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

Pennsylvania Statutes

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

Pennsylvania § 7364

JurisdictionPennsylvania

Title 18CRIMES AND OFFENSES

PartPART II

Ch. 73TRADE AND COMMERCE

Subch.SUNDAY TRADING

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Bluebook

18 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 7364 (2026).

Text

(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 so 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

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(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 so 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.

Legislative History

Constitutionality.Section 7364 was declared unconstitutional on October 5, 1978, by the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania in Kroger Co. v. O'Hara Township, 481 Pa. 101, 392 A.2d 266 (1978).