New Jersey Statutes 23:4-36. Gunning under influence of liquor or drugs prohibited; penalty
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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 23:4-36
- Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
- Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
- Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
- 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 shall go into the woods or fields at any time with a gun or firearm when under the influence of a drug or intoxicating liquor, under a penalty of fifty dollars ($50.00) for each offense. Upon the conviction of a person for violating this section, the license to hunt and fish of that person issued to him in accordance with article one of chapter three of this Title (s. 23:3-1 et seq.), shall become void, and the municipal court or other court before which the conviction is had, shall take the license from the person so convicted, mark it “revoked” and send it to the board. If the conviction is reversed on appeal the license shall be restored to the defendant. Any license to hunt or fish issued to a person convicted of a violation of this section during the calendar year in which the offense occurred shall be null and void.
Amended by L.1953, c. 23, p. 450, s. 2, eff. March 19, 1953.