Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts14. Production of documents, &c.
(1) In this section "computer" means a device for storing or processing information.
(2) For the purposes of section 5 a statement in -
(a) a document may, as prescribed or by leave of the Court, be proved by the production of a copy of the document, or of the material part of the document;
(b) a document which is designed to be used to reproduce the statement in the form of a visible display or of sound may be proved by reproducing the statement in that form in the presence of the Court; and
(c) a record of information made by the use of a computer may be proved by the production of a document produced by the use of a computer containing the statement in a form which can be understood by sight.
(3) For the purposes of section 8, the absence of a record of the happening of an event in a record of information made by the use of a computer may be proved by the production of a document produced by the use of a computer containing a statement based on the absence of such a record.
(4) Where a person proposes to prove, or proves, a statement in a document otherwise than by producing the document, the Court may require that the document be produced or be made available to the Court or to other parties for examination or testing and, in default, may reject the statement or, if it is in evidence, exclude it.
(5) Where a person proposes to prove, or proves, a statement by reproducing the statement in the form of a visible display or of sound, the Court may direct a record of the statement to be produced and, in default, may reject the statement or, if it is in evidence, exclude it.