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  <P ALIGN="left" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><FONT SIZE=2>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
  March 16, 2006&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Registration No.&nbsp;333-______<br>
  &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </FONT></P>
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  <P ALIGN="CENTER" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><B><FONT SIZE=4>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</FONT><FONT SIZE=5><BR>  </FONT>
  <FONT SIZE=4>WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549</FONT><FONT SIZE=2> <br>
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  FORM S-8</B></FONT></P>
  <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT
  UNDER
  THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933  </B></FONT></P>
  
  <P ALIGN="CENTER"><B><FONT SIZE=4>1<sup>st</sup> CONSTITUTION BANCORP </FONT><FONT SIZE=5> <BR>  </FONT>  </B><FONT SIZE=2>(Exact Name of
  registrant as specified in its charter) </FONT></P>
  
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  <TD WIDTH="58%" ALIGN="CENTER"><font size="2">New Jersey<BR>
  (State or other jurisdiction of
  incorporation or organization)</font></TD>
  <TD WIDTH="4%"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
  <TD WIDTH="39%" ALIGN="CENTER"><font size="2">22-3665653<BR>
  (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)</font></TD>
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  <FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>2650 Route 130</FONT>
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  <FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>P.O. Box 634</FONT>
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  <FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Cranbury, New Jersey 18512</FONT>
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  (Address, including zip code of registrant&#146;s principal executive offices)
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  <H1 ALIGN=CENTER style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><FONT SIZE=4><B>1<sup>st</sup></B></FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=4>
  CONSTITUTION BANCORP 2005 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN </FONT></H1>
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  (Full title of the Plan)
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  Mr. Robert F. Mangano<br>
  President and Chief Executive Officer<br>
  1<SUP>st</SUP> Constitution Bancorp<br>
  2650 Route 130<br>
  Cranbury, New Jersey 08512<br>
  (609) 655-4500<br>
  (Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
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  <P ALIGN=CENTER style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>With a Copy to: </FONT></P>
  
  <P ALIGN=CENTER style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Frank E. Lawatsch, Jr.,
  Esq. </FONT></P>
  
  <P ALIGN=CENTER style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Pitney Hardin LLP </FONT></P>
  
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  <font face="Times New Roman, Times, Serif">7 Times Square </font>
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  <font face="Times New Roman, Times, Serif">New York, New York 10036 </font></P>
  
  <P ALIGN=CENTER style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>(212) 297-5830 </FONT></P>
  
