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4. All persons shall have the opportunity to obtain employment, and to obtain all the accommodations, advantages, facilities, and privileges of any place of public accommodation, publicly assisted housing accommodation, and other real property without discrimination because of race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, age, marital status, affectional or sexual orientation, familial status, disability, nationality, sex or source of lawful income used for rental or mortgage payments, subject only to conditions and limitations applicable alike to all persons. This opportunity is recognized as and declared to be a civil right.

L.1945,c.169,s.4; amended 1949, c.11, s.2; 1957, c.66, s.1; 1961, c.106, s.1; 1962, c.37, ss.3,9; 1970, c.80, s.9; 1991, c.519, s.2; 1992, c.146, s.2; 2002, c.82, s.1; 2003, c.180, s.4.

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New Jersey Civil Rights Laws Section 10:5-4 Obtaining employment, accommodations and privileges without discrimination; civil right.