PRINTER'S NO. 1812
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1456
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY HOHENSTEIN, BRIGGS, CALTAGIRONE, BARRAR, DAVIDSON,
A. DAVIS, DRISCOLL, JOHNSON-HARRELL, KENYATTA, KINSEY,
McCLINTON, McNEILL, RABB, SCHLOSSBERG, SCHWEYER AND ZABEL,
MAY 14, 2019
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, MAY 14, 2019
AN ACT
Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in falsification and intimidation,
further providing for the offense of unsworn falsification to
authorities; and, in firearms and other dangerous articles,
further providing for persons not to possess, use,
manufacture, control, sell or transfer firearms, for licenses
and for sale or transfer of firearms.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 4904(b) of Title 18 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
§ 4904. Unsworn falsification to authorities.
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(b) Statements "under penalty".--[A]
(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), a person
commits a misdemeanor of the third degree if he makes a
written false statement which he does not believe to be true,
on or pursuant to a form bearing notice, authorized by law,
to the effect that false statements made therein are
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