South Australian Consolidated Acts South Australian Consolidated Acts18—Court may add or substitute certain penalties
Where, on convicting a defendant or finding a defendant guilty of an offence,
the court thinks that good reason exists for departing from the penalty
provided by the special Act, the court may sentence the defendant as follows:
(a)
where the special Act prescribes a sentence of imprisonment only for the
offence, the court may instead impose—
(i)
a fine; or
(ii)
a sentence of community service; or
(iii)
both a fine and a sentence of community service; or
(b)
where the special Act prescribes a sentence of both imprisonment and a fine
for the offence, the court may instead impose—
(i)
a sentence of imprisonment only; or
(ii)
a fine only; or
(iii)
a sentence of community service; or
(iv)
both a fine and a sentence of community service; or
(c)
where the special Act prescribes a sentence of imprisonment or a fine in the
alternative for the offence, the court may instead impose—
(i)
a sentence of community service; or
(ii)
both a fine and a sentence of community service; or
(d)
where the special Act prescribes a fine only for the offence, the court may
instead impose a sentence of community service.