New Jersey Statutes 30:6B-2. Jurisdiction notwithstanding commitment; modification
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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 30:6B-2
- Continuance: Putting off of a hearing ot trial until a later time.
- 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 court or judicial officer of this State making any such commitment shall have jurisdiction of such person notwithstanding such commitment and may thereafter, at any time, inquire into the mental condition of the person so committed and may determine the necessity for continuance of his restraint, and all such commitments pursuant to this act shall be deemed to be subject to modification or alteration, and in no case shall any such commitment be a final disposition of the custody of any such person.
L.1952, c. 76, p. 406, s. 2.