PRINTER'S NO. 3906
No. 2657 Session of 2002
INTRODUCED BY GEIST, DeLUCA, ALLEN, BUNT, CAPPELLI, CLARK,
COLAFELLA, CORRIGAN, CREIGHTON, CURRY, FEESE, FREEMAN,
GEORGE, HENNESSEY, HESS, HORSEY, KELLER, MANN, MARSICO,
McCALL, McGEEHAN, McILHATTAN, McNAUGHTON, MICHLOVIC,
S. MILLER, PALLONE, PICKETT, PIPPY, READSHAW, RUBLEY, SATHER,
SAYLOR, SOLOBAY, STABACK, STEELMAN, T. STEVENSON, STURLA,
E. Z. TAYLOR, THOMAS, TIGUE, WALKO, WASHINGTON, WOJNAROSKI,
M. WRIGHT AND YUDICHAK, MAY 13, 2002
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, MAY 13, 2002
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, further providing for false swearing.
3 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
4 hereby enacts as follows:
5 Section 1. Section 4903(a) of Title 18 of the Pennsylvania
6 Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
7 § 4903. False swearing.
8 (a) False swearing in official matters.--A person who makes
9 a false statement under oath or equivalent affirmation, or
10 swears or affirms the truth of such a statement previously made,
11 when he does not believe the statement to be true is guilty of a
12 misdemeanor of the second degree if any of the following
13 paragraphs apply:
14 (1) [the] The falsification occurs in an official
15 proceeding[; or].
1 (2) [the] The falsification is intended to mislead a
2 public servant in performing his official function.
3 (3) The falsification is:
4 (i) included in:
5 (A) a report under 15 Pa.C.S. § 1554 (relating
6 to financial reports to shareholders) or 5553
7 (relating to annual report of directors or other
8 body); or
9 (B) a document required to be filed with a
10 Federal or Commonwealth agency; and
11 (ii) intended to mislead shareholders or the public
12 about the true financial condition of the corporation.
13 * * *
14 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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