Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 23:3-7.1

  • Apprentice license: means any resident's apprentice firearm hunting license, resident's apprentice bow and arrow license, nonresident's apprentice firearm hunting license, or nonresident's apprentice bow and arrow license issued pursuant to R. See New Jersey Statutes 23:1-1
  • 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
  • Wildlife: means any wild mammal, bird, reptile, amphibian, fish, mollusk, crustacean, or other wild animal or any part, product, egg, or offspring or the dead body or parts thereof. See New Jersey Statutes 23:1-1
1. a. Notwithstanding any provisions contained in sections 23:3-1 to 23:3-22 of the Revised Statutes, concerning the issuance of resident or nonresident bow and arrow licenses, any person applying for a bow and arrow license, other than an apprentice license, must present to the issuing agent either a certificate stating that the applicant has satisfactorily completed a course in bow and arrow safety and proficiency, which shall be signed by an agent of the Division of Fish and Wildlife designated for the purpose whose fitness to give instructions in bow handling has been determined by the Division of Fish and Wildlife of the Department of Environmental Protection, or a previously issued bow and arrow license that is not an apprentice license.

b. An applicant for an apprentice bow and arrow license shall be exempt from the requirement to show that the person has completed a course in bow and arrow safety and proficiency as provided in subsection a. of this section.

L.1957, c.195, s.1; amended 2015, c.83, s.6.