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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 2A:67-29

  • Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
  • 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
  • Verdict: The decision of a petit jury or a judge.
  • Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.
2A:67-29. In any proceeding under subsection a., b., or c. of N.J.S.2A:67-13, if no cause is shown for the imprisonment or restraint or for the continuation thereof, the judge shall discharge the party from the confinement or restraint. If the party is not entitled to a discharge and is not bailed, the party shall be remanded by the judge to the custody or placed under the restraint from which the party was taken, so long as custody or restraint is lawful. If the custody or restraint is not lawful, the judge shall commit the party to the custody of the officer or person lawfully entitled thereto.

In any proceedings under subsection a., b., c., or d. of N.J.S.2A:67-13, if it appears that the person is entitled to be bailed, the judge shall discharge the person immediately, upon taking a secured or bonded recognizance in an amount as the judge may approve for the person’s appearance, as the circumstances may require, and the judge shall then certify the writ with the return and the recognizance to the court where the appearance is to be made.

In any proceeding under subsection d. of N.J.S.2A:67-13, the judge shall discharge the party in custody if the process was improperly or improvidently issued.

In any proceeding under subsection e. of N.J.S.2A:67-13, the person shall not be discharged unless found not to be dangerous to self or dangerous to others or to property, either by the judge, if the hearing is held without a jury, or by unanimous verdict of the jury.

No person shall be entitled to a discharge because of any informality or insufficiency in the original arrest or commitment.

amended 2013, c.103, s.14.

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