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§ 52. Action in case of refusal

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 65 P.S. Public Officers

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated Statutes
Title 65 P.S. Public Officers (Refs & Annos)
Chapter 3. Official Documents, Records, and Seals (Refs & Annos)
65 P.S. § 52
§ 52. Action in case of refusal
Currentness
If the person or persons in whose hands or possession any such records, books, draughts, plans, papers, seals or other official documents shall or may remain, shall refuse to deliver up the same, upon the reasonable request of any person legally commissioned to such office or appointment, the said officer shall forthwith apply to a justice of the peace,1 who shall issue process for such person or persons so refusing, and shall cause them, either by sufficient bail or commitment, to appear at the next court of quarter sessions for the proper county, there to be proceeded against by way of indictment for the offense aforesaid.

Credits

1804, April 3, P.L. 488, 4 Sm.L. 192, § 2.

Footnotes

1
Now magisterial district judge. See 2004, Nov. 30, P.L. 1618, No. 207, § 28(1).
65 P.S. § 52, PA ST 65 P.S. § 52
Current through Act 10 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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