Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts(1) A detainee must not escape or attempt to escape from lawful detention at a detention centre.
(2) For subsection (1), escape from lawful detention at a detention centre includes:
(a) escaping or absconding while absent from the detention centre pursuant to section 165; or
(b) escaping while being transferred to a State in accordance with a transfer order under Part 11.
(3) If a detainee escapes from lawful detention at a detention centre, the term of detention to be served by the detainee does not run during the period the detainee remains at large.
(4) A person found guilty of an offence against subsection (1) is liable to detention or imprisonment for 6 months in addition to the period of detention originally ordered by the Court.