Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 52:13C-34

  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • 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
Every officer, or person performing the functions of an officer, of any person required by this act to file any statement shall be under obligation to cause such person to file such statement within the time prescribed by this act.

The obligation of any person to file any statement required by this act shall continue from day to day, and discontinuance of the activity out of which the obligation arises shall not relieve any person from the obligation to file any statement required for any period of time prior to such discontinuance.

L.1971, c. 183, s. 17.