Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts(1) A person (the receiver ) must not receive into the Territory a prescribed weapon from another person (the sender ) in a place within Australia if the receiver knows (or would be reasonably expected to know) the sender would be, because of sending the weapon or being in possession of it in the place from which it is sent, guilty of an offence under any law in force in the place.
Maximum penalty: If the person is an individual – 200 penalty units or imprisonment for 12 months.
If the offender is a body corporate – 1 000 penalty units.
(2) It is a defence to a prosecution under subsection (1) if the defendant proves the weapon was sent to the defendant without the defendant's knowledge or approval.
(3) A person (the procurer ) must not direct or request another person (the sender ), whether the sender is within or outside the Territory when the request is made, to send a prescribed weapon to a person in the Territory from a place within Australia if the procurer knows (or would be reasonably expected to know) the sender would be, because of sending the weapon or being in possession of it at the place from which it is sent, guilty of an offence under any law in force in the place.
Maximum penalty: If the person is an individual – 200 penalty units or imprisonment for 12 months.
If the offender is a body corporate – 1 000 penalty units.
(4) A person is taken to have made a request under subsection (3) if the person accepts an offer made by another person within or outside the Territory to forward the weapon by mail to an address within the Territory.
(5) A person (the sender ) must not send out of the Territory a prescribed weapon to another person (the receiver ) in a place within Australia if the sender knows (or would be reasonably expected to know) the receiver would be, because of receiving the weapon or being in possession of it at the place to which it is sent, guilty of an offence under any law in force in the place.
Maximum penalty: If the offender is an individual – 200 penalty units or imprisonment for 12 months.
If the offender is a body corporate – 1 000 penalty units.
(6) In this section:
"prescribed weapon" means:
(a) a crossbow that is a controlled weapon; or
(b) any other controlled weapon prescribed by regulation for this section; or
(c) a part of a weapon mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b).
"send" includes cause to be delivered.