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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 5:12-77

  • Grand jury: agreement providing that a lender will delay exercising its rights (in the case of a mortgage,
  • Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
  • State: extends to and includes any State, territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia and the Canal Zone. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
77. The division is a law enforcement agency, and its employees and agents shall have such law enforcement powers as may be delegated to them by the Attorney General to effectuate the purposes of P.L.1977, c.110 (C. 5:12-1 et seq.).

The division shall prosecute all criminal violations of this act except those it may refer to the Division of Criminal Justice. To effectuate this power, the division shall have access to the State Grand Jury.

L.1977,c.110,s.77; amended 1993,c.292,s.39.