Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts(1) A person who has been served with a summons to attend before the Court to give evidence or to produce documents or other things commits a contempt of the Court if, without reasonable excuse, the person:
(a) does not attend as required by the summons; or
(b) does not continue to attend until released by the Court from further attendance.
(2) A person appearing before the Court as a witness commits a contempt of the Court if, without reasonable excuse, the person does not do any of the following when required by the Court to do so:
(a) take an oath;
(b) answer a question;
(c) produce a document or other thing.
(3) A person commits a contempt of the Court if:
(a) the Court has made an order requiring the person to do or not do something; and
(b) the order:
(i) was made orally to the person while the person was in the courtroom; or
(ii) has been served on the person; and
(c) the person does not comply with the order; and
(d) no other law of the Territory provides a means for punishing non-compliance with, or enforcing, the order.
(4) A person commits a contempt of the Court if, without reasonable excuse, the person fails to comply with an undertaking the person has given to the Court.
(5) A person commits a contempt of the Court if the person:
(a) wilfully prevaricates in the face of the Court; or
(b) engages in any other conduct that, under a law of the Territory, constitutes a contempt in the face of the Court.