New Jersey Statutes 40:62-105.10. Verification of petition
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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 40:62-105.10
- oath: includes "affirmation. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
- Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
- 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
Each of the petitions shall be verified by the oath of one or more of the signers thereof, taken and subscribed before a person qualified to administer an oath, to the effect that such petition is signed in their own proper handwriting by each of the signers thereof, that said signers are, to the best knowledge and belief of the affiant, legally qualified to vote at the ensuing election, and that the petition is prepared and filed in absolute good faith for the sole purpose of indorsing the candidate therein named in order to secure his election as a member of the board of water commissioners.
L.1951, c. 280, p. 956, s. 10, eff. June 25, 1951.