Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts102. Penalty for removing timber, &c., without a licence
A person who, except in pursuance of a lease or licence or other lawful authority (proof of which lies with the person):
(a) injures, fells, barks or destroys a tree or sapling growing on Crown land (including reserved or dedicated land) not subject to a right of, or contract for, purchase;
(b) cuts, saws, removes, or sells timber lying or being on that land;
(c) removes and takes away, or severs, excavates, quarries, or digs for, with intent to remove and take away, any metal or ore containing metal, or any stone, sand, gravel, or other material from that land; or
(d) takes or removes from that land any other substance or article the property of the Territory,
is guilty of an offence.
Penalty: $5,000.