Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts(1) A person commits an offence if:
(a) the person appropriates a substance or thing with the intention of depriving its owner of the substance or thing; and
(b) the substance or thing is a dangerous drug and the person is reckless in relation to that circumstance.
Maximum penalty:
(a) for appropriation of a Schedule 1 drug – imprisonment for 14 years; or
(b) for appropriation of a Schedule 2 drug – imprisonment for 7 years.
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply in relation to the appropriation of a substance or thing by a person with the reasonable belief that the substance or thing has been lost and its owner cannot be discovered.
(3) In this section:
"appropriates", see section 209(1) of the Criminal Code.
"deprive", see section 209(1) of the Criminal Code.