Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts(1) A letter or parcel intercepted, opened or inspected under section 47 by the officer in charge of a prison or police prison may, if, in the opinion of that officer:
(a) the contents may jeopardise the security or good order of a prison or police prison or a prisoner; or
(b) the contents contains subject-matter that would constitute a breach of this Act, the Regulations or any determination of the Director made under this Act; or
(ba) the contents contains subject-matter that would constitute a breach of a law of the Territory, the Commonwealth, a State or another Territory of the Commonwealth; or
(c) the contents may be threatening or insulting to any person; or
(d) the contents may have a detrimental influence or effect on a prisoner; or
(e) the letter is written in a code or is illegible;
be:
(f) censored by the Director and then forwarded as addressed; or
(g) returned to the prisoner by the Director; or
(h) retained by the Director; or
(j) destroyed by the Director.
(2) Where any action is taken under subsection (1), the officer in charge of the prison or police prison must inform the prisoner that the action has been taken.