Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts(1) Any person who damages any public fountain, pump, cock, or water-pipe, or any part thereof, shall pay the cost of repairing the same, and, if the damage is done wilfully, shall, in addition to paying the cost, be liable to a penalty of not more than 1,000 dollars, or imprisonment for 6 months, or both.
(2) Any person who has in his possession any private key for the purpose of opening any cock, or who in any manner clandestinely or unlawfully appropriates to his use any water from any public fountain or pipe, shall be liable to a penalty of not more than 500 dollars, or imprisonment for 3 months, or both.
(3) Any person who opens, or leaves open, any cock on any public fountain or pump, so that the water runs or may run to waste, shall be liable to a penalty of not more than 200 dollars.