New Jersey Statutes 4:2A-6. Penalties; enforcement of act
Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 4:2A-6
- 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
For the purposes of section 2 of this act a master shall be liable for the actions of his servant to the same extent as the servant.
Penalties set forth in this act shall be sued for by and in the name of the secretary and shall be recoverable with costs. The Superior Court and municipal courts shall have jurisdiction to enforce the provisions of this act. Any proceeding for a violation of this act may be brought in the municipality where the violator resides, has a place of business, or principal office or where the act or omission or part thereof complained of occurred. The proceeding shall be summary in nature and in accordance with the penalty enforcement law (N.J.S. 2A:58-1 et seq.).
In addition, the secretary may apply to the Superior Court for a judgment to restrain any violation or continuing violations of this act and the rules and regulations adopted thereunder.
L.1962,c.126,s.6; amended 1991,c.91,s.153.