Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts84. Witnesses to papers
(1) A person must not -
(a) sign his or her name as witness on a blank document that is required by this Act to be witnessed;
(b) sign his or her name as witness on a document required by this Act to be witnessed that has been wholly or partly completed unless it has been signed by the person intended to sign it;
(c) sign his or her name as witness on a document required by this Act to be witnessed unless he or she has seen the person, whose signature he or she purports to witness, sign it; or
(d) write a name other than his or her own name as his or her own name on a document required by this Act.
Penalty: $2,000 or imprisonment for 2 years.
(2) A member of the Legislative Assembly or person who is authorised to appoint scrutineers must not sign his or her name as witness on a document required by this Act to be witnessed.
Penalty: $100.