Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts44. Power to require production of documents
(1) An inspector may require a person to produce to the inspector, for inspection, a document required to be held or kept by the person under this Act.
(2) A person required to produce a document under subsection (1) shall not, without reasonable excuse, fail to produce the document.
Penalty: In the case of a natural person - 100 penalty units or imprisonment for 6 months.
In the case of a body corporate - 500 penalty units.
(3) The inspector may keep a document that is produced -
(a) to take an extract from the document; or
(b) to make a copy of the document.
(4) The inspector shall return the document to the person as soon as practicable after taking the extract or making the copy.