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2018 New Jersey Revised Statutes
Title 30 - INSTITUTIONS AND AGENCIES
Chapter 8 - Sheriffs and jailers to receive prisoners; penalty
Section 30:8-6 - Penalty for violations of section 30:8-5
Universal Citation: NJ Rev Stat § 30:8-6 (2018)
Section: 30:8-6: Penalty for violations of section 30:8-5
If any sheriff, undersheriff, jailer or other officer, or minister aforesaid, shall offend against the provisions of section 30:8-5 of this Title, every such offender shall, besides being punished on conviction for a misdemeanor, forfeit and pay double damages to the party aggrieved, to be recovered, with costs, by a civil action in any court having cognizance thereof.
Amended by L.1971, c. 2, s. 15, eff. Jan. 15, 1971.
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