Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 23:9-20

  • Delaware river: means the waters of the Delaware river from the Pennsylvania shore to the New Jersey shore, or in the case of any tributaries or inland bays on the New Jersey side, to the mouths of those tributaries or bays. See New Jersey Statutes 23:1-1
  • Fishing: means the possession of an instrument used to take fish in a condition that makes the instrument readily usable, while in a place or in proximity thereto where fish may be found. See New Jersey Statutes 23:1-1
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • 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
  • State: extends to and includes any State, territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia and the Canal Zone. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
The commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the state of New Jersey shall have concurrent jurisdiction over all offenses and violations of this article, committed or attempted to be committed, by any person or persons fishing in the Delaware river above or below Trenton falls within the jurisdiction respectively of the said state of New Jersey and the commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The procedure in the state of New Jersey for punishing violations of this article, as well as for the confiscation of boats, nets and other appliances, shall be the same in all respects as provided for in chapter 10 of this title (s. 23:10-1 et seq.).