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§ 7364. Selling or otherwise dealing in fresh meats, produce and groceries

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 G. Miscellaneous Offenses (Refs & Annos)
Chapter 73. Trade and Commerce
Subchapter B. Sunday Trading (Refs & Annos)
18 Pa.C.S.A. § 7364
§ 7364. Selling or otherwise dealing in fresh meats, produce and groceries
Currentness
(a) Offense defined.--A person is guilty of a summary offense if he engages in the business of selling or otherwise dealing at retail in fresh meats, produce and groceries on Sunday.
(b) Separate offenses.--Each separate sale, or offer to sell, shall constitute a separate offense.
(c) Exceptions.--Subsection (a) of this section shall not apply to any retail establishment:
(1) employing less than ten persons;
(2) where fresh meats, produce and groceries are offered so1 sold by the proprietor or members of his immediate family; or
(3) where food is prepared on the premises for human consumption.
(d) Limitation of action.--Information charging violations of this section shall be brought within 72 hours after the commission of the alleged offense and not thereafter.
(e) Repeated offense penalty.--A person who commits a second or any subsequent offense within one year after conviction for the first offense shall be sentenced to pay a fine not exceeding $200.

Credits

1972, Dec. 6, P.L. 1482, No. 334, § 1, effective June 6, 1973.

Footnotes

1
So in original. Probably should read “or”.
18 Pa.C.S.A. § 7364, PA ST 18 Pa.C.S.A. § 7364
Current through Act 11 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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