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NJ Rev Stat § 1:1-5.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 1 - Acts, Laws and Statutes|Section 1:1-5.1 - Citation of, pleading or otherwise referring to legislation contained in Revised Statutes or New Jersey Statutes

1:1-5.1. Citation of, pleading or otherwise referring to legislation contained in Revised Statutes or New Jersey Statutes  The legislation contained within any title, subtitle, part, chapter, article, section or group of sections of these Revised Statutes or of the New Jersey Statutes may be cited, pleaded or otherwise referred to by reference to such title, subtitle, part, chapter, article, section or group of sections of the "Revised Statutes" or the "New Jersey Statutes" containing such legislation, as the case may be; and the use of the words "Revised Statutes" or "New Jersey Statutes" shall have the same effect as if the legislative title, under which these Revised Statutes or the New Jersey Statutes were adopted and the approval date thereof had been used. In any citation the abbreviation "R.S." shall be equivalent to "Revised Statutes," and "N.J.S." shall be equivalent to "New Jersey Statutes" and sections of these Revised Statutes or the New Jersey Statutes may be cited by section number only preceded by the appropriate abbreviation. In any citation of legislation contained in the New Jersey Statutes which has been printed in the Pamphlet Laws, there shall be superadded the chapter number and year of the Pamphlet Laws in which the same was published (P.L.19 , c. ). Amended by L.1960, c. 187, p. 780, s. 5, eff. Jan. 18, 1961.
NJ Rev Stat § 1:1-6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 1 - Acts, Laws and Statutes|Section 1:1-6 - Outlines, analyses and headnotes not part of statutes

1:1-6. Outlines, analyses and headnotes not part of statutes  In the construction of the Revised Statutes, or of any statute or any part thereof, no outline or analysis of the contents of any title, subtitle, chapter, article or other part thereof, no cross reference or cross reference note and no headnote or source note to any section thereof shall be deemed to be a part of the Revised Statutes or such statute. Amended by L.1960, c. 187, p. 781, s. 6.
NJ Rev Stat § 1:1-7 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 1 - Acts, Laws and Statutes|Section 1:1-7 - References to titles, subtitles, chapters, articles and sections

1:1-7. References to titles, subtitles, chapters, articles and sections  All references in the Revised Statutes or in any other statute to titles, subtitles, chapters, articles or sections are to the titles, subtitles, chapters, articles or sections of the Revised Statutes, or of such other statute, as the case may be, unless they are otherwise designated in such statute and such references to titles, subtitles, chapters or articles, without further description or limitation as to sections, shall be construed to refer to all the sections contained within the titles, subtitles, chapters or articles or statute to which such references are made. Amended by L.1960, c. 187, p. 781, s. 7.
NJ Rev Stat § 1:1-8 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 1 - Acts, Laws and Statutes|Section 1:1-8 - Inclusive references

1:1-8. Inclusive references  References in the Revised Statutes or in any statute to more than 1 title, subtitle, chapter, article, section or other division of the Revised Statutes or of any other statute, in series, shall be taken to include both the first and last numbers referred to. Amended by L.1960, c. 187, p. 781, s. 8.
NJ Rev Stat § 1:1-9 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 1 - Acts, Laws and Statutes|Section 1:1-9 - References to repealed or superseded statutes

1:1-9. References to repealed or superseded statutes  If any statute or part of any statute, which is repealed or superseded by the enactment of any statute or of the Revised Statutes or of the New Jersey Statutes, is in substance re-enacted therein, a reference in any other statute to such repealed or superseded statute or to any section or sections thereof shall be deemed to be a reference to such re-enacted statute, or to the section or sections thereof, which supersede or correspond in substance to the section or sections so referred to, as the case may be. Amended by L.1960, c. 187, p. 782, s. 9.
NJ Rev Stat § 1:1-10 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 1 - Acts, Laws and Statutes|Section 1:1-10 - Partial unconstitutionality