  <P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B>
  
  <br>
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  <td width="140" align="center" style="border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px double #000000; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" valign="bottom"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">Title of securities<br>
  to be registered (1)</font></td>
  <td width="114" align="center" style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px double #000000; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" valign="bottom"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">Amount to be<br>
  Registered (2)</font></td>
  <td width="118" align="center" style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px double #000000; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" valign="bottom"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">Proposed maximum<br>
  Offering price <br>
  per share<sup>
  </sup>(4)</font></td>
  <td width="121" align="center" style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px double #000000; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" valign="bottom"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">Proposed maximum<br>
  Aggregate offering
  <br>
  Price<sup>
  </sup>(3)</font></td>
  <td align="center" style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px double #000000; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" valign="bottom"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">Amount of<br>
  Registration
  fee</font></td>
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  <font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp; Common Stock,
  no par <br>
  &nbsp; value
  per share <br>
  &nbsp;</font></td>
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  <FONT size=2 face="serif">315,000 shares (3)</FONT></td>
  <td width="118" align="center" style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-bottom: 1px double #000000"><font size="2">$18.03</font></td>
  <td width="121" align="center" style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-bottom: 1px double #000000"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">
  $5,679,450</font></td>
  <td align="center" style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-bottom: 1px double #000000"><font size="2">$607.70</font></td>
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       <P align="left" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (1)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
            </FONT><FONT size=2 face="serif">Includes, with respect to each share of common stock, rights, pursuant to the Registrant&#146;s Rights</FONT>&nbsp;<FONT size=2 face="serif">Agreement, dated as of March 18, 2004, between the Registrant and Registrar and Transfer Company, as Rights Agent. Until a triggering event thereunder, the rights trade with, and cannot be separated from, the common stock.<br>
  &nbsp;</FONT></P>
  <P align="left" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </FONT>
  <FONT size=2 face="serif">This Registration Statement also covers such
  indeterminable number of shares of common stock as may become subject to
  the 1</FONT><SUP><FONT size=2 face="serif">st</FONT></SUP><FONT size=2
  face="serif"> Constitution Bancorp 2005 Equity Incentive Plan (the &#147;Plan&#148;) as a result of the anti-dilution provisions thereof.
  <br>
  &nbsp;</FONT></P>
  <P align="left" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></P><HR noshade align=center width=100% size=2><PAGE>
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  <FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>(3)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </FONT>
  <FONT size=2 face="serif">Represents 300,000 shares originally
  authorized under the Plan, as adjusted to 315,000 shares pursuant to the
  Plan as a result of the 5% stock dividend declared December 15, 2005 and
  paid January 31, 2006 to shareholders of record on January 17, 2006. <br>
  &nbsp;</FONT></P>
  <P align="left" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </FONT>
  <FONT size=2 face="serif">Estimated solely for the purpose of
  calculating the registration fee in accordance with Securities Act Rules
  457(c) and 457(h), based upon the average of the high and low sales
  price per share of the Registrant's common stock as reported on the
  Nasdaq National Market on March 15, 2006.<br>
  <br>
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  <B><font size="2" face="serif">PART I&nbsp; </font></B><font size="3"></font></p>
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  <B><font size="2" face="serif">INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</font></B></P>
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  <FONT face="serif" size="2">ITEM 1.</FONT></TD><TD nowrap>
  <U><font size="2" face="serif">Plan Information</font></U><font size="2" face="serif">.</font></TD></TR><TR><TD width=72>&nbsp;</TD><TD nowrap>
  &nbsp;</TD></TR><TR><TD width=72>&nbsp;</TD><TD nowrap>
  <FONT face="serif" size="2">Not filed with this Registration Statement.</FONT></TD></TR><TR><TD width=72>&nbsp;</TD><TD nowrap>
  &nbsp;</TD></TR><TR><TD width=72>
  <FONT face="serif" size="2">ITEM 2.</FONT></TD><TD nowrap>
  <U><font size="2" face="serif">Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information</font></U><font size="2" face="serif">.</font></TD></TR><TR><TD width=72>&nbsp;</TD><TD nowrap>
  &nbsp;</TD></TR><TR><TD width=72>&nbsp;</TD><TD nowrap>
  <FONT face="serif" size="2">Not filed with this Registration Statement.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
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  <font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font><B><FONT face="serif" size="2">PART II</FONT></B></P>
  <P align="center">
  <B><font size="2" face="serif">INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</font></B></P>
  <TABLE width="491" id="table22"><TR><TD width=72><FONT face="serif" size="2">ITEM 3.</FONT></TD><TD nowrap>
  <U><font size="2" face="serif">Incorporation of Documents by Reference</font></U><font size="2" face="serif">.</font></TD></TR></TABLE>
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  <font size="2" face="serif">The following documents filed by 1</font><font size="2"><SUP><FONT face="serif">st</FONT></SUP></font><font size="2" face="serif"> Constitution Bancorp (the &#147;Company&#148;) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
  &#147;Commission&#148;) are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement:</font></P>
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  <font size="2" face="serif">1.</font><font size="2"> </font>
  </TD>
  <TD width="2%" align=left valign="top">
  &nbsp;</TD>
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  &nbsp;</TD>
  <TD width="73%" align=left valign="top">
  <FONT size=2 face="serif">The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year
  ended December 31, 2005, filed with the Commission on March 10, 2006. </FONT></TD>
  </TR>
  <TR style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 8pt">
  <TD colspan=4 valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
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  <font size="2" face="serif">2.</font><font size="2"> </font>
  </TD>
  <TD width="2%" align=left valign="top">
  &nbsp;</TD>
  <TD width="4%" valign="top">
  &nbsp;</TD>
  <TD width="73%" align=left valign="top">
  <FONT size=2 face="serif">The Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with,
  or furnished to, the SEC on January 24, 2006. </FONT></TD>
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  &nbsp;
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  <font size="2" face="serif">3.</font><font size="2"> </font>
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  &nbsp;</TD>
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  &nbsp;</TD>
  <TD width="73%" align=left valign="top">
  <FONT size=2 face="serif">The description of the Company's common stock, no par
  value per share, set forth in Amendment No. 2 to the Registration
  Statement on Form 10-SB filed by the Company with the Commission on September
  7, 2001, and the description of securities contained in the
  Registration Statement on Form 8-A12G filed by the Company with the Commission on
  March 18, 2004, each pursuant to Section 12 of the Securities Exchange
  Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), and any amendment or
  report filed for the purpose of updating such descriptions.</FONT></TD>
  </TR>
  </TABLE>
  <p style="text-indent: 0.8in"><FONT size=2 face="serif">In addition, all documents filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all
  securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, hereby are incorporated herein by reference and shall be deemed a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. </FONT>
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  <font size="2"><U><FONT face="serif">Description
  of Securities</FONT></U></font><font size="2" face="serif">. </font></TD></TR></TABLE>
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  <FONT size=2 face="serif">Not applicable.  </FONT></p>
  
