Title 1, Title 1: ACTS, LAWS AND STATUTES

1:1-13. Existing boards, commissions and public bodies continued No board, commission or public body, established pursuant to any referendum or otherwise and existing at the time when the Revised Statutes shall become effective, under any statute then in force, shall be abolished…

1:1-13.1. Successors to members of existing boards; terms The inclusion in the Revised Statutes of the provisions, or the substance of the provisions, of any statute, in force at the time when the Revised Statutes shall become effective, for the appointment or election of the fir…

1:1-14. Effect of Revised Statutes and acts hereafter passed upon actions or proceedings commenced prior to the effective date of such legislation No action, proceeding or matter of any kind whatsoever of a civil nature begun in any of the courts of this state or before any body,…

1:1-15. Offenses, liabilities, penalties and forfeitures committed or incurred under repealed acts not affected by such repeal No offense committed, and no liability, penalty or forfeiture, either civil or criminal, incurred, previous to the time of the repeal or alteration of an…

1:1-16. Effect of Revised Statutes on ordinances and resolutions adopted or enacted under authority of pre-existing laws Neither anything contained in the Revised Statutes, nor the repeal of any act, law or statute by the enactment of the Revised Statutes, shall affect, impair or…

1:1-17. Revision or inclusion of referendum acts in Revised Statutes; effect The inclusion in the Revised Statutes, by revision, compilation or otherwise, of the substance of acts of the legislature, which, for their operative force and effect, depend upon the adoption thereof or…

1:1-18. Corporations, associations or societies; effect of repealer on existence, etc., thereof The repeal by the enactment of the Revised Statutes or of any statute of any other statute or part thereof, under or by virtue of which any corporation, association or society, of what…

1:1-19. Corporations, associations or societies included in Revised Statutes Any corporation, association or society incorporated, organized or formed prior to the effective date of the Revised Statutes under or by virtue of any act or part of any act, the substance of which has …

1:1-2 Words and phrases defined. 1:1-2. Unless it be otherwise expressly provided or there is something in the subject or context repugnant to such construction, the following words and phrases, when used in any statute and in the Revised Statutes, shall have the meaning herein g…

1:1-2.1. Seal; sealed Every instrument, to which it is required or permitted by law that a seal be attached, shall be deemed to be sealed when there is affixed thereto, or printed, impressed or marked thereon a scroll or other device by way of a seal, and no such instrument shall…

1:1-2.2. Surety; sureties When a bond, recognizance, guarantee or obligation is required or permitted to be given by any law, or by any charter, ordinance, rule or regulation of any county, municipality, school district, board, body, organization, court or public officer, with su…

1:1-2.3. Time; standard time The standard time of this State shall be the time of the seventy-fifth meridian west from Greenwich, and wherever time is named within this State, in any manner whatsoever, it shall be deemed and taken to be such standard time, except that the standar…

1:1-2.5. Notice or communication required to be sent, taken, or transmitted out of United States; Acts of Congress to control Whenever, by the terms of (a) any present or future statute or law of this State; (b) any present or future ordinance, rule, regulation or requirement of …

1:1-20. Public institutions and agencies; effect of repealer thereon The repeal by the enactment of the Revised Statutes of any act or part of any act under which any public institution or agency has been established shall not, unless such institution or agency has, prior to the …

1:1-21. Construction and effect of statutes compiled or saved from repeal Statutes and parts of statutes included in the Revised Statutes under the titles by which they were adopted by the Legislature and the statutes contained in Appendix A (App. A:1-1 et seq.), and statutes and…

1:1-22. Statutes which became effective before September 15, 1948 relating to courts or officers existing prior thereto; effect to be given to Any statute, which became effective prior to September fifteenth, one thousand nine hundred and forty-eight and still remains in effect a…

1:1-23. Statutes containing references to proceedings under former prerogative writs Where any such statute contains a reference to any proceeding under the former prerogative writs the reference shall be given effect, on and after September fifteenth, one thousand nine hundred a…

1:1-24. Statutes containing references to certain summary proceedings Where any such statute contains a reference to any summary proceeding founded upon a cause of action of an equitable nature to be begun by petition the reference shall be given effect, on and after September fi…

1:1-25. Statutes containing references to "term of court" When any such statute contains a reference to a "term of court" or to "terms of court" the reference shall be given effect, on and after September fifteenth, one thousand nine hundred and forty-eight, as though it were to …

1:1-26. Statutes containing references to rules Where any such statute contains a reference to the Rules of the Court of Chancery, the Rules of the Prerogative Court, the Rules of the former Supreme Court or the Rules of the Orphans' Courts or to a Rule or Rules of any of such co…

1:1-27. Effective date This act shall take effect September fifteenth, one thousand nine hundred and forty-eight. L.1948, c. 375, p. 1545, s. 6.

