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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 43:16-13

  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • 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
No member of the police or fire department in any municipality or county in this State who shall have served honorably in any such department for a period of twenty years shall be deprived of his pension privileges under chapter sixteen of Title 43 because of any violation of the rules and regulations established for the government of such department, but he may be fined, reprimanded or discharged. A member of the department found guilty before a court of competent jurisdiction may be dismissed or punished in any manner provided by law.

L.1938, c. 252, p. 561, s. 1.