56:8-18 - Cease and desist order; violations; penalty - New Jersey Statutes

56:8-18.  Cease and desist order;  violations;  penalty
    Where the Attorney General or his designee, after a hearing as provided in P.L.1967, c. 97, finds that an unlawful practice has been or may be committed, he may order the person committing such unlawful practice to cease and desist or refrain from committing said practice in the future. When it shall appear to the Attorney General that a person against whom a cease and desist order has  been entered has violated said order, the Attorney General may initiate a summary proceeding in the Superior Court for the violation thereof.  Any person  found to have violated a cease and desist order shall pay to the State of New  Jersey civil penalties in the amount of not more than $25,000.00 for each  violation of said order.  In the event that any person fails to pay a civil  penalty assessed by the court for violation of a cease and desist order, the  court assessing the unpaid penalty is authorized, upon application of the  Attorney General, to grant any relief which may be obtained under any statute  or court rule governing the collection and enforcement of penalties.

     L.1971, c. 247, s. 6, eff. June 29, 1971.