1:1-10. Partial unconstitutionality  If any title, subtitle, chapter, article or section of the Revised Statutes, or of any statute or any provision thereof, shall be declared to be unconstitutional, invalid or inoperative, in whole or in part, by a court of competent jurisdiction, such title, subtitle, chapter, article, section or provision shall, to the extent that it is not unconstitutional, invalid or inoperative, be enforced and effectuated, and no such determination shall be deemed to invalidate or make ineffectual the remaining titles, subtitles, chapters, articles, sections or provisions. Amended by L.1960, c. 187, p. 782, s. 10.
NJ Rev Stat § 1:1-11 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 1 - Acts, Laws and Statutes|Section 1:1-11 - Acts done, rights acquired, etc., under repealed acts not affected by repeal

1:1-11. Acts done, rights acquired, etc., under repealed acts not affected by repeal  The repeal, by the enactment of a. the Revised Statutes, b. the New Jersey Statutes, or c. any other revision law, of any statute or part of any statute, shall not in any way affect, impair or invalidate any act done or right or limitation vested or accrued, or any bonds issued, or taxes or assessments of any kind levied or imposed, or any tax sale had, or in any way annul, invalidate, take away, impair, limit, disturb or affect any right, title, estate, privilege, immunity or power or conveyance in, to or of either real or personal property, acquired, given, conferred, had or made under or by virtue of, or validated by, any statute or part of any statute so repealed. Amended by L.1960, c. 187, p. 782, s. 11.
NJ Rev Stat § 1:1-12 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 1 - Acts, Laws and Statutes|Section 1:1-12 - Effect of enactment of Revised Statutes upon existing offices, etc., and the incumbents thereof

1:1-12. Effect of enactment of Revised Statutes upon existing offices, etc., and the incumbents thereof  No office, position or employment, created and existing at the time when the Revised Statutes shall become effective, under or by virtue of any statute then in force, shall be abolished nor shall the tenure, term or salary of any incumbent thereof be in any manner affected by the enactment of the Revised Statutes; but such office, position or employment shall continue and be held in all other respects subject to the provisions relating thereto contained in the Revised Statutes.
NJ Rev Stat § 1:1-13 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 1 - Acts, Laws and Statutes|Section 1:1-13 - Existing boards, commissions and public bodies continued

1:1-13. Existing boards, commissions and public bodies continued  No board, commission or public body, established pursuant to any referendum or otherwise and existing at the time when the Revised Statutes shall become effective, under any statute then in force, shall be abolished by the enactment of the Revised Statutes, and the inclusion in the Revised Statutes, by compilation, revision or otherwise, of any such act of the legislature or of the substance thereof, shall not be construed to authorize or require the reestablishment or reorganization of any such board, commission or public body.
NJ Rev Stat § 1:1-13.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 1 - Acts, Laws and Statutes|Section 1:1-13.1 - Successors to members of existing boards; terms

1:1-13.1. Successors to members of existing boards; terms  The inclusion in the Revised Statutes of the provisions, or the substance of the provisions, of any statute, in force at the time when the Revised Statutes shall become effective, for the appointment or election of the first members of any board, commission or other public body for unequal or staggered terms, in order to accomplish the expiration of the terms of office of the various members thereof at different times, shall not be construed to require or authorize the reorganization of any such board, commission or public body or the appointment of the successors of the members of any such commission, board or public body, then in office, to such unequal terms but in every such case such members shall continue to hold their offices for the terms for which they respectively were appointed or elected and, upon the expiration of their respective terms, their respective successors in office shall be appointed for the full terms of office otherwise provided for by the Revised Statutes.
NJ Rev Stat § 1:1-14 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 1 - Acts, Laws and Statutes|Section 1:1-14 - Effect of Revised Statutes and acts hereafter passed upon actions or proceedings commenced prior to the effective date of such legislation

