[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Commissioners (now the
Council) of the City of Perth Amboy 7-3-62 as Ord.
No. C-685. Section 400-2 amended at time of adoption
of Code; see Ch. 1, General Provisions. Other amendments noted where
applicable.]
It shall be unlawful for any person to tattoo a human being,
or for any person, firm or corporation to conduct the business and
occupation of tattooing, within the City of Perth Amboy, except that
tattooing may be performed for medical purposes by a physician licensed
to practice medicine in the State of New Jersey.
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any of the
provisions of this chapter shall, upon conviction, be punished by
a fine not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500) or by imprisonment
in the county jail for a period not to exceed ninety (90) days, or
by both such fine and imprisonment, and each violation of any of the
provisions of this chapter and each day there is a violation thereof
shall be deemed and taken to be a separate and distinct offense.
