N.J.S.A. 4:22-21 — Offering for sale horse unfit for work; disorderly persons.

4:22-21 Offering for sale horse unfit for work; disorderly persons. 4:22-21. A person who shall receive or offer for sale a horse that is suffering from abuse or neglect, or which by reason of disability, disease, abuse or lameness, or for any other cause, could not be worked, ridden or otherwise used for show, exhibition, or recreational purposes, or kept as a domestic pet without violating the provisions of this article or any law of this State relating to cruelty to animals shall be guilty of a disorderly persons offense. Amended 1995, c.355, s.4; 1998, c.105, s.2. 4:22-22. Offering diseased animal for sale; crime of fourth degree 4:22-22. A person who shall: a. Willfully sell, or offer to sell, use, expose, or cause or permit to be sold or offered for sale, used or exposed, any horse or other animal having the disease known as glanders or farcy, or other contagious or infectious disease dangerous to the health or life of human beings or animals; or b. When any such disease is beyond recovery, refuse upon demand to deprive any such animal of life-- Shall be guilty of a crime of the fourth degree. Amended 1995,c.355,s.5.

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