Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts(1) Any Justice may, on the application of any party to the proceedings, require any person in the court room or other place where he is sitting for the hearing of any complaint or information to take an oath and give evidence concerning the matter of that complaint or information.
(2) If any person so required refuses to take an oath or without offering any just excuse refuses to answer any question put to him concerning the matter of the complaint or information, or if any person voluntarily appearing as a witness without offering any just excuse refuses to answer any such question, the Justice may by warrant commit him to the nearest gaol, there to remain and be imprisoned for any time not exceeding 7 days, unless in the meantime he consents to be examined and to answer the question put to him.