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New Jersey Statutes, Title: 10, CIVIL RIGHTS
Chapter 1: Right of citizens to hold office or employment; no discrimination because of sex or marital status
Section: 10:1-9: Discrimination due to color or sex in burial of dead, misdemeanor
No cemetery corporation, association or company, organized under any law of this State, owning or having control of any cemetery or place for the burial of the dead, shall refuse to permit the burial of any deceased person therein because of the color or sex of such deceased person, and any cemetery corporation, association or company offending against this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
Amended by L.1970, c. 80, s. 4, eff. June 2, 1970.
This section added to the Rutgers Database: 2013-06-10 16:36:30.
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