New Jersey § 46:3-23

§ 46:3-23.

Any promise, covenant or restriction in a contract, mortgage, lease, deed or conveyance

or in any other agreement affecting real property, heretofore or hereafter made or

entered into, which limits, restrains, prohibits or otherwise provides against the

sale, grant, gift, transfer, assignment, conveyance, ownership, lease, rental, use

or occupancy of real property to or by any person because of race, creed, color, national

origin, ancestry, marital status or sex is hereby declared to be void as against public

policy, wholly unenforceable, and shall not constitute a defense in any action, suit

or proceeding. No such promise, covenant or restriction shall be listed as a valid provision affecting

such property in public notices concerning such property. The invalidity of any such promise, covenant or restriction in any such instrument

or agreement shall not affect the validity of any other provision therein, but no

reverter shall occur, no possessory estate shall result, nor any right of entry or

right to a penalty or forfeiture shall accrue by reason of the disregard of such promise,

covenant or restriction. This section shall not apply to conveyances or devises to religious associations

or corporations for religious purposes, but, such promise, covenant or restriction

shall cease to be enforceable and shall otherwise become subject to the provisions

of this section when the real property affected shall cease to be used for such purpose. Nothing contained in this section shall be construed to bar any person from refusing

to sell, rent, lease, assign, or sublease any room, apartment or flat in a dwelling

or residential facility which is planned exclusively for or occupied exclusively for

individuals of one sex to any individual of the opposite sex on the basis of sex. Nothing in this section shall be construed to bar any place of public accommodation

which is in its nature reasonably restricted exclusively to individuals of one sex,

which shall include but not be limited to any summer camp, day camp, bathhouse, dressing

room, and comfort station, from refusing, withholding from, or denying to any individual

of the opposite sex any of the accommodations, advantages, facilities, or privileges

thereof on the basis of sex.