Pennsylvania § 5972 Definitions

Pennsylvania Statutes

§ 5972 — Definitions

Pennsylvania § 5972

JurisdictionPennsylvania

Title 42JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE

PartPART VI

Ch. 59DEPOSITIONS AND WITNESSES

Subch.RENDITION OF PRISONERS AS WITNESSES

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Bluebook

42 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 5972 (2026).

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The following words and phrases when used in this subchapter shall have, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the meanings given to them in this section:

"Penal institution."Includes a jail, prison, penitentiary, house of correction, correctional institution or other place of penal detention.

"Witness."A person who is confined in a penal institution in any state and whose testimony is desired in another state in any criminal proceeding or investigation by a grand jury or in any criminal proceeding before a court.

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The following words and phrases when used in this subchapter shall have, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the meanings given to them in this section:

"Penal institution."Includes a jail, prison, penitentiary, house of correction, correctional institution or other place of penal detention.

"Witness."A person who is confined in a penal institution in any state and whose testimony is desired in another state in any criminal proceeding or investigation by a grand jury or in any criminal proceeding before a court.