Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts37. General offences and penalties
(1) Every person commits an offence who acts in contravention of or fails to comply with any provision of this Act, or of an instrument of a legislative or administrative character made under it, or any other direction, restriction, requirement, or condition given, made, or imposed under this Act or that instrument.
(2) A person who commits an offence against this Act for which no other penalty is prescribed shall on being found guilty be liable to a penalty not exceeding $20 000 and, if the offence is a continuing one, to a further penalty not exceeding $500 for every day after the first day on which the offence has continued and not exceeding $50 for each fish or item of aquatic life taken or in possession in excess of a prescribed limit.