New Jersey Statutes 52:9M-12.2. Notification to person criticized; response
Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 52:9M-12.2
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- 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
- Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
b. The notice required under subsection a. of this section shall describe the general nature and the context of the criticism, but need not include any portion of the proposed report or any testimony or evidence upon which the report is based.
c. A person receiving notice under subsection a. of this section shall have 15 days to submit a response, signed by that person under oath or affirmation. Thereafter the commission shall consider the response and shall include the response in the report together with any relevant evidence submitted by that person; except that the commission may redact from the response any discussion or reference to a person who has not received a notice under subsection a. of this section.
d. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent the commission from granting such further rights and privileges, as it may determine, to any person whose conduct it intends to criticize in a proposed report.
e. Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S.1:1-2, nothing in this section shall be deemed to apply to any entity other than a natural person.
L.1996, c.44, s.8; amended 2005, c.58, s.2.