Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts25. Other offences
(1) A person who has been served with a summons to attend before the Ombudsman shall not, without reasonable excuse (proof of which shall lie on him), fail to attend before the Ombudsman or to produce any documents, books or writings in his custody or control which he was required by the summons to produce.
Penalty: $500.
(2) It shall be a defence to a prosecution for an offence of failing to produce any documents, books or writings under subsection (1) for the defendant to prove that the documents, books or writings were not relevant to the investigation by the Ombudsman.
(3) Subject to this Act, a person who appears as a witness before the Ombudsman shall not refuse to be sworn or to make an affirmation or to answer any question put to him by the Ombudsman that is relevant to the investigation by the Ombudsman.
Penalty: $500.
(4) Nothing in this section shall be construed as compelling a person to answer a question or to produce a document, book or writing that may incriminate him.
(5) A person shall not knowingly give false testimony in evidence before the Ombudsman.
Penalty: $2,000, or imprisonment for 12 months, or both.