Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated ActsA party producing a witness shall not be allowed to impeach his credit by general evidence of bad character, but he may, if the Court is of opinion that the witness is adverse:
(a) contradict the witness by other evidence; or
(b) by leave of the Court, prove that the witness has made at some other time, a statement inconsistent with his present testimony:
Provided that, before such proof is given, the circumstances of the supposed statement sufficient to designate the particular occasion shall be mentioned to the witness, and he shall be asked whether or not he made the statement.