classified as a summary offense.
(2) Except as provided under paragraph (1), the
following shall apply:
(i) An offense under this section shall be
classified one degree higher in the classification
specified in section 106 (relating to classes of
offenses) than the classification of the defined crime.
(ii) The Pennsylvania Commission on Sentencing, in
accordance with 42 Pa.C.S. § 2154 (relating to adoption
of guidelines for sentencing), shall provide for
sentencing enhancements for cases in which the defined
crime is classified at the highest degree.
(c) False report.--A person who knowingly gives false
information to a law enforcement officer with the intent to
implicate a person under this section commits an offense under
section 4906 (relating to false reports to law enforcement
authorities).
(d) Venue.--
(1) An offense committed under this section may be
deemed to have been committed at the place where the
communications or actions were made or received.
(2) Acts indicating a course of conduct that occur in
more than one jurisdiction may be used by any other
jurisdiction in which an act occurred as evidence of a
continuing pattern of conduct or a course of conduct.
(e) Application of section.--This section shall not apply to
conduct by a party to a labor dispute as defined in the act of
June 2, 1937 (P.L.1198, No.308), known as the Labor Anti-
Injunction Act, or to any constitutionally protected activity.
(f) Definition.--As used in this section, "defined crime"
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