Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts38. Arrest for absconding or breach of condition
(1) Where a member of the Police Force believes on reasonable grounds that a person who has been released on bail has, while on bail, failed to comply with, or is, while on bail, about to fail to comply with, his bail undertaking or an agreement entered into by him pursuant to a bail condition:
(a) a police officer may arrest the person without warrant and take him as soon as practicable before a court; or
(b) a magistrate or justice may:
(i) issue a warrant to apprehend the person and bring him before a court; or
(ii) issue a summons for his appearance before a court.
(2) The court before which the person is brought or appears may:
(a) release him on his original bail; or
(b) revoke his original bail and otherwise deal with him according to law.
(2A) However, the court must revoke bail if:
(a) the person was charged with a serious violence offence and released on bail despite a presumption against bail; and
(b) the court finds that the person has breached a bail undertaking or a condition of bail.
(3) If the court revokes the person's original bail, the court or any other court before which he is brought or appears:
(a) may grant bail to him in accordance with this Act; or
(b) may, notwithstanding anything in this Act, refuse to grant bail to him and by warrant commit him to prison.
(4) Nothing in this section limits the rights of an accused person in custody to apply for bail.