Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts(1) A person must not unlawfully induce or persuade a person to apply for a postal ballot paper.
Maximum penalty: If the offender is a natural person – 100 penalty units or imprisonment for 6 months.
If the offender is a body corporate – 500 penalty units.
(2) A person, other than an authorised officer for the division for which a postal ballot paper has been issued, must not open a declaration envelope in which a postal ballot paper has been placed under section 67(4).
Maximum penalty: 400 penalty units or imprisonment for 2 years.
(3) An offence against subsection (2) is a regulatory offence.
(4) A person must not receive or take possession of a postal ballot paper other than in accordance with this Act.
Maximum penalty: If the offender is a natural person – 400 penalty units or imprisonment for 2 years.
If the offender is a body corporate – 2 000 penalty units.
(5) An offence against subsection (4) is a regulatory offence.