Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 54:40A-4.2

  • 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
1. a. A person shall not sell, offer for sale, give away or deliver single cigarettes, as defined in section 102 of P.L.1948, c.65 (C. 54:40A-2) or cigarettes in packs of less than 20 cigarettes from a vending machine or in a retail establishment.

b. A person who owns a vending machine that dispenses, sells, offers for sale, gives away or delivers single cigarettes or cigarettes in packs of less than 20 cigarettes shall be fined not less than $100 or more than $500 for each day that the vending machine is determined to be in violation of subsection a. of this section.

c. A person, either acting directly or indirectly through an agent, who, at retail, sells or offers for sale, gives away, delivers or otherwise furnishes to a person a single cigarette or cigarettes in packs of less than 20 cigarettes shall be fined $250 for a first offense and $500 for a second or subsequent offense.

L.2004,c.96,s.1.