Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts(1) In any proceedings:
(a) evidence that a person, being a party to a marriage, was, after the marriage, found guilty, whether in Australia or elsewhere, of the crime or offence of rape or any other crime or offence in which sexual intercourse with a person of the opposite sex is an element is evidence that the former person committed adultery with the person on whom the rape or other crime or offence was committed; and
(b) evidence that a person, being a party to a marriage, was, after the marriage, found guilty, whether in Australia or elsewhere, of the crime or offence of sodomy or bestiality is evidence that that person committed sodomy or bestiality.
(2) In any proceedings, a certificate of the finding of guilt of a person for a crime or offence, on a date specified in the certificate, by a Court of a State or Territory or of any place outside Australia, being a certificate purporting to be signed by the registrar or other appropriate officer of the Court, is evidence of the fact and date of the finding of guilt and, if the certificate shows that a sentence of imprisonment was imposed, of the fact that that sentence was imposed.