Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 45:14A-1

  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • 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
  • State: extends to and includes any State, territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia and the Canal Zone. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
In order to safeguard life, health and property, and promote the public welfare, any person practicing or offering to practice professional planning in this State shall hereafter be required to submit evidence that he is qualified so to practice and shall be licensed as hereinafter provided. After the effective date of this act, it shall be unlawful for any person to practice or to offer to practice professional planning in this State, or to use the title “professional planner” or any other title, sign, card or device in such manner as to tend to convey the impression that such person is practicing professional planning or is a professional planner, unless such person is duly licensed under the provisions of this act. Every holder of a license shall display it in a conspicuous place in his principal office, place of business or employment.

No corporation, firm, partnership or association shall be granted a license under this act. No corporation, firm, partnership or association shall use or assume a name involving the word “planners” or “planning,” or any modification or derivative of such terms, unless an executive officer, if a corporation, or a member, if a firm, partnership or association, shall be a licensed professional planner of the State of New Jersey.

No corporation, firm, partnership or association shall practice or offer to practice professional planning in this State unless the person or persons in responsible charge of professional planning work shall be so licensed to practice in this State. The person or persons carrying on the actual practice of professional planning on behalf of or designated as “professional planners,” with or without qualifying or characterizing words, by any such corporations, firms, partnerships, or associations, shall be licensed to practice professional planning as provided in this act.

Nothing in this act shall be construed as requiring licensing for the purpose of practicing professional planning by any person, firm, or corporation with relation to property owner or leased by such person, firm, or corporation, unless otherwise required by statute or ordinance.

L.1962, c. 109, s. 1.

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