30:8-6 - Penalty for violations of section 30:8-5
30:8-6. Penalty for violations of section 30:8-5
If any sheriff, undersheriff, jailer or other officer, or minister aforesaid, shall offend against the provisions of section 30:8-5 of this Title, every such offender shall, besides being punished on conviction for a misdemeanor, forfeit and pay double damages to the party aggrieved, to be recovered, with costs, by a civil action in any court having cognizance thereof.
Amended by L.1971, c. 2, s. 15, eff. Jan. 15, 1971.
If any sheriff, undersheriff, jailer or other officer, or minister aforesaid, shall offend against the provisions of section 30:8-5 of this Title, every such offender shall, besides being punished on conviction for a misdemeanor, forfeit and pay double damages to the party aggrieved, to be recovered, with costs, by a civil action in any court having cognizance thereof.
Amended by L.1971, c. 2, s. 15, eff. Jan. 15, 1971.