PRINTER'S NO. 1062
No. 975 Session of 1981
INTRODUCED BY LASHINGER, SPENCER AND BERSON, MARCH 23, 1981
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, MARCH 23, 1981
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of April 28, 1978 (P.L.202, No.53), entitled "A
2 supplement to the act of July 9, 1976 (P.L.586, No.142),
3 entitled 'An act amending Titles 42 (Judiciary and Judicial
4 Procedure), 15 (Corporations and Unincorporated Associations,
5 18 (Crimes and Offenses) and 71 (State Government) of the
6 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, adding revised, codified
7 and compiled provisions relating to judiciary and judicial
8 procedure, including certain judicially enforceable rights,
9 duties, immunities and liabilities and separately enacting
10 certain related provisions of law,' making revisions,
11 corrections and additions relating to judiciary and judicial
12 procedure, including certain judicially enforceable rights,
13 duties, immunities and liabilities, adding certain provisions
14 of existing law to and making conforming and editorial
15 changes in certain provisions of the Pennsylvania
16 Consolidated Statutes, fixing the general effective date of
17 the act as supplemented hereby and repealing certain acts and
18 parts of acts supplied by the act as supplemented hereby or
19 by other acts or otherwise obsolete," further delaying the
20 effective date of a repeal of provisions relating to post
21 conviction hearings.
22 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
23 hereby enacts as follows:
24 Section 1. As much as relates to the act of January 25, 1966
25 (1965 P.L.1580, No.554), known as the "Post Conviction Hearing
26 Act," in section 2 (a), act of April 28, 1978 (P.L.202, No.53),
27 known as the "Judiciary Act Repealer Act," amended June 26, 1980
1 (No.77), is amended to read:
2 Section 2. Repeals.--(a) Except as otherwise expressly
3 provided in this subsection, the following acts and parts of
4 acts are hereby repealed absolutely:
5 * * *
6 Act of January 25, 1966 (1965 P.L.1580, No.554), known as the
7 "Post Conviction Hearing Act," except for section 11 which was
8 repealed effective June 27, 1978, the remaining provisions of
9 the act are repealed effective June 27, [1981] 1983.
10 * * *
11 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately. If this
12 act is enacted subsequent to June 27, 1981, it shall be
13 retroactive to June 27, 1981.
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