  
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  <U><FONT size=2 face="serif">Interests of Named Experts and Counsel</FONT></U><FONT size=2 face="serif">. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
  <P style="text-indent: 0.8in">
  <FONT size=2 face="serif">  Certain legal matters relating to the issuance of the shares of the Company&#146;s Common Stock offered hereby have been passed upon by Pitney Hardin LLP
  counsel to the Company.  Attorneys in the law firm of Pitney Hardin LLP beneficially own an aggregate of 12,553 shares of Company common stock as of March 15, 2006. </FONT></P>
  <TABLE width="491" id="table26"><TR><TD width=72><FONT face="serif" size="2">ITEM
  6.</FONT></TD><TD nowrap>
  <U><FONT size=2 face="serif">Indemnification of Directors and Officers</FONT></U><FONT size=2 face="serif">. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
  <P style="text-indent: 0.8in">
  <U><FONT size=2 face="serif">Limitation of Liability of Directors and Officers</FONT></U><FONT size=2 face="serif">. The Company&#146;s certificate of incorporation contains provisions that may limit the liability of
  any director or officer of the Company to the Company or its shareholders for damages for an alleged breach of any duty owed to the Company or its shareholders. This limitation will not relieve an officer or director from liability based on any act
  or omission (i) in breach of such person&#146;s duty of loyalty to the Company or its shareholders; (ii) not in good faith or involving a knowing violation of law; or (iii) resulting in receipt by such officer or director of an improper personal
  benefit. These provisions are explicitly permitted by Section 14A:2-7(3) of the New Jersey Business Corporation Act. </FONT></P>
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  <U><FONT size=2 face="serif">Indemnification of Directors, Officers, Employees and Agents</FONT></U><FONT size=2 face="serif">. The Company&#146;s certificate of incorporation provides that the Company will indemnify to
  the full extent from time to time permitted by law, any person made, or threatened to be made, a party to, or a witness or other participant in, any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil or criminal,
  administrative, arbitrative, legislative, investigative or of any other kind, by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director, officer, employee or other agent of the Company or any subsidiary of the Company or serves or served any other
  enterprise at the request of the Company against expenses, judgments, fines, penalties and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding and any appeal therein. The
  Federal Deposit Insurance Act generally prohibits indemnification of a holding company&#146;s directors and officers for any penalty or judgment resulting from any administrative or civil action instituted by a federal banking agency. </FONT></P>
  <P style="text-indent: 0.8in">
  <FONT size=2 face="serif">Section 14A:3-5 of the New Jersey Business Corporation Act empowers a corporation to indemnify a corporate agent against its expenses and liabilities incurred in connection with any proceeding
  (other than a derivative lawsuit) involving the corporate agent by reason of his being or having been a corporate agent if (a) the agent acted in good faith and in a manner that the agent reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best
  interests of the corporation, and (b) with respect to any criminal proceeding, the corporate agent had no reasonable cause to believe its conduct was unlawful. For purposes of the New Jersey Business Corporation Act, the term &#147;corporate
  agent&#148; includes any present or former director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, and a person serving as a &#147;corporate agent&#148; for any other enterprise at the request of the corporation. </FONT></P>
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  <FONT size=2 face="serif">2</FONT></P>
  
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  <FONT size=2 face="serif">With respect to any derivative action, the Company is empowered to indemnify a corporate agent against its expenses (but not its liabilities) incurred in connection with any proceeding
  involving the corporate agent by reason of the agent being or having been a corporate agent if the agent acted in good faith and in a manner that the agent reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company. However,
  only the court in which the proceeding was brought can empower a corporation to indemnify a corporate agent against expenses with respect to any claim, issue or matter as to which the agent was adjudged liable for negligence or misconduct.
  </FONT></P>
  <P style="text-indent: 0.8in">
  <FONT size=2 face="serif">The Company may indemnify a corporate agent in a specific case if a determination is made by any of the following that the applicable standard of conduct was met: (i) the board of directors, or
  a committee thereof, acting by a majority vote of a quorum consisting of disinterested directors; (ii) by independent legal counsel if there is not a quorum of disinterested directors or if the disinterested quorum empowers counsel to make the
  determination; or (iii) by the shareholders.</FONT></P>
  <P style="text-indent: 0.8in">
  <FONT size=2 face="serif">A corporate agent is entitled to mandatory indemnification to the extent that the agent is successful on the merits or otherwise in any proceeding, or in defense of any claim, issue or matter
  in the proceeding. If a corporation fails or refuses to indemnify a corporate agent, whether the indemnification is permissive or mandatory, the agent may apply to a court to grant the agent the requested indemnification. In advance of the final
  disposition of a proceeding, the corporation may pay an agent&#146;s expenses if the agent agrees to repay the expenses if it is ultimately determined that the agent is not entitled to indemnification. </FONT></P>
  <P style="text-indent: 0.8in">
  <U><FONT size=2 face="serif">Insurance</FONT></U><FONT size=2 face="serif">.  The Company maintains insurance policies insuring the Company&#146;s directors and officers against liability for wrongful acts or omissions
  arising out of their positions as directors and officers, subject to certain limitations. </FONT></P>
  <TABLE width="491" id="table27"><TR><TD width=72><FONT face="serif" size="2">ITEM
  7.</FONT></TD><TD nowrap>
  <U><FONT size=2 face="serif">Exemption from Registration Claimed</FONT></U><FONT size=2 face="serif">. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
  <P style="text-indent: 0.8in">
  <FONT size=2 face="serif">Not applicable. </FONT></P>
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  <U><FONT size=2 face="serif">Exhibits</FONT></U><FONT size=2 face="serif">.</FONT><font size="2">&nbsp;
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   <p align="center"><FONT size=2 face="serif">Exhibit No.</FONT><font size="2">&nbsp;
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  <FONT size=2 face="serif">Description</FONT><font size="2">&nbsp;
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   <font size="2">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; </font><FONT size=2 face="serif">
  <br>
  5</FONT><font size="2">&nbsp;
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  <FONT size=2 face="serif">Opinion Letter of Pitney Hardin LLP regarding legality of securities</FONT><font size="2">&nbsp;
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   <font size="2">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<br>
  </font><FONT size=2 face="serif">23.1</FONT><font size="2">&nbsp;
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  <FONT size=2 face="serif">Consent of Grant Thornton LLP</FONT><font size="2">&nbsp;
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   <font size="2">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;</font><FONT size=2 face="serif"><br>
  23.2</FONT><font size="2">&nbsp;
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  <FONT size=2 face="serif">Consent of KPMG LLP</FONT><font size="2">&nbsp;
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   &nbsp;</TD>
  <TD width="12%" align=left>
   <font size="2">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<br>
  </font><FONT size=2 face="serif">23.3</FONT><font size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </TD>
  <TD width="2%" align=left>
  <font size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </TD>
  <TD width=7%>
  <font size="2">&nbsp;</font></TD>
  <TD width="76%" align=left>
  <FONT size=2 face="serif">Consent of Pitney Hardin LLP</FONT><font size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
  <TD width="4%" align=left>
  &nbsp;</TD>
  <TD width="12%">
  &nbsp;</TD>
  <TD width="2%" align=left>
  &nbsp;</TD>
  <TD width=7%>
  &nbsp;</TD>
  <TD width="76%" align=left>
  <FONT size=2 face="serif">(contained in the opinion letter included as Exhibit 5)</FONT><font size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
  <TD width="4%" align=left>
  <font size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </TD>
  <TD width="12%">
  <font size="2">&nbsp;<br>
  24</font></TD>
  <TD width="2%" align=left>
  <font size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </TD>
  <TD width=7%>
  <font size="2">&nbsp;</font></TD>
  <TD width="76%" align=left>
  <FONT size=2 face="serif">Power of Attorney for Directors and Executive Officers</FONT></TD>
  </TR>
  </TABLE>&nbsp;<TABLE width="491" id="table29"><TR><TD width=72>
  <FONT face="serif" size="2">ITEM 9.</FONT></TD><TD nowrap>
  <U><FONT size=2 face="serif">Undertakings</FONT></U><FONT size=2 face="serif">.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
  <P style="text-indent: 0.75in">
  <FONT size=2 face="serif">(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The undersigned Registrant hereby
  undertakes: </FONT></P>
  <P style="text-indent: 1.0in">
  <FONT size=2 face="serif">(1)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement: </FONT></P>
  <P style="text-indent: 1.25in">
  <FONT size=2 face="serif">(i)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;); </FONT></P>
  <P style="text-indent: 1.25in">
  <FONT size=2 face="serif">(ii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or
  in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not
  exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in
  volume and price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the &#147;Calculation of Registration Fee&#148; table in the effective registration statement; </FONT></P>
  <P style="text-indent: 1.25in">
  <FONT size=2 face="serif">(iii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material change to such information in the
  Registration Statement; </FONT></P>
  <P>
  <I><FONT size=2 face="serif">provided, however</FONT></I><FONT size=2 face="serif">, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the Registration Statement is on Form S-3 or Form S-8, and the information required to be included in a
  post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the
  Registration Statement. </FONT></P>
  <p align="center">
  <FONT size=2 face="serif">4</FONT></p>
  
