[Adopted 12-18-1995 by Ord. No. 753 as Sec.
6-5 of the 1995 Revised General Ordinances]
No licensee shall sell, serve, deliver or allow,
permit or suffer the service or delivery of any alcoholic beverage,
directly or indirectly, to any person under the legal age.
It shall be unlawful for a person under the
legal age to enter any premises licensed for the retail sale of alcoholic
beverages for the purpose of purchasing, or having served or delivered
to him or her, any alcoholic beverage.
It shall be unlawful for a person under the
legal age to consume any alcoholic beverage on premises licensed for
the retail sale of alcoholic beverages, or to purchase, attempt to
purchase or have another purchase for him or her any alcoholic beverage.
It shall be unlawful for a person to misrepresent
or misstate his or her age or the age of any other person for the
purpose of inducing any retail license to sell, serve or deliver any
alcoholic beverage to a person under the legal age.
Any person who shall violate any of the provisions
of this article shall be deemed and adjudged to be a disorderly person,
and upon conviction thereof and in accordance with N.J.S.A. 33:1-81,
(P.L. 1985, c. 113), shall be punished by a fine of not less than
$100. In addition, the court shall suspend the person's license to
operate a motor vehicle for six months or prohibit the person from
obtaining a license to operate a motor vehicle in this state for six
months beginning on the date he becomes eligible to obtain a license
or on the date of conviction, whichever is later. In addition to the
general penalty prescribed for an offense, the court may require any
person under the legal age to purchase alcoholic beverages who violates
this article to participate in an alcohol education or treatment program
authorized by the Department of Health for a period not to exceed
the maximum period of confinement prescribed by law for the offense
for which the individual has been convicted.
