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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| HOUSE BILL |
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| INTRODUCED BY LENTZ, BELFANTI, BEYER, BRENNAN, BROWN, DeLUCA, DONATUCCI, HARKINS, HORNAMAN, MAHONEY, McILVAINE SMITH, MURT, PASHINSKI, SIPTROTH AND WATERS, OCTOBER 18, 2010 |
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| REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, OCTOBER 18, 2010 |
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| AN ACT |
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1 | Amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the |
2 | Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, further providing for |
3 | commitment or fine for contempt. |
4 | The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
5 | hereby enacts as follows: |
6 | Section 1. Section 4133 of Title 42 of the Pennsylvania |
7 | Consolidated Statutes is amended to read: |
8 | § 4133. Commitment or fine for contempt. |
9 | Except as otherwise provided by statute, the punishment of |
10 | commitment for contempt provided in section 4132 (relating to |
11 | attachment and summary punishment for contempts) shall extend |
12 | only to contempts committed in open court and may not be for a |
13 | period in excess of two years. All other contempts shall be |
14 | punished by fine only. |
15 | Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days. |
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