Pennsylvania Act 1963-452 — FORFEITURE OF OFFICE-PUBLIC OFFICERS CONVICTED OF CRIME

Act text

FORFEITURE OF OFFICE-PUBLIC OFFICERS CONVICTED OF CRIME
                 Act of Aug. 14, 1963, P.L. 1048, No. 452             Cl. 65
                                  AN ACT

     Providing for the forfeiture of office of public officers
        convicted of certain crimes.

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

        Section 1.  Any person, holding a public office in this
     Commonwealth, who pleads nolo contendere or guilty, or is
     convicted in a court of record of extortion, embezzlement,
     bribery, malfeasance or misfeasance in office, or fraudulent
     conversion of public moneys or property, or for any misdemeanor
     in office, shall forfeit his office, and the sentence imposed by
     the court shall include the direction for the removal from
     office of such person.
        Section 2.  (2 repealed Apr. 28, 1978, P.L.202, No.53)
        Section 3.  In the event of a verdict or final judgment of
     not guilty, the official shall forthwith be reinstated in
     office.