§ 6336. Conduct of hearings
Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 42 Pa.C.S.A. Judiciary and Judicial ProcedureEffective: November 26, 2014
Effective: November 26, 2014
42 Pa.C.S.A. § 6336
§ 6336. Conduct of hearings
(d) Proceeding in camera.--Except in hearings to declare a person in contempt of court and in hearings as specified in subsection (e), the general public shall be excluded from hearings under this chapter. Only the parties, their counsel, witnesses, the victim and counsel for the victim, other persons accompanying a party or a victim for his or her assistance, and any other person as the court finds have a proper interest in the proceeding or in the work of the court shall be admitted by the court. The court may temporarily exclude the child from the hearing except while allegations of his delinquency are being heard.
Notwithstanding anything in this subsection, the proceedings shall be closed upon and to the extent of any agreement between the child and the attorney for the Commonwealth.
(g) Summary offenses.--The provisions of subsection (d), insofar as subsection (d) relates to the exclusion of the general public from the proceedings, shall apply to proceedings involving a child charged with a summary offense when the proceedings are before a judge of the minor judiciary, the Philadelphia Municipal Court or a court of common pleas.
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1976, July 9, P.L. 586, No. 142, § 2, effective June 27, 1978. Amended 1986, Dec. 11, P.L. 1521, No. 165, § 9, effective in 60 days; 1995, April 6, P.L. 997, No. 11 (Spec. Sess. No. 1), § 1, effective in 60 days; 2012, Oct. 25, P.L. 1655, No. 204, § 7, effective in 90 days [Jan. 23, 2013]; 2014, Sept. 27, P.L. 2482, No. 138, § 2, effective in 60 days [Nov. 26, 2014].
42 Pa.C.S.A. § 6336, PA ST 42 Pa.C.S.A. § 6336
Current through Act 11 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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