Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts8. Conviction or non-conviction
(1) In deciding whether or not to record a conviction, a court shall have regard to the circumstances of the case including:
(a) the character, antecedents, age, health or mental condition of the offender;
(b) the extent, if any, to which the offence is of a trivial nature; or
(c) the extent, if any, to which the offence was committed under extenuating circumstances.
(2) Except as otherwise provided by this or any other Act, a finding of guilt without the recording of a conviction shall not be taken to be a conviction for any purpose.
(3) A finding of guilt without the recording of a conviction:
(a) does not prevent a court from making any other order that it is authorised to make in consequence of the finding by this or any other Act; and
(b) has the same effect as if one had been recorded for the purpose of:
(i) appeals against sentence;
(ii) proceedings for variation or breach of sentence;
(iii) proceedings against the offender for a subsequent offence; or
(iv) subsequent proceedings against the offender for the same offence.
Subdivision 1. General