Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 39:4-210

  • 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.
  • magistrate: includes any judge, municipal magistrate or officer or other person having the powers of a committing magistrate. 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
Every magistrate and every court having jurisdiction of criminal offenses and the violations of public laws committed in the municipality in which such grounds are located shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine violations of the said regulations to be made by the said division under the provisions of this act and to fix, impose and enforce payment of fines therefor. All such fines shall be for the use and benefit of the State of New Jersey.

L.1950, c. 16, p. 43, s. 3. Amended by L.1956, c. 47, p. 96, s. 2.