Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 17B:34-4

  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • person: includes corporations, companies, associations, societies, firms, partnerships and joint stock companies as well as individuals, unless restricted by the context to an individual as distinguished from a corporate entity or specifically restricted to one or some of the above enumerated synonyms and, when used to designate the owner of property which may be the subject of an offense, includes this State, the United States, any other State of the United States as defined infra and any foreign country or government lawfully owning or possessing property within this State. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
Whenever any matter is required to be filed with the commissioner, the same shall be deemed to have been filed on the date it is received by mail, addressed to the commissioner, or on which it is delivered by means other than mailing. The commissioner shall not return or refuse to file any matter required to be filed with him because of any technical defect of form or content, but in any such case he shall notify the person involved of the defect or defects and of a reasonable date by which a correction, amendment or supplement shall be supplied. Unless the commissioner states that intervening rights or interests are or may be affected, or unless the person making the same shall indicate otherwise, the correction, amendment or supplement shall relate back to the date of the initial filing of the matter. In the alternative, the person filing the matter may withdraw the defective filing.

L.1971, c. 144, s. 17B:34-4

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