Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 23:4-18

  • Hunting: means the possession of an instrument used to take wildlife in a condition that makes the instrument readily usable, while in a place or in proximity thereto where wildlife may be found. 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
No person hunting or gunning after geese, duck, brant or other migratory waterfowl shall place a boat, sinkbox, seaweed, or other vessel or construction in which he may lie in wait to kill the same, at a distance of more than one hundred feet from ice, marsh or meadow, bar or bank, not covered with water, or shall, with intent to capture or kill the same, hunt after or pursue the same in any manner except between the hours as fixed by regulations under the provisions of an Act of Congress relating to migratory birds, under a penalty of twenty dollars ($20.00) for each offense.

Amended by L.1942, c. 105, p. 366, s. 1, eff. May 2, 1942.

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