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Title: THE NEW JERSEY CODE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE
Section: Endangering the welfare of an incompetent person
Statute: 2C:24-7
Statute Text
A person is guilty of a disorderly persons offense when he knowingly acts in a manner likely to be injurious to the physical, mental or moral welfare of a person who is unable to care for himself because of mental disease or defect.
L.1978, c. 95, s. 2C:24-7, eff. Sept. 1, 1979.
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