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  <FONT size=2 face="serif">(2)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities
  offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial </FONT><I><FONT size=2 face="serif">bona fide</FONT></I><FONT size=2 face="serif"> offering thereof. </FONT></P>
  <P style="text-indent: 1.0in">
  <FONT size=2 face="serif">(3)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To remove from the registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering. </FONT></P>
  <P style="text-indent: 0.775in">
  <FONT size=2 face="serif">(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for the purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to
  Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement
  shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. </FONT></P>
  <P style="text-indent: 0.75in">
  <FONT size=2 face="serif">(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing
  provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for
  indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted
  by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
  jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue. </FONT></P>
  <P style="text-indent: 0.75in">
  &nbsp;</P>
  <P style="text-indent: 0.75in">
  &nbsp;</P>
  <P style="text-indent: 0.75in">
  &nbsp;</P>
  <P style="text-indent: 0.75in">
  &nbsp;</P>
  <P style="text-indent: 0.75in">
  &nbsp;</P>
  <P style="text-indent: 0.75in">
  &nbsp;</P>
  <P style="text-indent: 0.75in">
  &nbsp;</P>
  <P align="center">
  <FONT size=2 face="serif">5</FONT></P>
  
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  <P align="center">
  <B><U><FONT size=2 face="serif">SIGNATURES</FONT></U></B></P>
  <P style="text-indent: 0.8in">
  <FONT size=2 face="serif">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all the requirements for filing on Form
  S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the Town of Cranbury, State of New Jersey, on March 16, 2006. </FONT></P>
  <TABLE border=0 width=100% cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 id="table4">
  <TR valign="bottom">
  <TD width=25% align=left>
  <font size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </TD>
  <TD width=27%>
  <font size="2">&nbsp;</font></TD>
  <TD width=46% align=left colspan="2">
  <B><FONT size=2 face="serif">1</FONT><SUP><FONT size=2 face="serif">ST </FONT></SUP><FONT size=2 face="serif">CONSTITUTION BANCORP</FONT></B><font size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </TD>
  </TR>
  <TR>
  <TD colspan=4>
  <font size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </TD>
  </TR>
  <TR>
  <TD colspan=4>
  <font size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
  <TD width=25% align=left>
  <FONT size=2 face="serif">Date: March 16, 2006</FONT><font size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </TD>
  <TD width=27%>
  <font size="2">&nbsp;</font></TD>
  <TD width="4%" align=left>
  <FONT size=2 face="serif">By: </FONT>
  </TD>
  <TD width="44%" align=left style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
  <FONT size=2 face="serif">/s/ ROBERT F. MANGANO</FONT><font size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
  <TD width=25% align=left>
  <font size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </TD>
  <TD width=27%>
  <font size="2">&nbsp;</font></TD>
  <TD width="4%" align=left>
   <font size="2">&nbsp;</font></TD>
  <TD width="44%" align=left>
   <FONT size=2 face="serif">Robert F. Mangano</FONT></TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
  <TD width=25% align=left>
  <font size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </TD>
  <TD width=27%>
  <font size="2">&nbsp;</font></TD>
  <TD width="4%" align=left>
   <font size="2">&nbsp;</font></TD>
  <TD width="44%" align=left>
   <FONT size=2 face="serif">President and Chief Executive Officer<BR>
  (Principal Executive Officer)</FONT><font size="2">&nbsp;</font></TD>
  </TR>
  </TABLE>
  <P style="text-indent: 0.8in">
  <FONT size=2 face="serif">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated..
  </FONT></P>
  <TABLE border=0 width=100% cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 id="table5">
  <TR valign="bottom">
  <TD width="28%" align=left>
  <B><U><FONT size=2 face="serif">Signature</FONT></U></B><font size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </TD>
  <TD width="9%">
  <font size="2">&nbsp;</font></TD>
  <TD width="41%" align=left>
  <B><U><FONT size=2 face="serif">Capacity</FONT></U></B><font size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </TD>
  <TD width=7%>
  <font size="2">&nbsp;</font></TD>
  <TD width=15% align=left>
  <B><U><FONT size=2 face="serif">Date</FONT></U></B><font size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </TD>
  </TR>
  <TR>
  <TD colspan=5>
  <font size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
  <TD width="28%" align=left style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
  <FONT size=2 face="serif">/s/ ROBERT F. MANGANO</FONT><font size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </TD>
  <TD width="9%">
  <font size="2">&nbsp;</font></TD>
  <TD width="41%" align=left>
  <FONT size=2 face="serif">President, Chief Executive Officer and</FONT><font size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </TD>
  <TD width=7%>
  <font size="2">&nbsp;</font></TD>
  <TD width=15% align=left>
  <FONT size=2 face="serif">March 16, 2006</FONT><font size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
  <TD width="28%" align=left>
  <FONT size=2 face="serif">Robert F. Mangano</FONT><font size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </TD>
  <TD width="9%">
  <font size="2">&nbsp;</font></TD>
  <TD width="41%" align=left>
  <FONT size=2 face="serif">Director</FONT><font size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </TD>
  <TD width=7%>
  <font size="2">&nbsp;</font></TD>
  <TD width=15% align=left>
  <font size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
  <TD width="28%" align=left>
  <font size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </TD>
  <TD width="9%">
  <font size="2">&nbsp;</font></TD>
  <TD width="41%" align=left>
