No officer or employee of the division of the state tax department which shall be concerned with the administration of the provisions of this subtitle, shall directly or indirectly, individually or as a member of a partnership or as a stockholder of a corporation or other association, have any interest whatsoever in the manufacture, distribution, transportation, storage, warehousing, importation or sale of alcoholic beverages, or in any enterprise or industry dealing with alcoholic beverages; nor shall any such person receive any commission or profit or have any interest whatsoever in any purchase or sale of alcoholic beverages. Nothing herein contained shall prevent any such person from purchasing or possessing for consumption and not for resale any alcoholic beverages.
Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this section may be conditionally suspended or dismissed by the commissioner.
N.J.S. § 54:41-3