Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts(1) Subject to subsection (2), if a person is in the custody of the sheriff, an officer of the sheriff or any other person:
(a) in execution or for non-performance of a judgment or order of the Court;
(b) for contempt of court; or
(c) otherwise in the course of a civil proceeding,
and the first mentioned person escapes out of legal custody, the sheriff, the officer of the sheriff or the other person shall be liable to pay the damages sustained by the person at whose suit the first mentioned person was taken into custody and all costs of any proceedings to recover those damages but no further sum.
(2) A person is not liable under section 21 for the escape of any prisoner from confinement in a prison.