PRINTER'S NO. 2898
No. 2239 Session of 1982
INTRODUCED BY BELFANTI, DOMBROWSKI, CORDISCO, PHILLIPS, TRELLO,
LIVENGOOD, PISTELLA, KOWALYSHYN, PRATT, JACKSON, HARPER,
SHUPNIK, JOHNSON, PETRARCA, SNYDER, DAWIDA, TELEK AND
MACKOWSKI, FEBRUARY 11, 1982
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, FEBRUARY 11, 1982
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, further providing for incest.
3 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
4 hereby enacts as follows:
5 Section 1. Section 4302 of Title 18, act of November 25,
6 1970 (P.L.707, No.230), known as the Pennsylvania Consolidated
7 Statutes, is amended to read:
8 § 4302. Incest.
9 A person is guilty of incest, a misdemeanor of the first
10 degree, if he knowingly marries or cohabits or has sexual
11 intercourse with an ancestor or descendant, a brother or sister
12 of the whole or half blood [or], an uncle, aunt, nephew or niece
13 of the whole blood or a stepson or stepdaughter. The
14 relationships referred to in this section include blood
15 relationships without regard to legitimacy, [and] the
16 relationship of parent and child by adoption and the
17 relationship between a person and the child of a spouse by a
1 former marriage.
2 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days and shall
3 apply to offenses committed on and after such date.
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