Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 39:5-43

  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • 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
Any person who, having collected any fine for any violation of this subtitle, fails, within 30 days, to return the same to the director or the proper financial officer of the county or municipality, as the case may be, shall be subject to a penalty not exceeding $500.00 for the first offense, and a penalty of $1,000.00 or imprisonment not exceeding 1 year, or both, at the discretion of the court, upon any subsequent conviction.

Amended by L.1982, c. 31, s. 2, eff. Jan. 1, 1983.

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