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Code · New Jersey · Title 4 — Public Fiscal Administration · Chapter 13

4:13-49. Penalty enforcement proceedings; process; summary proceedings; jail sentence

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In proceedings for the collection and enforcement of a penalty imposed because of the violation of any provision of this act, process shall issue in the name of the State as plaintiff, upon the complaint of the secretary. The penalty shall be collected and enforced in summary proceedings pursuant to the Penalty Enforcement Law (N.J.S. 2A:58-1 et seq.). The court shall, if judgment be rendered for the plaintiff, cause any defendant who may refuse or neglect to pay forthwith the amount of the judgment rendered against him and all the costs and charges incident thereto, to be committed to the county jail for any period not exceeding 100 days.
L.1962, c. 131, s. 7, eff. July 27, 1962.
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