Northern Territory Consolidated Acts

SHERIFF ACT - SECT 9

    (2)     Subject to this section, to any directions of the sheriff and to the terms of his appointment, a deputy sheriff may exercise the powers and shall perform the duties and functions of the sheriff.

    (3)     In particular a deputy sheriff shall, in accordance with the terms of his appointment, but subject to any directions of the sheriff:

        (a)     execute any process of the Court directed to the sheriff;

        (b)     make return of such a process, together with the manner of its execution;

        (c)     receive and cause to be detained in prison or in some other place of detention any person who is committed to the custody of the sheriff; and

        (d)     do or perform any other thing which the sheriff is bound to do or perform.