Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts75. Prohibition of nuisances in thoroughfares
(1) Any person who, in any street, road, thoroughfare, or public place:
(b) turns loose any horse or any cattle; or
(c) by negligence or ill-usage in driving cattle causes any mischief to be done by those cattle, or in any way misbehaves himself in the driving, care, or management of those cattle, or, not being hired or employed to drive those cattle, wantonly and unlawfully pelts, hurts, or drives any such cattle; or
(d) (i) being the driver of any waggon, cart, or dray of any kind not drawn by horses properly driven with reins, rides upon any such waggon, cart, or dray, not having some person on foot to guide the same; or
(ii) being the driver of any carriage whatsoever, is at such a distance from such carriage, or in such a situation whilst it is passing along any street, road, thoroughfare, or public place, that he cannot guide and control the horses or cattle drawing the same; or
(iii) rides upon the shafts of any waggon, cart, dray, or other vehicle whatsoever; or
(iv) riding a bicycle or on horseback, or driving or propelling any waggon, cart, dray, or coach, or any other carriage or vehicle whatsoever, on meeting any other person riding a bicycle or on horseback, or driving or propelling any waggon, cart, dray, or coach, or any other carriage or vehicle whatsoever, does not keep his bicycle, horse, waggon, cart, dray, coach, carriage, or vehicle on the left or near side of the road; or
(v) in any manner prevents any other person from passing him or any vehicle under his care, or prevents, hinders or interrupts the free passage of any vehicle or person; or
(e) (i) causes any cart or vehicle (except standing for hire in any place not forbidden by law), or any truck or barrow, with or without horses, to stand longer than is necessary for loading or unloading or for taking up or setting down passengers; or
(ii) by means of any cart or carriage, or any truck or barrow, or any horse or other animal, wilfully interrupts any public crossing, or wilfully causes any obstruction in any thoroughfare; or
(f) after notice of any regulations made under section 74, wilfully disregards any such regulation, or does not conform thereto; or
(g) without consent of the owner or occupier, affixes any posting bill or other paper against or upon any building, wall, or fence, or writes upon, soils, defaces, or marks any building, wall, or fence with chalk or paint, or in any other manner whatsoever; or
(j) flies any kite, or plays any game, to the annoyance of the inhabitants or passengers in any street, road, thoroughfare, or public place, or to the common danger of the passengers therein; or
(k) turns loose, or suffers any kind of swine or goats belonging to him or under his charge to stray or go about or to be tethered or depastured, in any street, road, thoroughfare, or public place,
shall be guilty of an offence.
Penalty: 200 dollars.
(2) It shall be lawful for any member to take into custody, without warrant, any person who commits any such offence as mentioned in this section within view of that member.