Unauthorized Documents Act 1969 (NT)

NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA

UNAUTHORIZED DOCUMENTS ACT 1969

As in force at 1 May 2016

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NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA

As in force at 1 May 2016

UNAUTHORIZED DOCUMENTS ACT 1969

An Act to prevent the unauthorized printing of certain documents and forms and for other purposes

1Short title

This Act may be cited as the Unauthorized Documents Act 1969.

2Definitions

In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears:

court means any court of justice in the Territory.

3Sending or delivering false process

• (1)

  Every person who sends or delivers to or serves on or causes to be sent or delivered to or served on any other person any paper or writing which is not an original or a copy of a document published or issued out of or by or under the authority or with the sanction of any tribunal, but which is likely or intended to convey to such other person the impression that such paper or writing is an original or a copy of a document published or issued out of or by or under the authority or with the sanction of any tribunal shall be guilty of an offence.

• (2)

  Every person who prints, publishes or sells or offers or exhibits for sale or causes to be printed, published or sold or offered or exhibited for sale any paper or writing which is not an original or a copy of a document published or issued as aforesaid, but which is likely or intended to convey to any person whomsoever the impression that such paper or writing is such an original or copy shall be guilty of an offence.

• (3)

  A person guilty of an offence under this section shall be liable to a maximum penalty of 3 penalty units.

• (4)

  In any proceedings under this section if any person is named on any such paper or writing in such a way as to imply that he is the printer, publisher, seller or sender of the same such person shall prima facie be deemed to be the person who printed, published, sold or sent such paper or writing.

• (5)

  In this section, unless inconsistent with the context or subject-matter:

  document includes any notice, claim, demand or process and any document relating to any extra-judicial remedy and whether in existence or not.

  tribunal includes any court, Judge or justice of the peace whether in or out of the Territory.

ENDNOTES

• 1

  KEY

Key to abbreviations

 

amd = amended od = order

app = appendix om = omitted

bl = by-law pt = Part

ch = Chapter r = regulation/rule

cl = clause rem = remainder

div = Division renum = renumbered

exp = expires/expired rep = repealed

f = forms s = section

Gaz = Gazette sch = Schedule

hdg = heading sdiv = Subdivision

ins = inserted SL = Subordinate Legislation

lt = long title sub = substituted

nc = not commenced

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  LIST OF LEGISLATION

Unauthorized Documents Ordinance1969 (Act No. 35, 1969)
Assent date	30 September 1969
Commenced	30 September 1969
Ordinances RevisionOrdinance 1973 (Act No. 87, 1973)
Assent date	11 December 1973
Commenced	11 December 1973 (s 12(2))
Amending Legislation
Ordinances Revision Ordinance 1974 (Act No. 34, 1974)
Assent date		26 August 1974
Commenced		11 December 1973 (s 3(2))
Ordinances Revision Ordinance (No. 2) 1974 (Act No. 69, 1974)
Assent date		24 October 1974
Commenced		11 December 1973 (s 3)
Ordinances Revision Ordinance 1976 (Act No. 27, 1976)
Assent date		28 June 1976
Commenced		ss 1, 2 and 6: 28 June 1976 (s 6(2)); ss 3 and 4: 11 December 1973; s 5: 24 October 1974
Penalties Amendment (Miscellaneous) Act 2013 (Act No. 23, 2013)
Assent date	12 July 2013
Commenced	28 August 2013 (Gaz G35, 28 August 2013, p 2)
Local Court (Related Amendments) Act 2016 (Act No. 8, 2016)
Assent date	6 April 2016
Commenced	1 May 2016 (s 2, s 2 Local Court (Repeals and Related Amendments) Act 2016 (Act No. 9, 2016) and Gaz S34, 29 April 2016)

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  GENERAL AMENDMENTS

General amendments of a formal nature (which are not referred to in the table of amendments to this reprint) are made by the Interpretation Legislation Amendment Act 2018 (Act No. 22 of 2018) to: s 1.

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  LIST OF AMENDMENTS

s 3                     amd No. 87, 1973, s 5; No. 23, 2013, s 8; No. 8, 2016, s 45