New Jersey Statutes 4:11-14. Violations, penalties
Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 4:11-14
- Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
- 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
- Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
a. Engage in or carry on the business of buying or receiving cattle, sheep, horses or swine, or receiving, selling, exchanging, soliciting or negotiating the sale, resale, exchange or shipment of cattle, sheep, horses or swine, as dealer, broker or agent, within the meaning of this article, without first having obtained a license as provided in this article; or
b. Violate any of the provisions of this article–
Shall be liable to a penalty of $200.00 for the first offense and $500.00 for the second and each subsequent offense, which penalty shall be sued for and recovered by and in the name of the department in the manner provided in article 1 of chapter 23 of this Title (R.S.4:23-1 et seq.) and in such proceeding the defendant may be arrested upon the commencement of the action.
If judgment is rendered for the plaintiff the court shall cause a defendant who shall fail to pay forthwith the amount of the judgment rendered against him, and all costs and charges incident thereto, to be committed to the county jail for a period of not less than five nor more than 90 days in the case of a first offense and not less than 10 nor more than 200 days for a second and each subsequent offense.
Amended 1949, c.209, s.7; 1953, c.5, s.24; 1966, c.27, s.8; 1998, c.105, s.11.