Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts44. False statements in acknowledgements
(1) A person who wilfully makes an acknowledgement under section 27(2)(b) knowing it to be untrue in a material particular is guilty of an offence.
Penalty: $2,000 or imprisonment for 2 years.
(2) Before a person makes an acknowledgement under section 27(2)(b) it is the duty of the person to whom the acknowledgement is made to warn the person that if he wilfully makes the acknowledgement knowing it to be untrue in a material particular he is guilty of an offence under subsection (1).
(3) Failure to give a warning in accordance with subsection (2) does not affect the operation of subsection (1).