Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts(1) A clergyman of any church or religious denomination shall not, without the consent of the person who made the confession, divulge in any proceeding any confession made to him in his professional character.
(2) A medical practitioner shall not, without the consent of his patient, divulge in any civil proceeding (unless the sanity of the patient is the matter in dispute) any communication made to him in his professional character by the patient, and necessary to enable him to prescribe or act for the patient.
(3) Nothing in this section shall protect any communication made for any criminal purpose, or prejudice the right to give in evidence any statement or representation at any time made to or by a medical practitioner in or about the effecting by any person of an insurance on the life of himself or any other person.