23:6-1 - Penalty for permitting; destruction of contrivances - New Jersey Statutes

23:6-1.  Penalty for permitting;  destruction of contrivances    No owner, lessee or tenant of any property shall permit the erection, construction or maintenance thereon of any of the contrivances for the unlawful  taking of fish and game prohibited under the provisions of this Title, or  permit the unlawful setting of any fyke or other net or the unlawful drawing of  any net upon such property, under a penalty of twenty dollars ($20.00) for each  offense.  Such owner, lessee or tenant shall immediately destroy all such  unlawful contrivances found or placed upon his premises, and no action for  damages shall lie or be maintained against any property owner, lessee or tenant  for the destruction.

     Amended by L.1948, c. 448, p. 1824, s. 73, eff. April 1, 1949.