Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated ActsA provision in an Act which confers a discretion to impose a monetary fine or a period of imprisonment as the penalty for the contravention or failure to comply with a provision of an Act shall be read as meaning that a person who contravened or failed to comply with the provision may, on being found guilty, be fined, imprisoned or fined and imprisoned, in accordance with the penalty specified for the contravention or failure to comply with the provision.