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NOTE: This section was repealed by L.2014, c.69, effective 2014-11-28.
New Jersey Statutes, Title: 30, INSTITUTIONS AND AGENCIES
Chapter 8: Sheriffs and jailers to receive prisoners; penalty
Section: 30:8-36: Punishment for escape from workhouse
Any person committed to a county workhouse who unlawfully absconds, departs or escapes therefrom, shall on being returned to the workhouse be punished by imprisonment at hard labor for double the time which may remain unexpired of the original sentence or by abridging his food or diet in manner as the rules and regulations of the board of chosen freeholders may direct.
This section added to the Rutgers Database: 2012-09-26 13:37:50.
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