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§ 3106. Inmate-made goods to be branded

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 61 Pa.C.S.A. Prisons and ParoleEffective: October 13, 2009

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated Statutes
Title 61 Pa.C.S.A. Prisons and Parole (Refs & Annos)
Part III. Inmate Confinement (Refs & Annos)
Chapter 31. Inmate Labor
Subchapter A. County Correctional Institutions (Refs & Annos)
Effective: October 13, 2009
61 Pa.C.S.A. § 3106
§ 3106. Inmate-made goods to be branded
Currentness
(a) General rule.--All goods, wares, merchandise or other article or thing made by inmate labor in any correctional institution or other establishment in which inmate labor is employed, whether for the direct benefit and maintenance of the correctional institution or other establishment or upon contract by the authorities of the same with any third person, immediately upon the completion of the same, shall be branded as provided in this section and may not be taken into or exposed in any place for sale at wholesale or retail without that brand.
(b) Style and place of brand.--
(1) The brand required by this section shall be in plain English lettering and shall contain at the head or top of the brand the words “inmate made,” followed by the year and name of the correctional institution or other establishment in which made.
(2) The brand shall in all cases, when the nature of the article will permit, be placed on the article and only where the branding is impossible may it be placed on the box or other receptacle or covering in which it is contained.
(3) The brand shall be affixed to the article by casting, burning, pressing or other such process or means so that the article may not be defaced and in all cases shall be upon the most conspicuous place upon the article or the box, receptacle or covering containing the article.
(c) Applicability.--This section shall not apply to goods, wares and merchandise shipped to points outside of this Commonwealth.

Credits

2009, Aug. 11, P.L. 147, No. 33, § 7, effective in 60 days [Oct. 13, 2009].
61 Pa.C.S.A. § 3106, PA ST 61 Pa.C.S.A. § 3106
Current through Act 10 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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