Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts(1) An offender sentenced under section 74(1)(b) may apply to be released to a prescribed program, of not less than 5 years duration, that is designed to assist the offender to re-integrate into the community.
(2) Where a term of imprisonment imposed under section 74(1)(b) ends within 5 years after the offender's release to a program mentioned in subsection (1), the term of imprisonment is taken, for subsection (1), to extend until the end of the 5 years.
(3) An offender may apply, in the prescribed manner, to be discharged from a program to which the offender was released under subsection (1) at any time after the end of the term of imprisonment imposed under section 74(1)(b).