Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts39. Power to summon witnesses, require production of documents, &c.
(1) If it appears to the Chairperson of the Commission, or to the Tribunal, that a person is capable of furnishing information, giving evidence or producing documents that is or are material to a matter before the Commission or the Tribunal, the Chairperson or the Tribunal may by notice in writing require that person to appear before the Commission or the Tribunal at a time and place specified in the notice, and to produce any such documents as are in that person's possession or under his or her control.
(2) The members of the Commission or, as the case may be, the Tribunal may -
(a) examine on oath any person appearing before the Commission or the Tribunal pursuant to a notice under subsection (1), or otherwise present before the Commission or Tribunal; and
(b) inspect any documents produced pursuant to such a notice,
and, for the purposes of paragraph (a), the Chairperson of the Commission and the Tribunal each has power to administer an oath.
(3) A person who, without reasonable excuse, fails to comply with a notice under subsection (1) or refuses to answer a question put to him or her by a member of the Commission or the Tribunal is guilty of an offence.
Penalty: $2,000.