This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Truth-in-Consumer Contract, Warranty and Notice Act." N.J.S. § 56:12-14 L.1981, c.454, s.1.
Any person who violates the provisions of this act shall be liable to the aggrieved consumer for a civil penalty of not less than $100.00 or for actual damages, or both at the election of the consumer, together with reasonable attorney's fees and court costs. This may be recoverable by the consumer in a civil action in a court of competent jurisdiction or as part of a counterclaim by the consumer against the seller, lessor, creditor, lender or bailee or assignee of any of the aforesaid, who aggrieved
(a) The contract forms or sales documents shall conspicuously disclose the seller's obligations in the case of delayed delivery in compliance with 13:45A-5.1 and shall contain, on the first page of the contract form or sales document, the following notice in ten-point bold face type: If the merchandise ordered by you is not delivered by the promised delivery date, (insert name of seller) must offer you the choice of (1) canceling your order with a prompt, full refund of any payments you have made
(a) The contract forms or sales documents shall show the date of the order and shall contain the following sentence in ten-point bold face type: The merchandise you have ordered is promised for delivery to you on or before (insert date or length of time agreed upon). (b) The blank for the delivery date referred to in (a) above shall be filled in by the seller at the time the contract of sale is entered into by the parties or when the sales documents are issued, either as a specific day of a specific