New Jersey Statutes 5:8-110. Exemption from gaming and lottery laws
Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 5:8-110
- Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- 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
(1) lawfully conducting, or participating in the conduct of,
(2) possessing, selling or in any manner disposing of, any shares, tickets or rights to participate in, or
(3) permitting the conduct upon any premises owned by him or it, of any amusement game conducted or to be conducted in compliance with any license lawfully issued and in force pursuant to this act, and in compliance with the rules and regulations of the Control Commissioner, shall be liable to prosecution or conviction for violation of any provision of chapters 112 and 121 of Title 2A, or of section 2A:170-18 of the New Jersey Statutes, but this immunity shall not extend to any person or corporation knowingly conducting or participating in the conduct of any amusement game under any license obtained by any false pretense or statement made in any application for such license or otherwise, or possessing, selling or disposing of shares, tickets or rights to participate in, or permitting the conduct upon any premises owned by him or it of, any amusement game conducted under any license known to him or it to have been obtained by any such false or fraudulent pretense or statement.
L.1959, c. 109, p. 513, s. 11.