23:3-4.2 - Applicants 10 or over; certificate showing completion of gun safety course
23:3-4.2. Applicants 10 or over; certificate showing completion of gun safety course
Notwithstanding any provisions contained in sections 23:3-1 to 23:3-22 of the Revised Statutes, concerning the issuance of resident or nonresident hunting licenses, at the time an application for license is made by an applicant above the age of 10, to whom a license has not previously been issued, such applicant shall present to the issuing agent a certificate stating that the applicant has satisfactorily completed a course in gun safety, which shall be signed by an agent of the Division of Fish, Game and Shell Fisheries designated for the purpose whose fitness to give instructions in safe gun handling has been determined by the Division of Fish, Game and Shell Fisheries of the Department of Environmental Protection. A person above the age of 10 who previously has had a license to engage in hunting issued to him shall not be entitled to purchase another such license in a subsequent year unless at the time of making application he shall submit to the license issuing agent his license of a previous year, or a certification from the Division of Fish, Game and Shell Fisheries stating that he held such a license.
L.1954, c. 57, p. 406, s. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1955. Amended by L.1971, c. 381, s. 2.