New Jersey § 40a:14-127
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§ 40a:14-127.
Except as otherwise herein provided, no person shall be appointed as a member or officer
of the police department or force in any municipality who is under 21 or over 35 years
of age. In any municipality wherein Title 11 (Civil Service) 1 of the Revised Statutes is operative, any person who shall have met the age requirements
herein at the announced closing date of a civil service examination for the position,
shall be considered within the age requirements while the civil service list promulgated
as a result of that examination is in effect. Nothing herein contained shall affect the employment or continuance in office of any
person as a permanent policeman, employed by said municipality prior to the adoption
of the ordinance, creating and establishing a paid police department or force. The provisions of this section are subject to chapter 98 of the laws of 1944 ( C. 38:23A-2 ) relating to maximum age limits for persons serving in the armed forces of the United
States as therein provided. 1
Repealed. See, now, Title 11A.
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