New Jersey Statutes 4:7-14.6. Penalty for violations; jail for nonpayment
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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 4:7-14.6
- Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
- 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
- Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
Any person who shall interfere with the representatives of the board while engaged in the performance of any of the duties imposed by this article or in the enforcement of any of the provisions hereof or of any of the regulations or orders of the board issued pertaining hereto, shall be deemed a violator of this article and shall be liable to a penalty of one hundred dollars for the first offense and two hundred dollars for the second and each subsequent offense, which penalty shall be sued for and recovered by and in the name of the secretary of agriculture in the manner provided in article 1 of chapter 23 of this title (s. 4:23-1 et seq.).
If judgment is rendered for the plaintiff the court shall cause a defendant who may refuse or neglect to pay the judgment rendered against him, and all costs and charges incident thereto, to be committed to the county jail for a period of thirty days for the first offense and for a period of sixty days for the second and each subsequent offense.