Northern Territory Consolidated Acts

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ABORIGINAL LAND ACT - SECT 22

Vehicles, &c., may be stopped and questions asked

22. Vehicles, &c., may be stopped and questions asked

(1) A member of the Police Force may require a person who is on or is about to enter Aboriginal land or open road or closed seas (other than an open area or enter or use a road declared under section 11) to -

(a) produce to him a permit issued to the person under this Act; or

(b) state his name and address,

and for that purpose may stop a person or any motor vehicle, as defined in the Motor Vehicles Act , power cycle, push-bike, vessel or animal in or on which a person is riding.

(2) A person who is called upon to do so by a member of the Police Force shall stop and cause any motor vehicle, power cycle, push-bike, vessel or animal in his control to stop.

Penalty: $1,000.



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