New Jersey Statutes 45:14D-20. Additional penalties
Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 45:14D-20
- Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
- 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
a. Assess civil penalties in accordance with P.L.1981, c.311 (C. 45:14D-1 et seq.);
b. Order that any person violating any provision of that act cease and desist from future violations thereof or take affirmative corrective action as necessary with regard to any act or practice found to be unlawful by the director;
c. Order any person found to have violated any provision of that act to restore or to return to any person aggrieved by an unlawful act or practice any moneys or property, real or personal, acquired by means of that act or practice; except that the director shall not order restoration in a dollar amount greater than those moneys received by a licensee or his agent or any other person violating that act.
In any administrative proceeding on a complaint alleging a violation of that act, the director may issue subpoenas to compel the attendance of witnesses or the production of books, records, or documents at the hearing on the complaint.
L.1984, c.140, s.10; amended 1993, c.365, s.13; 2010, c.87, s.37.