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New Jersey Statutes, Title: 26, HEALTH AND VITAL STATISTICS
Chapter 1a:
Section: 26:1a-10: Violation of State Sanitary Code, penalty
10. Each violation of any provision of the State Sanitary Code shall constitute a separate offense and shall be punishable by a penalty of not less than $50 nor more than $1,000. Each such penalty shall be sued for and recovered in a civil action, in any court of competent jurisdiction, by and in the name of the State Department of Health or by and in the name of the local board of health of the municipality in which the violation occurred.
Any penalty recovered in any such action shall be paid to the plaintiff therein. When the plaintiff is the State Department of Health, the penalty recovered shall be paid by the department to the State Treasurer. When the plaintiff is a local board of health, the penalty recovered shall be paid by the local board into the treasury of the municipality within which the local board has jurisdiction.
L.1947,c.177,s.10; amended 1953,c.26,s.1; 1993,c.55.
This section added to the Rutgers Database: 2012-09-26 13:37:48.
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