1:1-14. Effect of Revised Statutes and acts hereafter passed upon actions or proceedings commenced prior to the effective date of such legislation  No action, proceeding or matter of any kind whatsoever of a civil nature begun in any of the courts of this state or before any body, board or tribunal whatsoever at the time when the Revised Statutes shall become effective or at the time any act hereafter enacted shall become effective, by virtue, or under authority, of any act or part of any act repealed by the enactment of the Revised Statutes, or by any act hereafter enacted, shall be abated or discontinued because of such repeal; but the same may and shall be prosecuted to final judgment, decree or decision in accordance with the practice and procedure in force at the time when such action or proceeding was begun, except that where the course of practice or procedure for the enforcement of a right, or the prosecution of a suit, shall be changed, actions now pending, or hereafter begun shall be conducted as near as may be in accordance with such altered practice or procedure.
NJ Rev Stat § 1:1-15 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 1 - Acts, Laws and Statutes|Section 1:1-15 - Offenses, liabilities, penalties and forfeitures committed or incurred under repealed acts not affected by such repeal

1:1-15. Offenses, liabilities, penalties and forfeitures committed or incurred under repealed acts not affected by such repeal  No offense committed, and no liability, penalty or forfeiture, either civil or criminal, incurred, previous to the time of the repeal or alteration of any act or part of any act, by the enactment of the Revised Statutes or by any act heretofore or hereafter enacted, shall be discharged, released or affected by the repeal or alteration of the statute under which such offense, liability, penalty or forfeiture was incurred, unless it is expressly declared in the act by which such repeal or alteration is effectuated, that an offense, liability, penalty or forfeiture already committed or incurred shall be thereby discharged, released or affected; and indictments, prosecutions and actions for such offenses, liabilities, penalties or forfeitures already committed or incurred shall be commenced or continued and be proceeded with in all respects as if the act or part of an act had not been repealed or altered, except that when the Revised Statutes, or other act by which such repeal or alteration is effectuated, shall relate to mere matters of practice or mode of procedure, the proceedings had thereafter on the indictment or in the prosecution for such offenses, liabilities, penalties or forfeitures shall be in such respects, as far as is practicable, in accordance with the provisions of the Revised Statutes or such subsequent act.
NJ Rev Stat § 1:1-16 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 1 - Acts, Laws and Statutes|Section 1:1-16 - Effect of Revised Statutes on ordinances and resolutions adopted or enacted under authority of pre-existing laws

1:1-16. Effect of Revised Statutes on ordinances and resolutions adopted or enacted under authority of pre-existing laws  Neither anything contained in the Revised Statutes, nor the repeal of any act, law or statute by the enactment of the Revised Statutes, shall affect, impair or render invalid any ordinance or resolution of any municipality or state, county or local agency heretofore duly adopted or enacted under or by virtue of any act or part of any act repealed by the enactment of the Revised Statutes, such ordinance or resolution being valid and in force at the time of the enactment of the Revised Statutes; and any such ordinance or resolution shall remain in force and effect, notwithstanding the enactment of the Revised Statutes and the repeal by such enactment of any such act or part thereof.
NJ Rev Stat § 1:1-17 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 1 - Acts, Laws and Statutes|Section 1:1-17 - Revision or inclusion of referendum acts in Revised Statutes; effect

1:1-17. Revision or inclusion of referendum acts in Revised Statutes; effect  The inclusion in the Revised Statutes, by revision, compilation or otherwise, of the substance of acts of the legislature, which, for their operative force and effect, depend upon the adoption thereof or of any proposal thereunder by the voters of the state or any political subdivision or district thereof, and commonly known as referendum acts, shall not be construed to require the resubmission of any such act or proposal to any body of voters who had adopted any such act or proposal prior to the effective date of the Revised Statutes, and any and all such acts so adopted prior to the effective date of the Revised Statutes shall be and remain valid and operative as revised, compiled or otherwise included in the Revised Statutes, and the adoption of any such proposal shall be and remain valid and operative in like manner.
NJ Rev Stat § 1:1-18 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 1 - Acts, Laws and Statutes|Section 1:1-18 - Corporations, associations or societies; effect of repealer on existence, etc., thereof

