Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 58:11-9.8

  • Continuance: Putting off of a hearing ot trial until a later time.
  • Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
  • 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.
  • 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.
Whoever violates any of the provisions of section two of this act shall be liable to a penalty of one hundred dollars ($100.00) for each offense, and each day’s continuance of a violation after notice to abate or remove the unapproved physical connection shall have been given by the State Department, the local board of health having jurisdiction over the place where such violation was committed, or, the owner of the approved public potable water supply which is or may be affected by such violation, shall constitute a separate offense. Nothing in this section shall be construed to modify or otherwise affect any other law or statute conferring upon any local board of health or the owner of any approved public potable water supply the power or authority to institute any proceedings in any court of this State for the recovery of any penalty for, or obtaining any injunction against, the pollution of any of the public supplies of potable waters in this State.

L.1942, c. 308, p. 1142, s. 8.