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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 17:44B-36

  • 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
36. a. Any person who:

(1) makes a false or fraudulent statement to the commissioner, or the department, in any report or declaration required or authorized by this act, or

(2) solicits membership for, or in any manner, assists in procuring membership in any fraternal benefit society which by the terms of this act is required to be but is not licensed, or

(3) violates any of the provisions of this act, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding $1,000 for the first offense and not exceeding $2,000 for each succeeding offense.

b. The penalties provided in this section shall be enforced and collected in a summary manner pursuant to “the penalty enforcement law,” N.J.S. 2A:58-1 et seq.

L.1997,c.322,s.36.