Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 5:12-129.2

  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Indictment: The formal charge issued by a grand jury stating that there is enough evidence that the defendant committed the crime to justify having a trial; it is used primarily for felonies.
  • 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
2. Any person required by section 1 of P.L.1999, c.352 (C. 5:12-129.1) to file a report of a suspicious transaction who knowingly fails to file a report thereof or who knowingly causes any other person having that responsibility to fail to file a report shall be subject to the sanctions set forth in section 129 of P.L.1977, c.110 (C. 5:12-129). Nothing herein shall be deemed to preclude, if the evidence so warrants, an indictment and conviction for a violation of section 3 of P.L.1994, c.121 (C. 2C:21-25) or any other provision of law.

L.1999,c.352,s.2.