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§ 2604. Murder of unborn child

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 18 Pa.C.S.A. Crimes and Offenses

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated Statutes
Title 18 Pa.C.S.A. Crimes and Offenses (Refs & Annos)
Part II. Definition of Specific Offenses (Refs & Annos)
Article B. Offenses Involving Danger to the Person (Refs & Annos)
Chapter 26. Crimes Against Unborn Child (Refs & Annos)
18 Pa.C.S.A. § 2604
§ 2604. Murder of unborn child
Currentness
(a) First degree murder of unborn child.--
(1) A criminal homicide of an unborn child constitutes first degree murder of an unborn child when it is committed by an intentional killing.
(2) The penalty for first degree murder of an unborn child shall be imposed in accordance with section 1102(a)(2) (relating to sentence for murder and murder of an unborn child).
(b) Second degree murder of unborn child.--
(1) A criminal homicide of an unborn child constitutes second degree murder of an unborn child when it is committed while the defendant was engaged as a principal or an accomplice in the perpetration of a felony.
(2) The penalty for second degree murder of an unborn child shall be the same as for murder of the second degree.
(c) Third degree murder of unborn child.--
(1) All other kinds of murder of an unborn child shall be third degree murder of an unborn child.
(2) The penalty for third degree murder of an unborn child is the same as the penalty for murder of the third degree.

Credits

1997, Oct. 2, P.L. 379, No. 44, § 2, effective in 180 days.
18 Pa.C.S.A. § 2604, PA ST 18 Pa.C.S.A. § 2604
Current through Act 10 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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