10:1-8. Jurors not disqualified for race, color, creed, national origin, ancestry, marital status, or sex; penalty


10:1-8.  Jurors not disqualified for race, color, creed, national origin, ancestry, marital status, or sex;  penalty
    No citizen possessing all other qualifications prescribed by law shall be disqualified for service as a grand or petit juror in any court on account of race, color, creed, national origin, ancestry, marital status or sex, and any officer or other person charged with any duty in the selection or summoning of jurors who shall exclude or fail to summon any citizen for the cause aforesaid shall, on conviction thereof, be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and be fined not more than $5,000.00.

     Amended by L.1945, c. 168, p. 588, s. 3;  L.1970, c. 80, s. 3, eff. June 2, 1970.
 
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.
 
10:1-10.  Defense industries;  discrimination in employment based on race, color, creed, national origin, ancestry, marital status or sex
    It shall be unlawful for any employer engaged to any extent whatsoever in the production, manufacture or distribution of military or naval material, equipment or supplies for the State of New Jersey, or for the Federal Government, or for any subsidiary or agency of either the State or Federal Government, or who is engaged on any defense contract whatsoever, to refuse to employ any person in any capacity on account of the race, color, creed, national origin, ancestry, marital status or sex of such person;  provided, however, that nothing herein contained shall be construed to bar an employer from refusing to accept for employment any person on the basis of sex in those certain circumstances where sex is a bona fide occupational qualification reasonably necessary to the normal operation of the particular business or enterprise.

     L.1942, c. 114, p. 387, s. 1.  Amended by L.1945, c. 174, p. 603, s. 2; L.1970, c. 80, s. 5, eff. June 2, 1970.