605. Any person who sells cigarettes without the stamp or stamps required by this act being affixed thereto or cigarettes stamped in violation of subsection b. of section 405 of P.L.1948, c.65 (C. 54:40A-15) shall be guilty of a crime of the third degree.

L.1948, c.65, s.605; amended 1952, c.246, s.8; 1977, c.188, s.1; 1999, c.328, s.4; 2013, c.145, s.9.

Attorney's Note

Under the 2023 New Jersey Statutes, punishments for crimes depend on the classification. In the case of this section:
ClassPrisonFine
crime of the third degreebetween 3 and 5 yearsup to $15,000
For details, see N.J. Rev. Stat.2C:43-6