PRINTER'S NO. 2571
No. 1940 Session of 1984
INTRODUCED BY B. SMITH, G. M. SNYDER, WARGO, SEVENTY, CARN,
RYBAK, BOYES, PITTS, J. L. WRIGHT, BOOK, ANGSTADT, KLINGAMAN,
DeLUCA, E. Z. TAYLOR, AFFLERBACH, BUNT, L. E. SMITH, NOYE,
DORR, ARTY, CIVERA, LEHR, ARMSTRONG, HERSHEY, JOHNSON,
MILLER, OLASZ, SEMMEL, BOWSER, MACKOWSKI, McCLATCHY, LINTON,
CLYMER, PHILLIPS, MERRY, GANNON, A. C. FOSTER, JR., POTT,
SIRIANNI, FISCHER, VROON, MADIGAN, PISTELLA, HERMAN, BURD,
R. C. WRIGHT, MICHLOVIC, ITKIN AND COLAFELLA, FEBRUARY 21,
1984
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, FEBRUARY 21, 1984
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the
2 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, further providing for
3 juvenile appearances before district justices.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Title 42 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
7 Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
8 § 1517. Juvenile appearances.
9 Whenever any person who is under 18 years of age, unmarried
10 and charged with a summary offense is arraigned before a
11 district justice for which jurisdiction is vested in a district
12 justice under section 1515 (relating to jurisdiction and venue),
13 that person shall be accompanied by a parent or legal guardian.
14 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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