The court shall cause a defendant who refuses or neglects to pay forthwith the amount of a judgment rendered against him and the costs and charges incident thereto, to be committed to the county jail for a period not exceeding ten days in the case of a first conviction, and in case of a conviction for a second, subsequent or continuing violation, for a period not exceeding thirty days.
N.J. Stat. Ann. § 26:2-77
Commitment on failure to pay judgment and costs
Known as the Juvenile Terminal Illness Assistance Act
The act spans §§ 26:2-100 to 26:2-99 (181 sections).
L.1939, c. 261, p. 677, s. 1.
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