1:1-18. Corporations, associations or societies; effect of repealer on existence, etc., thereof  The repeal by the enactment of the Revised Statutes or of any statute of any other statute or part thereof, under or by virtue of which any corporation, association or society, of whatsoever nature, was incorporated or formed and is in existence at the time when the Revised Statutes or such repealing statute, as the case may be, became or becomes effective, shall not be construed to work a dissolution of any such existing corporation, association or society; but the charter, certificate of incorporation or articles of association and the rights, powers, privileges, duties, obligations of and limitations upon any such existing corporation, association or society shall, unless otherwise provided in the Revised Statutes, or such repealing statute, continue as though the Revised Statutes, or such repealing statute, had not been enacted, and every such existing corporation, association or society shall remain and continue to be liable on its bonds and other obligations issued and outstanding on the date when the Revised Statutes became, or such repealing statute becomes effective. Amended by L.1960, c. 187, p. 783, s. 12, eff. Jan. 18, 1961.
NJ Rev Stat § 1:1-19 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 1 - Acts, Laws and Statutes|Section 1:1-19 - Corporations, associations or societies included in Revised Statutes

1:1-19. Corporations, associations or societies included in Revised Statutes  Any corporation, association or society incorporated, organized or formed prior to the effective date of the Revised Statutes under or by virtue of any act or part of any act, the substance of which has been included, in whole or in part, in the Revised Statutes as a title, subtitle, part, chapter, article or section or sections thereof, may be referred to and shall be included within the designation or description of corporations, associations or societies incorporated, organized or formed under or by virtue of the provisions of such title, subtitle, part, chapter, article or section or sections.
NJ Rev Stat § 1:1-20 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 1 - Acts, Laws and Statutes|Section 1:1-20 - Public institutions and agencies; effect of repealer thereon

1:1-20. Public institutions and agencies; effect of repealer thereon  The repeal by the enactment of the Revised Statutes of any act or part of any act under which any public institution or agency has been established shall not, unless such institution or agency has, prior to the effective date of the Revised Statutes, been abolished, affect the existence or continuance of such institution or agency, but the same shall be and continue in existence and be governed by the provisions of the Revised Statutes relating to and dealing therewith.
NJ Rev Stat § 1:1-21 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 1 - Acts, Laws and Statutes|Section 1:1-21 - Construction and effect of statutes compiled or saved from repeal

1:1-21. Construction and effect of statutes compiled or saved from repeal  Statutes and parts of statutes included in the Revised Statutes under the titles by which they were adopted by the Legislature and the statutes contained in Appendix A (App. A:1-1 et seq.), and statutes and parts of statutes included in the Revised Statutes or in any other statute by reference to their titles or in any other manner, and designated as "saved from repeal" shall have operative force and effect only to the extent that they were operative and effective at the time of the taking effect of the Revised Statutes or of such other statute, as the case may be. Such statutes or parts of statutes shall not be deemed repealed by the enactment of the Revised Statutes or of such other statute, except so far as they are inconsistent with the provisions thereof but, in so far as they may have been so repealed or have been superseded or impliedly repealed by legislation subsequent to their enactment, they shall remain so superseded or repealed, and shall have no further or additional effect because of their inclusion in the Revised Statutes, or such other statute, as aforesaid. Amended by L.1960, c. 187, p. 783, s. 13, eff. Jan. 18, 1961.
NJ Rev Stat § 1:1-23 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 1 - Acts, Laws and Statutes|Section 1:1-23 - Statutes containing references to proceedings under former prerogative writs

1:1-23. Statutes containing references to proceedings under former prerogative writs  Where any such statute contains a reference to any proceeding under the former prerogative writs the reference shall be given effect, on and after September fifteenth, one thousand nine hundred and forty-eight, as though it were to a proceeding in lieu of the prerogative writs provided for by the Rules made and promulgated by the Supreme Court. L.1948, c. 375, p. 1544, s. 2.
NJ Rev Stat § 1:1-24 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 1 - Acts, Laws and Statutes|Section 1:1-24 - Statutes containing references to certain summary proceedings

1:1-24. Statutes containing references to certain summary proceedings  Where any such statute contains a reference to any summary proceeding founded upon a cause of action of an equitable nature to be begun by petition the reference shall be given effect, on and after September fifteenth, one thousand nine hundred and forty-eight, as though it were to a similar proceeding to be begun by complaint. L.1948, c. 375, p. 1545, s. 3.
NJ Rev Stat § 1:1-25 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 1 - Acts, Laws and Statutes|Section 1:1-25 - Statutes containing references to "term of court"

