Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts(1) Any person who:
(a) in a public place, or within the view or hearing of any person passing therein:
(i) sings any obscene song or ballad, or writes or draws any indecent or obscene word, figure or representation, or uses any profane, indecent or obscene language,
shall be guilty of an offence.
(7) A person who in a public place or in premises licensed under the Liquor Act 2019 :
(a) by threatening, abusive or objectionable words or behaviour, offends or causes substantial annoyance to another person; or
(b) makes such a noise as might reasonably in the circumstances cause substantial annoyance to another person,
whether that other person is in the public place, those premises or elsewhere, is guilty of an offence.
(8) Where the words or behaviour or noise referred to in subsection (7) are or is made in premises licensed under the Liquor Act 2019 and the Court is satisfied that the licensee might reasonably have taken action to prevent the commission of the offence, the licensee is also guilty of an offence.
(9) The penalty for an offence against this section is a fine not exceeding $2,000 or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months, or both.
(10) The Court hearing a complaint for an offence against this section shall not award costs against the complainant unless the Court considers that the complaint was unreasonably made.