[1997 Code § 118-13; N.J.S.A. 33:1-77]
No licensee shall sell or serve alcoholic beverages to persons
under the legal age.
[1997 Code § 118-14]
No person under the legal age shall purchase or attempt to purchase
any alcoholic beverage.
[1997 Code § 118-15]
No person under the legal age shall falsely represent that he
or she is of legal age or over in an attempt to purchase any alcoholic
beverage.
[1997 Code § 118-16; New]
No person shall misrepresent or misstate his or her age or the
age of any other person for the purpose of inducing any person to
sell, serve or deliver any alcoholic beverage to a person under the
legal age.
It shall be unlawful for:
A. A person under the legal age for purchasing alcoholic beverages 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; or
B. A person under the legal age for purchasing alcoholic beverages 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 any alcoholic beverage; or
C. Any person to enter any premises licensed for the retail sale of
alcoholic beverages for the purpose of purchasing, or to purchase
alcoholic beverages, for another person who does not because of his
age have the right to purchase and consume alcoholic beverages.
Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this section
shall be deemed and adjudged to be a disorderly person, and upon conviction
thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not less than $500. 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 act
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. [N.J.S.A. 33:1-81]
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