No conviction had under this article shall be a bar to any proceeding an aggrieved party may institute for the recovery of damages in any civil action.
N.J. Stat. Ann. § 23:5-32
Conviction no bar to civil action
Known as the Striped Bass Act
The act spans §§ 23:5-1 to 23:5-9 (33 sections).
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