New Jersey Statutes 2A:170-20.1. Issuing honorary membership cards or courtesy cards on behalf of law enforcement organizations
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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 2A:170-20.1
- 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
It shall be unlawful for any person, for or on behalf of any organization or association of law enforcement officers, or otherwise, to issue, offer, give, deliver or distribute any honorary membership card, courtesy card, or card of a similar nature, certificate, emblem, plaque, or article of a similar nature, of such organization or association, except to bona fide members or former members of the law enforcement agency represented by such organization or association or to such other persons who have performed outstanding or meritorious public service, and then only in accordance with formal authorization therefor prescribed by resolution duly adopted by such organization or association.
The term “outstanding or meritorious public service” as used in this section shall in no event be construed to mean or include the contribution or payment of money to such organization or association for any purpose whatsoever.
Any person who violates any provision of this section is a disorderly person.
L.1954, c. 181, p. 701, s. 2.