58:5-57 - Construction - New Jersey Statutes

58:5-57.  Construction
    This act shall be construed liberally to effectuate the legislative intent and purpose and as complete and independent authority for the performance of every act and thing herein authorized.  The powers granted to and duties imposed upon a commission by this act are granted or imposed in addition to and  not in substitution for existing powers or duties of a commission and of any  municipality, and are not subject to any limitation or restriction prescribed  in the original act or by any other law excepting only the water supply law.   If there shall be any conflict between the terms or provisions of this act and  the terms and provisions of the original act, the terms and provisions of this  act shall govern, except that nothing contained herein shall be construed to  alter the application of the terms and provisions of the original act to any  water supply system or plant provided for thereunder, or to any water supply  system or plant presently operating thereunder and the contracts entered into  in connection therewith.

     L.1962, c. 167, s. 27.  Amended by L.1962, c. 184, s. 5.