  <FONT size=2 face="serif">(Principal Executive Officer)</FONT><font size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </TD>
  <TD width=7%>
  <font size="2">&nbsp;</font></TD>
  <TD width=15% align=left>
  <font size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </TD>
  </TR>
  <TR>
  <TD colspan=5>
  <font size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
  <TD width="28%" align=left style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
  <FONT size=2 face="serif">/s/ CHARLES S. CROW, III</FONT><font size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </TD>
  <TD width="9%">
  <font size="2">&nbsp;</font></TD>
  <TD width="41%" align=left>
  <FONT size=2 face="serif">Chairman of the Board</FONT><font size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </TD>
  <TD width=7%>
  <font size="2">&nbsp;</font></TD>
  <TD width=15% align=left>
  <FONT size=2 face="serif">March 16, 2006</FONT><font size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
  <TD width="28%" align=left>
  <FONT size=2 face="serif">Charles S. Crow, III</FONT><font size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </TD>
  <TD width="9%">
  <font size="2">&nbsp;</font></TD>
  <TD width="41%" align=left>
  <font size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </TD>
  <TD width=7%>
  <font size="2">&nbsp;</font></TD>
  <TD width=15% align=left>
  <font size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </TD>
  </TR>
  <TR>
  <TD colspan=5>
  <font size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
  <TD width="28%" align=left style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
  <FONT size=2 face="serif">/s/ DAVID C. REED</FONT><font size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </TD>
  <TD width="9%">
  <font size="2">&nbsp;</font></TD>
  <TD width="41%" align=left>
  <FONT size=2 face="serif">Director</FONT><font size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </TD>
  <TD width=7%>
  <font size="2">&nbsp;</font></TD>
  <TD width=15% align=left>
  <FONT size=2 face="serif">March 16, 2006</FONT><font size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
  <TD width="28%" align=left>
  <FONT size=2 face="serif">David C. Reed</FONT><font size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </TD>
  <TD width="9%">
  <font size="2">&nbsp;</font></TD>
  <TD width="41%" align=left>
  <font size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </TD>
  <TD width=7%>
  <font size="2">&nbsp;</font></TD>
  <TD width=15% align=left>
  <font size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </TD>
  </TR>
  <TR>
  <TD colspan=5>
  <font size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
  <TD width="28%" align=left style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
  <font size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </TD>
  <TD width="9%">
  <font size="2">&nbsp;</font></TD>
  <TD width="41%" align=left>
  <FONT size=2 face="serif">Director</FONT><font size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </TD>
  <TD width=7%>
  <font size="2">&nbsp;</font></TD>
  <TD width=15% align=left>
  <FONT size=2 face="serif">March 16, 2006</FONT><font size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
  <TD width="28%" align=left>
  <FONT size=2 face="serif">William M. Rue</FONT><font size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </TD>
  <TD width="9%">
  <font size="2">&nbsp;</font></TD>
  <TD width="41%" align=left>
  <font size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </TD>
  <TD width=7%>
  <font size="2">&nbsp;</font></TD>
  <TD width=15% align=left>
  <font size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </TD>
  </TR>
  <TR>
  <TD colspan=5>
  <font size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
  <TD width="28%" align=left style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
  <FONT size=2 face="serif">/s/ FRANK E. WALSH, III</FONT><font size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </TD>
  <TD width="9%">
  <font size="2">&nbsp;</font></TD>
  <TD width="41%" align=left>
  <FONT size=2 face="serif">Director</FONT><font size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </TD>
  <TD width=7%>
  <font size="2">&nbsp;</font></TD>
  <TD width=15% align=left>
  <FONT size=2 face="serif">March 16, 2006</FONT><font size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
  <TD width="28%" align=left>
  <FONT size=2 face="serif">Frank E. Walsh, III</FONT><font size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </TD>
  <TD width="9%">
  <font size="2">&nbsp;</font></TD>
  <TD width="41%" align=left>
  <font size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </TD>
  <TD width=7%>
  <font size="2">&nbsp;</font></TD>
  <TD width=15% align=left>
  <font size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </TD>
  </TR>
  <TR>
  <TD colspan=5>
  <font size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
  <TD width="28%" align=left style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
  <FONT size=2 face="serif">/s/ JOSEPH M. REARDON</FONT><font size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </TD>
  <TD width="9%">
  <font size="2">&nbsp;</font></TD>
  <TD width="41%" align=left>
  <FONT size=2 face="serif">Senior Vice President and Treasurer</FONT><font size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </TD>
  <TD width=7%>
  <font size="2">&nbsp;</font></TD>
  <TD width=15% align=left>
  <FONT size=2 face="serif">March 16, 2006</FONT><font size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
  <TD width="28%" align=left>
  <FONT size=2 face="serif">Joseph M. Reardon</FONT><font size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </TD>
  <TD width="9%">
  <font size="2">&nbsp;</font></TD>
  <TD width="41%" align=left>
  <FONT size=2 face="serif">(Principal Accounting Officer)</FONT><font size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </TD>
  <TD width=7%>
  <font size="2">&nbsp;</font></TD>
  <TD width=15% align=left>
  <font size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </TD>
  </TR>
  <TR>
  <TD colspan=5>
  <font size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </TD>
  </TR>
  </TABLE>&nbsp;<p align="center">6</p>
  
