Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts36. Vote of unlisted persons
(1) The presiding officer of a polling place may, subject to the Regulations, issue a ballot-paper to a person whose name is not on the certified list of voters for the division for which the polling place has been appointed if the person makes a declaration in the prescribed form that -
(a) the person has complied with Part VIII of the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 of the Commonwealth before the issue of the writ for the referendum;
(b) to the best of the person's knowledge, no objection has been upheld in relation to the inclusion of his or her name on a roll; and
(c) the person is not qualified for enrolment in a division other than the division for which he or she claims to vote.
(2) The presiding officer of a polling place may, subject to the Regulations, issue a ballot-paper to a person whose name appears on a certified list of voters marked in accordance with section 33(2) or who has been issued with a postal ballot-paper if the person makes a declaration in the prescribed form that he or she has not already voted and surrenders the postal ballot-paper, if the person is in possession of a postal ballot-paper.
(3) The presiding officer of a polling place may, subject to the Regulations, issue a ballot-paper to a person whose name is not on a certified list of voters for the division in respect of which the polling place is appointed if the person makes a declaration in the prescribed form that he or she is enrolled in another division and that he or she has not already voted at the referendum.
(4) A presiding officer who issues a ballot-paper under this section must -
(a) make and sign a record of -
(i) the name of the person to whom it is issued; and
(ii) the division for which the person declares under subsection (3) he or she is enrolled; and
(b) forward the record to the presiding officer's Divisional Returning Officer.
(5) For the purposes of subsections (1), (2) and (3), the prescribed form is the form prescribed for the purposes of the equivalent subsection of section 72 of the Northern Territory Electoral Act .