offence was trifling; or
(iii)
any other extenuating circumstances,
good reason exists for not recording a conviction,
the court may impose the penalty without recording a conviction.