Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts(1) In this section:
"personal property" includes money in cash or cheque form, or deposited in an ADI account or other account.
"premises" includes a structure, building, vehicle, vessel, aircraft, hovercraft, land or place.
(2) A person who:
(a) has in that person's custody any personal property;
(b) has in the custody of another person any personal property;
(c) has in or on any premises any personal property; or
(d) gives any personal property to a person who is not lawfully entitled to it,
being personal property which, at any time before the making of a charge for an offence against this section in respect of the personal property, is reasonably suspected of having been stolen or otherwise unlawfully obtained, is guilty of an offence.
Penalty: $2,000 or imprisonment for 12 months.
(3) It is a defence to a charge for an offence against subsection (2) if the defendant gives to the court a satisfactory account:
(a) as to how the defendant obtained the personal property referred to in the charge; and
(b) of the custody of the personal property by the defendant after it was obtained by him or her for each period during which the defendant had custody of the personal property.