New Jersey Statutes 44:1-122. Failure to resist removal, review
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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 44:1-122
- May: shall be construed to be permissive. See New Jersey Statutes 44:1-1
- 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
- Poor person: means one who is unable to maintain himself or those dependent upon him. See New Jersey Statutes 44:1-1
44:1-122. On failure to resist the removal the receiving director of welfare may not decline to receive the poor person but shall receive him and provide such relief as is lawful; except that for good cause shown for the failure to contest the removal the receiving director may, within thirty days after the receipt of the poor person in the municipality, apply to the Superior Court in the county from whence the person was removed to review the proceeding and make such revised order and disposition for the care and relief of the poor person and his removal, if lawful, as may be proper and necessary.
Amended 1953,c.42,s.7; 1991,c.91,s.427.