Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 54:41-3

  • 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.
  • 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
No officer or employee of the division of the state tax department which shall be concerned with the administration of the provisions of this subtitle, shall directly or indirectly, individually or as a member of a partnership or as a stockholder of a corporation or other association, have any interest whatsoever in the manufacture, distribution, transportation, storage, warehousing, importation or sale of alcoholic beverages, or in any enterprise or industry dealing with alcoholic beverages; nor shall any such person receive any commission or profit or have any interest whatsoever in any purchase or sale of alcoholic beverages. Nothing herein contained shall prevent any such person from purchasing or possessing for consumption and not for resale any alcoholic beverages.

Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this section may be conditionally suspended or dismissed by the commissioner.