Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 56:3-21

  • 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.
  • magistrate: includes any judge, municipal magistrate or officer or other person having the powers of a committing magistrate. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
  • 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, acting for himself or as the agent of any person, firm or corporation, who violates the provisions of this article shall, for the first offense, be punished by imprisonment for not less than ten days nor more than one year, or by a fine of five dollars for each bottle, container or receptacle mentioned in section 56:3-15 of this title filled, sold, bought, given, taken, used, disposed of, trafficked in or possessed in contravention of this article, or by both such imprisonment and fine, and for each subsequent offense by imprisonment for not less than twenty days nor more than one year, or by a fine of ten dollars for each such bottle, container or receptacle so filled, sold, bought, given, taken, possessed, used, disposed of, or trafficked in, or by both such imprisonment and fine, in the discretion of the court or magistrate before which or whom the offense is tried.
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