Pennsylvania Act 2010-62 — FIRST CLASS CITY GOVERNMENT LAW - PENALTY FOR FALSE PERSONIFICATION

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FIRST CLASS CITY GOVERNMENT LAW - PENALTY FOR FALSE PERSONIFICATION
                  Act of Oct. 7, 2010, P.L. 472, No. 62               Cl. 11
                             Session of 2010
                               No. 2010-62

     HB 106

                                  AN ACT

     Amending the act of June 25, 1919 (P.L.581, No.274), entitled
        "An act for the better government of cities of the first
        class of this Commonwealth," further providing for penalty
        for false personification.

        The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
     hereby enacts as follows:

        Section 1.  Section 5 of Article V of the act of June 25,
     1919 (P.L.581, No.274), referred to as the First Class City
     Government Law, is amended to read:
        Section 5.  The department shall make suitable regulations
     under which the officers and members of the fire and police
     forces shall be required to wear appropriate uniforms. [It shall
     be a misdemeanor, punishable by fine not exceeding five hundred
     dollars, or imprisonment not exceeding six months, or both, in
     the discretion of the court, for any person falsely to
     personate, by uniform, insignia, or otherwise, any officer or
     member of the department.]
        Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.

     APPROVED--The 7th day of October, A. D. 2010.

     EDWARD G. RENDELL