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.