Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts(1) All proceedings under this Act (including a proceeding under Part 5, Division 2) are civil proceedings.
(2) An application for a warrant or summons made under section 48 is an ex parte proceeding.
(3) The parties to any other proceeding are:
(a) in a proceeding under Part 3 – the Attorney-General and the person in relation to whom the continuing detention order or supervision order is sought; and
(b) in a proceeding relating to a continuing detention order or supervision order – the Attorney-General and the detainee or supervisee.
(4) The proceedings are to be conducted in accordance with the law (including the law of evidence) applicable to civil proceedings unless this Act provides otherwise.
(5) This section does not apply in relation to a prosecution for an offence.