Section 155 of the Criminal Code (NT) requires proof of a subjective intention — a deliberate and conscious choice not to provide assistance — combined with an objective assessment that the failure offended common standards of decency. Panic negating conscious choice is inconsistent with 'callously fails'. The provision creates a single offence with the enumerated forms of assistance being characteristics of that offence, not separate offences. A Magistrate must have a proper evidentiary basis before accepting a guilty plea under s121A(1B) of the Justices Act.
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