New Jersey Statutes 24:15-11. Order to abate violation in lieu of prosecution
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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 24:15-11
- 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
Whenever a person shall violate any provision of this chapter the state department or local board may, in its discretion, instead of prosecuting such person for the recovery of any prescribed penalty, cause an order to be served on such person commanding him to discontinue or abate the violation or to make such improvements as may be necessary to abate the violation within a reasonable time to be fixed in the order by the state department or local board. The order shall be in writing and the person receiving it shall have the right to be heard either in person or by attorney by the department or board issuing the order.