Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts(1) A candidate's scrutineer may object to the admission or rejection of a ballot paper as a formal ballot paper.
(2) The objection must be made to the officer conducting the scrutiny.
(3) The officer must decide the objection by admitting or rejecting the ballot paper the subject of the objection as a formal ballot paper and must mark the ballot paper "admitted" or "rejected" according to the decision.
(4) This section does not prevent the officer from rejecting a ballot paper as being informal even though no objection is made to it.