New Jersey Statutes 4:19A-7. Violations; penalties; enforcement
Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 4:19A-7
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- 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
a. Falsifies proof of eligibility for, or participation in, any of the programs enumerated in section 3 of this act;
b. Furnishes any licensed veterinarian of this State with inaccurate information concerning the ownership of an animal submitted for an animal sterilization procedure;
c. Furnishes the commissioner with false information concerning an animal sterilization fee schedule or an animal sterilization certificate submitted pursuant to section 5 of this act; or
d. Violates in any other manner the provisions of this act, shall be subject to a penalty of not more than $250.00 for the first offense and not more than $500.00 for the second and each subsequent offense, to be collected in civil action by a summary proceeding under “the penalty enforcement law” (N.J.S. 2A:58-1 et seq.). The Superior Court shall have jurisdiction to enforce “the penalty enforcement law.”
L.1983,c.172,s.8; amended 1991,c.91,s.175.