PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 1588                      PRINTER'S NO. 2214

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA


HOUSE BILL

No. 1398 Session of 1979


        INTRODUCED BY MESSRS. NOYE, REED, WILSON, GEIST, HASAY,
           MACKOWSKI, SERAFINI, DAVIES AND WASS, MAY 24, 1979

        AS AMENDED ON THIRD CONSIDERATION, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
           OCTOBER 9, 1979

                                     AN ACT

     1  Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
     2     Consolidated Statutes, adding a provision relating to
     3     labeling reproductions of antiques.

     4     The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
     5  hereby enacts as follows:
     6     Section 1.  Section 4102 of Title 18, act of November 25,
     7  1970 (P.L.707, No.230), known as the Pennsylvania Consolidated
     8  Statutes, is amended to read:
     9  § 4102.  Simulating objects of antiquity, rarity, etc.
    10     (a)  Simulating objects of antiquity, ETC.--A person commits   <--
    11  a misdemeanor of the first degree if, with intent to defraud
    12  anyone or with knowledge that he is facilitating a fraud to be
    13  perpetrated by anyone, he makes, alters or utters any object so
    14  that it appears to have value because of antiquity, rarity,
    15  source, or authorship which it does not possess.
    16     (b)  Labeling SALE OF UNLABELED reproductions.--A person       <--
    17  commits a summary offense if he sells or knowingly praticipates   <--
    18  PARTICIPATES in the sale of any reproduction of an object of      <--

     1  antiquity or rarity which is not conspicuously labeled as a
     2  reproduction.
     3     Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.


















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