1:1-28. Effect to be given certain statutory references upon taking effect of acts adopting new Titles 2A and 3A Any reference to a section or sections of Title 2 or Title 3 of the Revised Statutes as amended and supplemented, included in any other title of the Revised Statutes a…

1:1-2a. "Present war" and similar phrases Unless it be otherwise expressly provided or there is something in the subject or context repugnant to such construction, the following words, phrases and clauses, namely: "present war," "present war emergency," "the existing state of war…

1:1-2b. "Blighted area" and "renewal area" The term "blighted area" as defined and used in the statutes of this State may also be designated as a "renewal area" and the terms "blighted area" and "renewal area" may be used interchangeably in all ordinances, resolutions, determinat…

1:1-3. Effect of definitions on treaties, compacts, or agreements Definitions of words and phrases applicable to statutes generally shall not be so construed as either to limit or enlarge any provision in any treaty, compact or agreement between this state and any other state or …

1:1-3.1. Definition applicable to amendment of, or supplement to, statute Any definition contained in any statute shall be applicable to any amendment of, or supplement to, such statute. L.1960, c. 187, p. 780, s. 2.

1:1-3.2. Repeal of repealing statute The repeal of any statute or section of any statute, which statute or section repealed another statute or section of a statute, shall not of itself revive such other statute or section. L.1960, c. 187, p. 784, s. 14.

1:1-3.3. Reference to revised statute Any reference in any statute to any other statute, which is revised by a revision law, shall, after the effective date of such revision law, be construed to be a reference to the section or sections, if any, of the revision law corresponding …

1:1-4. Construction as continuation of heretofore existing laws The provisions of the Revised Statutes, not inconsistent with those of prior laws, and the provisions of any revision law not inconsistent with those of any of the laws revised therein, shall be construed as a contin…

1:1-5. Classification and arrangement; effect on construction The classification and arrangement of the several sections of the Revised Statutes have been made for the purpose of convenience, reference and orderly arrangement, and therefore no implication or presumption of a legi…

1:1-5.1. Citation of, pleading or otherwise referring to legislation contained in Revised Statutes or New Jersey Statutes The legislation contained within any title, subtitle, part, chapter, article, section or group of sections of these Revised Statutes or of the New Jersey Stat…

1:1-6. Outlines, analyses and headnotes not part of statutes In the construction of the Revised Statutes, or of any statute or any part thereof, no outline or analysis of the contents of any title, subtitle, chapter, article or other part thereof, no cross reference or cross refe…

1:1-7. References to titles, subtitles, chapters, articles and sections All references in the Revised Statutes or in any other statute to titles, subtitles, chapters, articles or sections are to the titles, subtitles, chapters, articles or sections of the Revised Statutes, or of …

1:1-8. Inclusive references References in the Revised Statutes or in any statute to more than 1 title, subtitle, chapter, article, section or other division of the Revised Statutes or of any other statute, in series, shall be taken to include both the first and last numbers refer…

1:1-9. References to repealed or superseded statutes If any statute or part of any statute, which is repealed or superseded by the enactment of any statute or of the Revised Statutes or of the New Jersey Statutes, is in substance re-enacted therein, a reference in any other statu…

1:2-1. Enacting clause of laws; numbering sections; engrossing of bills All laws of this State shall begin in the following style: "Be it enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey" , after which shall follow the sections numbered consecutively 1, 2, 3,…

1:2-2. Chapters designated by Arabic numerals Arabic numerals shall be used to designate the numbers of the chapters of the several laws in the order in which they are enacted.

1:2-3. Effective date of public acts No public act shall go into operation or be in force until the fourth day of July next after the passage thereof, unless otherwise specially provided for in such act.

1:2-3.1 Format of bills, joint resolutions for Governor's signature. 1. Every bill and every joint resolution which has passed the Legislature shall be presented to the Governor in the same text as that in which it passed the Legislature and it shall be acted upon by the Governor…

1:2-3.2 Display of summaries of appropriations. 1. Unless it is otherwise expressly provided, the following display, or a substantially similar display, of summaries of appropriations as may appear within an annual appropriations act shall not be deemed to be part of that act but…

1:2-4. Printed laws as evidence All the laws heretofore printed, and all that may hereafter be printed by authority of this state, shall be received in evidence before any court in this state, anything in any law to the contrary notwithstanding.

1:2-5. Enacted bills and resolutions; delivery to governor; signing by governor and delivery to secretary of state; filing by secretary of state On the passage of any bill, or the adoption of any joint resolution, by both Houses of the Legislature, the same shall be delivered to …

1:2-6. Bills not signed or vetoed by governor; indorsement and certification by governor; delivery to, indorsement and filing by secretary of state If any bill shall pass both Houses of the Legislature, and be presented to the Governor pursuant to Article V, Section I, paragraph …

1:2-7. Bills passed over governor's veto; delivery to and filing by secretary of state If any bill, passed by both houses of the legislature and presented to the governor, and returned by him with his objections to the house in which it originated, shall nevertheless afterwards b…

1:2-8. Certified copies of filed bills and resolutions; use as evidence; fee The secretary of state shall give copies of any law or joint resolution filed in his office pursuant to sections 1:2-5, 1:2-6 and 1:2-7 of this title to any person making application therefor, which copi…

1:3-1 Preparation of laws for printing. 1:3-1. The Legislative Services Commission shall direct the Office of Legislative Services that, as soon as practicable after any law is enacted, it shall prepare the same for printing and in so doing, it shall make such corrections in the …