New Jersey Statutes 38A:10-2. Territorial applicability
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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 38A:10-2
- 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
(a) This chapter shall be applicable in all places within the State. It shall also apply to all persons subject to this chapter while serving without the State and while going to and returning from such service without the State in a like manner and to the same extent as while such persons are serving within the State.
(b) Courts-Martial and Courts of Inquiry may be convened and held in units of the organized militia while serving without the State with the same jurisdiction and powers as if held within the State, and offenses committed without the State may be tried and punished either without the State or within the State.
L.1963, c. 109.