New Jersey Statutes 26:6-49. Amount; recovery
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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 26:6-49
- 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
Except as otherwise specifically provided in this chapter, any person violating any provision of this chapter, or falsifying any certificate or record established by this chapter, or failing or refusing to perform any duty required by this chapter, shall be subject to a penalty of not less than $50.00 nor more than $100.00 for each offense.
Such penalties shall be recovered in a civil action in the name of the State department or local board in any court of competent jurisdiction including the municipal court.
Amended by L.1953, c. 26, p. 479, s. 53; L.1965, c. 78, s. 31.