Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts(1) At the close of polling, the officer in charge of a polling place must, in the presence of any scrutineers:
(a) close and seal the ballot boxes containing ballot papers for ordinary voting or declaration voting; and
(b) parcel and seal all unused ballot papers and the envelopes mentioned in section 89(3); and
(c) parcel and seal all other electoral papers used at the polling place.
(2) The officer must send the things mentioned in subsection (1) to the Commission or, if directed by the Commission, to the officer in charge of a scrutiny centre for scrutiny under Part 7.
(3) However, subsections (1)(a) and (2) do not apply to ballot boxes if the polling place is a scrutiny centre and scrutiny of the poll is proceeded with immediately after the close of polling at the polling place.