shall satisfy the requirements of this subsection.
(c) Production to avoid penalty.--No person shall be
convicted of violating this section or section 1301 (relating to
driving unregistered vehicle prohibited) if the person produces
at the office of the issuing authority or at the office of the
arresting police officer within five days of the violation, a
paper or electronic registration card valid in this Commonwealth
at the time of the arrest. The following shall apply:
(1) If the person displays an electronic registration
card using an electronic device, an employee at the office of
the issuing authority or at the office of the arresting
police officer shall only view the electronic registration
card and may not manipulate the electronic device to view any
other information on the electronic device. The person who
displays the electronic registration card using an electronic
device as provided in this subsection shall not be presumed
to have consented to a search of the electronic device.
(2) The office of the issuing authority, the office of
the arresting police officer, an employee of the office of
the issuing authority or an employee of the office of the
arresting police officer shall not be liable for damage to or
loss of an electronic device that occurs as a result of the
employee's viewing of the electronic registration card in the
manner provided in paragraph (1), regardless of whether the
employee or the person displaying the electronic registration
card was in possession of the electronic device when the
damage or loss occurred.
(3) A digital photograph of a valid registration card
shall satisfy the requirements of this subsection.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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