Commitment for failure to pay judgment

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26:3B-12. Commitment for failure to pay judgment

The court shall cause a defendant, other than a body corporate, who refuses or neglects to pay forthwith the amount of a judgment rendered against him and the costs and charges incident thereto, to be committed to the county jail for a period not exceeding ten days in the case of a first conviction, and in the case of a conviction for a second or subsequent violations for a period of not less than ten days nor more than thirty days.

L.1945, c. 192, p. 656, s. 12. Amended by L.1953, c. 26, p. 471, s. 31.


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