New Jersey Statutes 10:1-11. Exclusion from, denial of, or aid or incitement of another to deny public employment or employment in defense industry
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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 10:1-11
- 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 employer or person who
(1) Excludes a citizen by reason of race, color, creed, national origin, ancestry, marital status or sex, from any public employment, or employment in any capacity, in industries engaged on defense contracts, or
(2) Denies, or aids or incites another to deny, to any person, because of race, color, creed, national origin, ancestry, marital status or sex, public employment or employment in any capacity, in industries engaged on defense contracts,
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and punishable by a fine of not less than $100.00, nor more than $500.00, or imprisonment for not more than 6 months or both.
L.1942, c. 114, p. 387, s. 2. Amended by L.1945, c. 174, p. 604, s. 3; L.1970, c. 80, s. 6, eff. June 2, 1970.