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PRINTER'S NO. 1436
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1340
Session of
2021
INTRODUCED BY DOWLING, ECKER, RYAN, DUNBAR, KAUFFMAN, ROTHMAN,
WARNER, ROWE, BERNSTINE, MOUL AND SMITH, MAY 5, 2021
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, MAY 5, 2021
AN ACT
Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in inchoate crimes, further providing
for the offense of use or possession of electric or
electronic incapacitation device.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 908.1(b) of Title 18 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
ยง 908.1. Use or possession of electric or electronic
incapacitation device.
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(b) Self defense.--A person may possess and use an electric
or electronic incapacitation device in the exercise of
reasonable force in defense of the person or the person's
property pursuant to Chapter 5 (relating to general principles
of justification) [if the electric or electronic incapacitation
device is labeled with or accompanied by clearly written
instructions as to its use and the damages involved in its use].
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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