Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts15. Obtaining payment in respect of prostitution services provided by infant
(1) A person who, except in the ordinary course of a business unrelated to prostitution, receives a payment knowing that it or any part of it has been derived (directly or indirectly) from prostitution services provided by an infant is guilty of an offence.
Penalty: Where the offence is committed in respect of an infant who has not attained the age of 14 years - imprisonment for 14 years.
In any other case - imprisonment for 7 years.
(2) If it is proved to a court that a person is cohabiting with a prostitute who is an infant, that person is to be taken to be contravening subsection (1) unless the court is satisfied to the contrary.
(3) A prosecution for an offence against subsection (1) shall, if the person accused was an infant at the time when the offence is alleged to have been committed, be commenced only with the consent of the Director of Public Prosecutions.