Pennsylvania § 3303 Failure to prevent catastrophe

Pennsylvania Statutes

§ 3303 — Failure to prevent catastrophe

Pennsylvania § 3303

Title 18CRIMES AND OFFENSES

PartPART II

Ch. 33ARSON, CRIMINAL MISCHIEF AND OTHER

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Bluebook

18 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 3303 (2026).

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A person who knowingly or recklessly fails to take reasonable measures to prevent or mitigate a catastrophe, when he can do so without substantial risk to himself, commits a misdemeanor of the second degree if:

(1)he knows that he is under an official, contractual or other legal duty to take such measures; or

(2)he did or assented to the act causing or threatening the catastrophe.

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