1:1-25. Statutes containing references to "term of court"  When any such statute contains a reference to a "term of court" or to "terms of court" the reference shall be given effect, on and after September fifteenth, one thousand nine hundred and forty-eight, as though it were to a stated session or stated sessions of such court. L.1948, c. 375, p. 1545, s. 4.
NJ Rev Stat § 1:1-26 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 1 - Acts, Laws and Statutes|Section 1:1-26 - Statutes containing references to rules

1:1-26. Statutes containing references to rules  Where any such statute contains a reference to the Rules of the Court of Chancery, the Rules of the Prerogative Court, the Rules of the former Supreme Court or the Rules of the Orphans' Courts or to a Rule or Rules of any of such courts, by any other designation, the reference shall be given effect on and after September fifteenth, one thousand nine hundred and forty-eight, as though it were to the Rules or a Rule made and promulgated by the Supreme Court governing the practice and procedure in the court succeeding to the jurisdiction of the court referred to in such statute, if any such Rule is appropriate to the subject matter of such reference. L.1948, c. 375, p. 1545, s. 5.
NJ Rev Stat § 1:1-27 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 1 - Acts, Laws and Statutes|Section 1:1-27 - Effective date

1:1-27. Effective date  This act shall take effect September fifteenth, one thousand nine hundred and forty-eight. L.1948, c. 375, p. 1545, s. 6.
NJ Rev Stat § 1:1-28 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 1 - Acts, Laws and Statutes|Section 1:1-28 - Effect to be given certain statutory references upon taking effect of acts adopting new Titles 2A and 3A

1:1-28. Effect to be given certain statutory references upon taking effect of acts adopting new Titles 2A and 3A  Any reference to a section or sections of Title 2 or Title 3 of the Revised Statutes as amended and supplemented, included in any other title of the Revised Statutes as amended and supplemented, or in any other statute which became effective prior to the effective date of the adoption of Title 2A, Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice, as revised in one thousand nine hundred and fifty-one and Title 3A, Administration of Estates--Decedents and Others, as revised in one thousand nine hundred and fifty-one, and still remains in effect, shall be given effect on and after the date of the adoption of the said supplements to the Revised Statutes, consisting of Title 2A, Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice, as revised in one thousand nine hundred and fifty-one, and Title 3A, Administration of Estates--Decedents and Others, as revised in one thousand nine hundred and fifty-one, as though the reference therein were made to the section or sections of the said Titles 2A and 3A which contains the statutory material formerly included in the said section or sections of Titles 2 and 3 of the Revised Statutes as amended and supplemented, and that for the purpose of determining the said corresponding sections, reference may be made to the said distribution tables. Where the statutory material formerly included in Titles 2 and 3 of the Revised Statutes as amended and supplemented, is not included in the said Titles 2A and 3A and, therefore, not enacted in the said revisions of one thousand nine hundred and fifty-one, references thereto in any other title of the Revised Statutes as amended and supplemented, or in any other statute which so became effective and remains in effect, shall cease to be operative and shall be deemed to be superseded. L.1951, First Sp.Sess., c. 346, p. 1459, s. 1.
NJ Rev Stat § 1:2-1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 1 - Acts, Laws and Statutes|Section 1:2-1 - Enacting clause of laws; numbering sections; engrossing of bills

1:2-1. Enacting clause of laws; numbering sections; engrossing of bills  All laws of this State shall begin in the following style: "Be it enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey" , after which shall follow the sections numbered consecutively 1, 2, 3, et cetera, with the Arabic numerals, each number being followed immediately by the significant words of the section, without the prefix of the word "that" or the words "and be it enacted" , or any other formal prefix whatsoever. The Legislature shall see that all bills are engrossed in conformity to the provisions of this section and R.S. 1:2-2. Amended by L.1981, c. 448, s. 1, eff. Jan. 12, 1982.