Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts(1) Any person who:
(a) having been found guilty of an offence under section 56 commits any of the offences mentioned in that section; or
(b) solicits, gathers, or collects alms, subscriptions, or contributions under any false pretence, or wanders abroad and endeavours by the exposure of wounds or deformities to obtain or gather alms; or
(d) pretends to tell fortunes, or uses any subtle craft, means, or device, by palmistry or otherwise, to deceive and impose upon a person; or
(e) has in his custody or possession, without lawful excuse (proof whereof shall be upon the person charged), any picklock, key, crow, jack, bit, or other implement of housebreaking; or
(l) being a suspected person or reputed thief, is in, on or near, with intent to commit any indictable offence, any river, canal, navigable stream, dock, or basin, or any quay, wharf, or warehouse near or adjacent thereto, or any street, highway, or avenue leading thereto, or any place of public resort, or any avenue leading thereto, or any street, highway, or place adjacent;
is guilty of an offence.
Penalty: 1,000 dollars, or imprisonment for 6 months, or both.
(2) Where any person is found guilty under paragraph (e) of subsection (1), any picklock, key, crow, jack, bit, or other implement of housebreaking in the custody or possession of that person shall be forfeited to the Territory.
(4) Where any person is found guilty under paragraph (j) of subsection (1) any table or instrument of gaming at or with which he has played or betted contrary to the provisions hereof shall be forfeited to the Territory.
(5) In proving under paragraph (l) of subsection (1), the intent to commit any offence therein specified, it shall not be necessary to show that the person charged was guilty of any particular act or acts tending to show his intent but he may be found guilty if from the circumstances of the case and his known character as proved to the Court it appears to the Court that his intent was to commit that offence.