Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts(1) Subject to this Division, a person who has been apprehended and taken into custody under section 128 shall be held in the custody of a member of the Police Force, but only for so long as it reasonably appears to the member of the Police Force in whose custody he is held that the person remains intoxicated.
(2) Subject to this Division, where it reasonably appears to a member of the Police Force in whose custody a person is held at the time under this section that the person is no longer intoxicated, the member shall, without any further or other authority than this subsection, release that person or cause him to be released from custody.
(3) A person who has been taken into custody under section 128 and who is in custody after midnight and before half past 7 o'clock in the morning on that day, may be held in custody until half past 7 o'clock in the morning on that day, notwithstanding that the person is no longer intoxicated.