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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 2A:167-8

  • 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
  • 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
Any convict who was undergoing imprisonment in any of the penal institutions of this state and to whom was granted a license to be at large or at liberty by the court of pardons, or to whom was granted a commutation of sentence by order of the governor, shall remain subject to the security, terms, conditions and limitations, in all respects, upon which the same was granted. Any convict undergoing imprisonment in any of the penal institutions of this state and to whom may be granted a commutation of sentence by order of the governor shall remain subject to the security, terms, conditions and limitations, in all respects, upon which the same is granted.

Every convict at large or at liberty under any such license or order shall continue to be in the legal custody of the warden, keeper or chief executive officer of the institution from which such convict was or may be released under such license or order, and under immediate and constant supervision of the division of parole of the department of institutions and agencies in accordance with the rules and regulations of the state parole board approved by the governor, and until the expiration of the maximum term of the sentence imposed upon such person for the crime for which he or she was committed.

Every convict at large or at liberty under any such license or order shall be liable to be taken at any time and returned to the place of punishment to which he or she was originally sentenced, as hereinafter provided.

L.1951 (1st SS), c.344

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