Northern Territory Consolidated Acts

SHERIFF ACT - SECT 7

    (1)     It is the duty of the sheriff:

        (a)     to serve or execute all writs, summonses, orders, warrants, precepts, process and commands of the Court that are directed to him, and to make such return of them to the Court, together with the manner of their execution, as he is required by them;

        (b)     to take, receive and detain all persons who are committed to the custody of the Court, or the sheriff and to discharge all such persons when directed so to do by the Court or by any law in force in the Territory; and

        (c)     to perform all such other duties as are imposed upon him by this Act or another Act or by rules of court or the direction of the Court or a Judge.

    (2)     The duties imposed upon the sheriff under subsection (1) shall be in addition to and shall not derogate from the duties imposed upon him by or under any other law in force in the Territory.

    (3)     The sheriff is an officer of the Court.