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  <p align="center">
  <FONT size=2 face="serif">INDEX TO EXHIBITS</FONT><font size="2"> </font></p>
  
  <TABLE border=0 width=100% cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 id="table30">
  <TR valign="bottom">
  <TD width="18%" colspan=3 align=left style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
   <p align="center"><FONT size=2 face="serif">Exhibit No.</FONT><font size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </TD>
  <TD width=7%>
  &nbsp;</TD>
  <TD width="76%" align=left style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
  <FONT size=2 face="serif">Description</FONT><font size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
  <TD width="4%" align=left>
   &nbsp;</TD>
  <TD width="12%" align=left>
   <font size="2">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; </font><FONT size=2 face="serif">
  <br>
  5</FONT><font size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </TD>
  <TD width="2%" align=left>
  <font size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </TD>
  <TD width=7%>
  <font size="2">&nbsp;</font></TD>
  <TD width="76%" align=left>
  <FONT size=2 face="serif">Opinion Letter of Pitney Hardin LLP regarding legality of securities</FONT><font size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
  <TD width="4%" align=left>
   &nbsp;</TD>
  <TD width="12%" align=left>
   <font size="2">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<br>
  </font><FONT size=2 face="serif">23.1</FONT><font size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </TD>
  <TD width="2%" align=left>
  <font size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </TD>
  <TD width=7%>
  <font size="2">&nbsp;</font></TD>
  <TD width="76%" align=left>
  <FONT size=2 face="serif">Consent of Grant Thornton LLP</FONT><font size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
  <TD width="4%" align=left>
   &nbsp;</TD>
  <TD width="12%" align=left>
   <font size="2">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;</font><FONT size=2 face="serif"><br>
  23.2</FONT><font size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </TD>
  <TD width="2%" align=left>
  <font size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </TD>
  <TD width=7%>
  <font size="2">&nbsp;</font></TD>
  <TD width="76%" align=left>
  <FONT size=2 face="serif">Consent of KPMG LLP</FONT><font size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
  <TD width="4%" align=left>
   &nbsp;</TD>
  <TD width="12%" align=left>
   <font size="2">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<br>
  </font><FONT size=2 face="serif">23.3</FONT><font size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </TD>
  <TD width="2%" align=left>
  <font size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </TD>
  <TD width=7%>
  <font size="2">&nbsp;</font></TD>
  <TD width="76%" align=left>
  <FONT size=2 face="serif">Consent of Pitney Hardin LLP</FONT><font size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
  <TD width="4%" align=left>
  &nbsp;</TD>
  <TD width="12%">
  &nbsp;</TD>
  <TD width="2%" align=left>
  &nbsp;</TD>
  <TD width=7%>
  &nbsp;</TD>
  <TD width="76%" align=left>
  <FONT size=2 face="serif">(contained in the opinion letter included as Exhibit 5)</FONT><font size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
  <TD width="4%" align=left>
  <font size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </TD>
  <TD width="12%">
  <font size="2">&nbsp;<br>
  24</font></TD>
  <TD width="2%" align=left>
  <font size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </TD>
  <TD width=7%>
  <font size="2">&nbsp;</font></TD>
  <TD width="76%" align=left>
  <FONT size=2 face="serif">Power of Attorney for Directors and Executive Officers</FONT></TD>
  </TR>
  </TABLE>
  <p>&nbsp;</p>
  
