New Jersey Statutes 17:9A-23.54. Immunity from liability
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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 17:9A-23.54
- 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
No bank and no director, officer or employee of a bank shall be liable to any person for any direct or indirect loss suffered by such person by reason of the bank’s failure or inability to make access to the bank’s premises and facilities available to such person or by reason of the bank’s failure to perform, or its delay in performing, any contractual, statutory or other duty assumed by or imposed upon the bank in any capacity, when such failure, inability or delay is caused by an emergency as defined by this act. The immunity from liability provided for herein shall endure during the period of such emergency and for such time thereafter as may reasonably be necessary to afford such access or perform such duty.
L.1968, c. 149, s. 5, eff. July 12, 1968.