Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts(1) A person commits an offence if the person:
(a) obstructs an authorised officer, or person assisting an authorised officer, acting in an official capacity; and
(b) knows the authorised officer is, or person is assisting, an authorised officer acting in an official capacity.
Maximum penalty: 100 penalty units.
(2) It is a defence to a prosecution for an offence against subsection (1) if the defendant establishes a reasonable excuse.
(3) In this section:
"obstruct" includes resist and hinder.