Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 51:1-90

  • 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
  • weights and measures: means a device, apparatus, or instrument designed or used to weigh, measure, count or time any physical property or determine value, and any auxiliary apparatus and accessories that indicate quantity or value, or records representative thereof. See New Jersey Statutes 51:1-2
No person shall in any way or manner hinder or molest any superintendent, deputy superintendent, assistant superintendent, inspector, or other weights and measures officer in the performance of the duties imposed upon him by any of the provisions of this Title under penalty of not less than one hundred dollars ($100.00) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) for each offense.

Amended by L.1952, c. 44, p. 362, s. 1.