Northern Territory Consolidated Acts

MISUSE OF DRUGS ACT 1990 - SECT 5A

    (1)     A person commits an offence if:

        (a)     the person intentionally supplies, or takes part in the supply of, a substance or thing to another person; and

        (b)     the substance or thing is a dangerous drug and the person is reckless in relation to that circumstance; and

        (c)     less than a commercial quantity of the dangerous drug is supplied.

Maximum penalty:

        (a)     for the supply of a Schedule 1 drug – imprisonment for 14 years; or

        (b)     for the supply of a Schedule 2 drug – 500 penalty units or imprisonment for 5 years.

    (2)     Absolute liability applies to subsection (1)(c).