Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts86. Making unauthorised marks
(1) A person must not, without lawful authority, proof of which lies on him or her -
(a) make on or in a paper a mark required by this Act to be placed on or in the paper;
(b) have in his or her possession any paper bearing a mark referred to in paragraph (a); or
(c) make, use or have in his or her possession an instrument capable of making on or in a paper a mark referred to in paragraph (a) other than an instrument used for the purposes of voting.
Penalty: $2,000 or imprisonment for 2 years.
(2) A person who, without lawful authority, proof of which authority lies on the person, makes on or in a ballot-paper, or on or in a paper purporting to be a ballot-paper, a mark referred to in subsection (1)(a), is to be taken to have forged the ballot-paper.
(3) A paper bearing a mark referred to in subsection (1)(a), and all instruments capable of making that mark on or in a paper made, used or in the possession of any person without lawful authority, proof of which authority lies on the person, is forfeited to the Territory and may, without warrant, be seized by any member of the Police Force and destroyed or dealt with in any manner that the Chief Electoral Officer or the Commissioner of Police thinks fit.