26:3B-11 - Enforcement of penalties; jurisdiction; process - New Jersey Statutes

26:3B-11.  Enforcement of penalties;  jurisdiction;  process
    Every municipal court shall have jurisdiction over proceedings to enforce and collect any penalty imposed because of a violation of any provision of this  act, if the violation has occurred within the territorial jurisdiction of the  court.  The proceedings shall be summary and in accordance with the Penalty  Enforcement Law (N.J.S. 2A:58-1 et seq.). Process shall be in the nature of a  summons or warrant and shall issue only at the suit of the Department of Health  of the State of New Jersey or of the State Commissioner of Health, or of the  local board of health, or of such board, body or officers exercising the  functions of a local board of health according to law, as the case may be, as  plaintiff.

     L.1945, c. 192, p. 655, s. 11.  Amended by L.1953, c. 26, p. 471, s. 30.