Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts42. Liability of husband or wife for offences committed by either with respect to the other's property
When a husband and wife are living together, each of them is excused from criminal responsibility for an act or omission done or made with respect to, or for an event caused to, the property of the other, except in the case of an offence where an intention to injure or defraud some other person is an element and except when leaving or deserting, or when about to leave or desert, the other.