Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts(1) Whenever a complaint is made in accordance with this Part any Justice may issue his summons for the appearance of any person charged by the complaint or against whom the order is thereby sought to be made: Provided that nothing herein mentioned shall oblige any Justice to issue his summons in any case where the application for any order of Justices is by law to be made ex parte.
(2) Where a complaint is made by a public officer charging that an offence to which this subsection applies has been committed, the Justice may, upon the request of the complainant issue a summons in accordance with section 22(2).
(3) Where the defendant to a complaint in a summons issued under subsection (2) has previously been found guilty of another offence, the clerk may give a certificate under his hand:
(a) alleging that the defendant has been so found guilty of that offence; and
(b) stating that the certificate is admissible at the hearing of the summons as prima facie evidence of the matters alleged.
(4) The certificate is admissible as prima facie evidence of the matters alleged if a copy of the certificate is served on the defendant personally at the same time as the summons is served on him.
(5) For the purposes of subsection (2):
(a) an offence to which that subsection applies is an offence:
(i) against the Traffic Act or the Regulations made under that Act; or
(ii) against the Motor Vehicles Act or the Regulations made under that Act; or
(iii) punishable by a fine only; and
(b) "public officer" means:
(i) a member of the Police Force of the Northern Territory; or
(ii) a person employed by an authority or corporation established under a law of the Territory and authorised by or under that law to make a complaint charging an offence against a law in force in the Territory; or
(iii) an officer or employee of the Public Service of the Commonwealth or of the Territory acting in the course of his employment as such an officer or employee.