PRINTER'S NO. 2330
No. 1880 Session of 1979
INTRODUCED BY PRATT, OCTOBER 23, 1979
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, OCTOBER 23, 1979
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, providing for a penalty for possession
3 of a firearm during the commission of certain offenses.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 907 of Title 18, act of November 25, 1970
7 (P.L.707, No.230), known as the Pennsylvania Consolidated
8 Statutes, is amended by adding a subsection to read:
9 § 907. Possessing instruments of crime.
10 * * *
11 (d) Possession of a firearm during the commission of certain
12 offenses.--A person commits a felony of the second degree, for
13 which the minimum sentence shall in all cases be no less than
14 one-half the maximum sentence provided by law, if he possesses a
15 firearm while engaged in or an accomplice to the commission of,
16 an attempt to commit, or flight after committing any crime
17 defined by this title. As used in this subsection, "firearm"
18 means an instrument used in the propulsion of shot, shell,
1 bullet or any other object by the action of gunpowder exploded,
2 explosive powder or the expansion of gas therein.
3 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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