Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts(1) The Administrator shall satisfy any judgment obtained against the sheriff, any officer of the sheriff or any other person for a wrongful act done or default committed by the sheriff or that officer of the sheriff or other person in the execution or intended execution of his duties under this Act.
(2) The sheriff or officer of the sheriff in respect of whose wrongful act or default the Administrator has paid any money under subsection (1) shall be liable to indemnify the Administrator for any money so paid; but the Attorney-General may, if in his opinion it is just to do so, exempt the sheriff or any officer of the sheriff from his liability under this subsection in any particular case.