New Jersey § 5:12-131

Full text of New Jersey New Jersey Statutes § 5:12-131, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.

§ 5:12-131.

Pursuant to section 2 of an Act of Congress of the United States entitled “An act

to prohibit transportation of gambling devices in interstate and foreign commerce,”

approved January 2, 1951, being chapter 1194, 64 Stat. 1134, and also designated as

15 U.S.C. (1171-1177), 1 the State of New Jersey, acting by and through the duly elected and qualified members

of its Legislature, does hereby, in accordance with and in compliance with the provisions

of section 2 of said Act of Congress, declare and proclaim that section 2 of that

Act of Congress shall not apply to any gambling device in this State where the transportation

of such a device is specifically authorized by and done in compliance with the provisions

of P.L.1977, c. 110 ( C. 5:12-1 et seq. ), any other applicable statute of this State, and any regulations promulgated pursuant

thereto, and that any such gambling device transported in compliance with State law

and regulations shall be exempt from the provisions of that Act of Congress. 1

15 U.S.C.A. § 1172.

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