Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts29. Ballot-boxes to be exhibited empty before polling
(1) The presiding officer of a polling place must before a vote is taken, exhibit the ballot-box empty and must then securely fasten it closed.
(2) If the presiding officer referred to in subsection (1) is a mobile polling team leader, in a division attended in pursuance of section 14 by the mobile polling team of which he or she is the leader, he or she need not comply with the requirements of subsection (1) other than at the first polling place in the division so attended.