Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the court may place on probation for a period not to exceed one year any person convicted of a violation of the Controlled Substances Act where the maximum length of the term of imprisonment is one year or less if:

1. A. the judge does not impose a prison sentence; or
2. B. the judge suspends all of any prison sentence which he imposes.

History: 1953 Comp., § 54-11-28.1, enacted by Laws 1975, ch. 80, § 1.