Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 32:1-154.16

  • 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.
  • 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
16. Except as provided in sections fourteen and fifteen hereof, any violation within the State of any of the rules and regulations set forth in sections two through eight, inclusive, hereof, including but not limited to those regarding the payment of tolls, shall be punishable by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500.00) or by imprisonment not exceeding sixty days or by both such fine and imprisonment. Such a violation shall be tried in a summary way and shall be within the jurisdiction of and may be brought in the Superior Court, Law Division or municipal court where the offense was committed. The rules of the Supreme Court shall govern the practice and procedure in such proceedings. Proceedings under this section may be instituted on any day of the week, and the institution of the proceedings on a Sunday or a holiday shall be no bar to the successful prosecution thereof. Any process served on a Sunday or a holiday shall be as valid as if served on any other day of the week.

L.1950,c.192,s.16; amended 1991,c.91,s.340.

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