Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts16. Recovery of penalty or forfeiture
(1) An action to recover a penalty or forfeiture or a sum by way of a penalty or forfeiture recoverable by virtue of an enactment is not maintainable after the expiration of a limitation period of 2 years from the date on which the penalty, forfeiture or sum of money by way of a penalty or forfeiture first became recoverable.
(2) In this section penalty does not include a fine to which a person is liable on being found guilty of an offence.