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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 2C:47-8

  • 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
1. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 7 of P.L.1979, c.441 (C. 30:4-123.51), R.S.30:4-140, R.S.30:4-92 or any other law, a term of imprisonment imposed on a person confined to the Adult Diagnostic and Treatment Center pursuant to the provisions of chapter 47 of this Title shall not be reduced by progressive time credits or credits for diligent application to work and other institutional assignments for any year or fractional part of a year if the person failed to fully cooperate with all treatment offered to him during that time period. This section shall not prohibit the reduction of a person’s term of imprisonment by such credits if the person is entitled to the credits pursuant to the provisions of subsection g. of N.J.S. 2C:47-3

L.1994, c.129; amended 1998, c.72, s.5.