New Jersey Statutes 51:9-18. Arrest without warrant
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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 51:9-18
- Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
- Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
- 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
51:9-18. Any police officer, or weights and measures official is hereby authorized to arrest, without warrant, any person violating, in the presence of such police officer, or weights and measures official any of the provisions of this chapter, and to bring the defendant before the Superior Court or a municipal court in the county where such offense is committed.
Amended 1953,c.48,s.31; 1991,c.91,s.486.