  
  <P>
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  <P>
  &nbsp;</P>
  <P>
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text: 1st Constitution Bancorp Form S-8
  As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
  March 16, 2006       Registration No. 333-______
  SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
  FORM S-8
  REGISTRATION STATEMENT
  UNDER
  THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
  1
  st
  CONSTITUTION BANCORP
  (Exact Name of
  registrant as specified in its charter)
  New Jersey
  (State or other jurisdiction of
  incorporation or organization)
  22-3665653
  (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
  2650 Route 130
  P.O. Box 634
  Cranbury, New Jersey 18512
  (Address, including zip code of registrant's principal executive offices)
  1
  st
  CONSTITUTION BANCORP 2005 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN
  (Full title of the Plan)
  Mr. Robert F. Mangano
  President and Chief Executive Officer
  1
  st
  Constitution Bancorp
  2650 Route 130
  Cranbury, New Jersey 08512
  (609) 655-4500
  (Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
  With a Copy to:
  Frank E. Lawatsch, Jr.,
  Esq.
  Pitney Hardin LLP
  7 Times Square
  New York, New York 10036
  (212) 297-5830
  CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
  Title of securities
  to be registered (1)
  Amount to be
  Registered (2)
  Proposed maximum
  Offering price
  per share
  (4)
  Proposed maximum
  Aggregate offering
  Price
  (3)
  Amount of
  Registration
  fee
  Common Stock,
  no par
  value
  per share
  315,000 shares (3)
  $18.03
  $5,679,450
  $607.70
  (1)
  Includes, with respect to each share of common stock, rights, pursuant to the Registrant's Rights
  Agreement, dated as of March 18, 2004, between the Registrant and Registrar and Transfer Company, as Rights Agent. Until a triggering event thereunder, the rights trade with, and cannot be separated from, the common stock.
  (2)
  This Registration Statement also covers such
  indeterminable number of shares of common stock as may become subject to
  the 1
  st
  Constitution Bancorp 2005 Equity Incentive Plan (the "Plan") as a result of the anti-dilution provisions thereof.
  (3)
  Represents 300,000 shares originally
  authorized under the Plan, as adjusted to 315,000 shares pursuant to the
  Plan as a result of the 5% stock dividend declared December 15, 2005 and
  paid January 31, 2006 to shareholders of record on January 17, 2006.
  (4)
  Estimated solely for the purpose of
  calculating the registration fee in accordance with Securities Act Rules
  457(c) and 457(h), based upon the average of the high and low sales
  price per share of the Registrant's common stock as reported on the
  Nasdaq National Market on March 15, 2006.
  PART I
  INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
  ITEM 1.
  Plan Information
  .
  Not filed with this Registration Statement.
  ITEM 2.
  Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information
  .
  Not filed with this Registration Statement.
  PART II
  INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
  ITEM 3.
  Incorporation of Documents by Reference
  .
  The following documents filed by 1
  st
  Constitution Bancorp (the "Company") with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
  "Commission") are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement:
  1.
  The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year
  ended December 31, 2005, filed with the Commission on March 10, 2006.
  2.
  The Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with,
  or furnished to, the SEC on January 24, 2006.
  3.
  The description of the Company's common stock, no par
  value per share, set forth in Amendment No. 2 to the Registration
  Statement on Form 10-SB filed by the Company with the Commission on September
  7, 2001, and the description of securities contained in the
  Registration Statement on Form 8-A12G filed by the Company with the Commission on
  March 18, 2004, each pursuant to Section 12 of the Securities Exchange
  Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), and any amendment or
  report filed for the purpose of updating such descriptions.
  In addition, all documents filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all
  securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, hereby are incorporated herein by reference and shall be deemed a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.
  1
  ITEM
  4.
  Description
  of Securities
  .
  Not applicable.
  ITEM
  5.
  Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
  .
  Certain legal matters relating to the issuance of the shares of the Company's Common Stock offered hereby have been passed upon by Pitney Hardin LLP
  counsel to the Company.  Attorneys in the law firm of Pitney Hardin LLP beneficially own an aggregate of 12,553 shares of Company common stock as of March 15, 2006.
  ITEM
  6.
  Indemnification of Directors and Officers
  .
  Limitation of Liability of Directors and Officers
  . The Company's certificate of incorporation contains provisions that may limit the liability of
  any director or officer of the Company to the Company or its shareholders for damages for an alleged breach of any duty owed to the Company or its shareholders. This limitation will not relieve an officer or director from liability based on any act
  or omission (i) in breach of such person's duty of loyalty to the Company or its shareholders; (ii) not in good faith or involving a knowing violation of law; or (iii) resulting in receipt by such officer or director of an improper personal
  benefit. These provisions are explicitly permitted by Section 14A:2-7(3) of the New Jersey Business Corporation Act.
  Indemnification of Directors, Officers, Employees and Agents
  . The Company's certificate of incorporation provides that the Company will indemnify to
  the full extent from time to time permitted by law, any person made, or threatened to be made, a party to, or a witness or other participant in, any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil or criminal,
  administrative, arbitrative, legislative, investigative or of any other kind, by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director, officer, employee or other agent of the Company or any subsidiary of the Company or serves or served any other
  enterprise at the request of the Company against expenses, judgments, fines, penalties and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding and any appeal therein. The
