Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 4:5-16

  • 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
When a county, city, township, district, animal, herd of animals or poultry is quarantined pursuant to this article and public notice thereof is given as provided in section 4:5-14 of this title, no owner, keeper or other person shall drive or transport, or permit to be driven or transported, into, out of, or from one place to another within such county, city, township, district or place of quarantine, any animal of the kind named in the quarantine, or visit any animal, herd of animals or poultry so quarantined without a written permit signed by the department or its constituted agent or representative.