  Federal Deposit Insurance Act generally prohibits indemnification of a holding company's directors and officers for any penalty or judgment resulting from any administrative or civil action instituted by a federal banking agency.
  Section 14A:3-5 of the New Jersey Business Corporation Act empowers a corporation to indemnify a corporate agent against its expenses and liabilities incurred in connection with any proceeding
  (other than a derivative lawsuit) involving the corporate agent by reason of his being or having been a corporate agent if (a) the agent acted in good faith and in a manner that the agent reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best
  interests of the corporation, and (b) with respect to any criminal proceeding, the corporate agent had no reasonable cause to believe its conduct was unlawful. For purposes of the New Jersey Business Corporation Act, the term "corporate
  agent" includes any present or former director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, and a person serving as a "corporate agent" for any other enterprise at the request of the corporation.
  2
  With respect to any derivative action, the Company is empowered to indemnify a corporate agent against its expenses (but not its liabilities) incurred in connection with any proceeding
  involving the corporate agent by reason of the agent being or having been a corporate agent if the agent acted in good faith and in a manner that the agent reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company. However,
  only the court in which the proceeding was brought can empower a corporation to indemnify a corporate agent against expenses with respect to any claim, issue or matter as to which the agent was adjudged liable for negligence or misconduct.
  The Company may indemnify a corporate agent in a specific case if a determination is made by any of the following that the applicable standard of conduct was met: (i) the board of directors, or
  a committee thereof, acting by a majority vote of a quorum consisting of disinterested directors; (ii) by independent legal counsel if there is not a quorum of disinterested directors or if the disinterested quorum empowers counsel to make the
  determination; or (iii) by the shareholders.
  A corporate agent is entitled to mandatory indemnification to the extent that the agent is successful on the merits or otherwise in any proceeding, or in defense of any claim, issue or matter
  in the proceeding. If a corporation fails or refuses to indemnify a corporate agent, whether the indemnification is permissive or mandatory, the agent may apply to a court to grant the agent the requested indemnification. In advance of the final
  disposition of a proceeding, the corporation may pay an agent's expenses if the agent agrees to repay the expenses if it is ultimately determined that the agent is not entitled to indemnification.
  Insurance
  .  The Company maintains insurance policies insuring the Company's directors and officers against liability for wrongful acts or omissions
  arising out of their positions as directors and officers, subject to certain limitations.
  ITEM
  7.
  Exemption from Registration Claimed
  .
  Not applicable.
  3
  ITEM
  8.
  Exhibits
  .
  Exhibit No.
  Description
  5
  Opinion Letter of Pitney Hardin LLP regarding legality of securities
  23.1
  Consent of Grant Thornton LLP
  23.2
  Consent of KPMG LLP
  23.3
  Consent of Pitney Hardin LLP
  (contained in the opinion letter included as Exhibit 5)
  24
  Power of Attorney for Directors and Executive Officers
  ITEM 9.
  Undertakings
  .
  (a)     The undersigned Registrant hereby
  undertakes:
  (1)     To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:
  (i)     To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act");
  (ii)     To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or
  in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not
  exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in
  volume and price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective registration statement;
  (iii)     To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material change to such information in the
  Registration Statement;
  provided, however
  , that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the Registration Statement is on Form S-3 or Form S-8, and the information required to be included in a
  post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the
  Registration Statement.
  4
  (2)     That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities
  offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
  bona fide
  offering thereof.
  (3)     To remove from the registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
  (b)     The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for the purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant to
  Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement
  shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
  (c)     Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing
  provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for
  indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted
  by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
  jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
  5
  SIGNATURES
  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all the requirements for filing on Form
  S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the Town of Cranbury, State of New Jersey, on March 16, 2006.
  1
  ST
  CONSTITUTION BANCORP
  Date: March 16, 2006
  By:
  /s/ ROBERT F. MANGANO
  Robert F. Mangano
  President and Chief Executive Officer
  (Principal Executive Officer)
  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated..
  Signature
  Capacity
  Date
  /s/ ROBERT F. MANGANO
  President, Chief Executive Officer and
  March 16, 2006
  Robert F. Mangano
  Director
  (Principal Executive Officer)
  /s/ CHARLES S. CROW, III
  Chairman of the Board
  March 16, 2006
  Charles S. Crow, III
  /s/ DAVID C. REED
  Director
  March 16, 2006
  David C. Reed
  Director
  March 16, 2006
  William M. Rue
  /s/ FRANK E. WALSH, III
  Director
  March 16, 2006
  Frank E. Walsh, III
  /s/ JOSEPH M. REARDON
  Senior Vice President and Treasurer
  March 16, 2006
  Joseph M. Reardon
  (Principal Accounting Officer)
  6
  INDEX TO EXHIBITS
  Exhibit No.
  Description
  5
  Opinion Letter of Pitney Hardin LLP regarding legality of securities
  23.1
  Consent of Grant Thornton LLP
  23.2
  Consent of KPMG LLP
  23.3
  Consent of Pitney Hardin LLP
  (contained in the opinion letter included as Exhibit 5)
  24
  Power of Attorney for Directors and Executive Officers
  7