2010 Pennsylvania Code
Title 18 - CRIMES AND OFFENSES
Chapter 63 - Minors
6310.1 - Selling or furnishing liquor or malt or brewed beverages to minors.

     § 6310.1.  Selling or furnishing liquor or malt or brewed
                beverages to minors.
        (a)  Offense defined.--Except as provided in subsection (b),
     a person commits a misdemeanor of the third degree if he
     intentionally and knowingly sells or intentionally and knowingly
     furnishes, or purchases with the intent to sell or furnish, any
     liquor or malt or brewed beverages to a person who is less than
     21 years of age.
        (b)  Exceptions.--The provisions of this section shall not
     apply to any religious service or ceremony which may be
     conducted in a private home or a place of worship where the
     amount of wine served does not exceed the amount reasonably,
     customarily and traditionally required as an integral part of
     the service or ceremony.
        (c)  Minimum penalty.--In addition to any other penalty
     imposed pursuant to this title or other statute, a person who is
     convicted of violating subsection (a) shall be sentenced to pay
     a fine of not less than $1,000 for the first violation and a
     fine of $2,500 for each subsequent violation. There shall be no
     authority in any court to impose on an offender any lesser
     sentence than the minimum sentence mandated by this subsection.
     No court shall have the authority to suspend any sentence as
     defined in this section. Nothing in this section shall prevent
     the sentencing court from imposing a sentence greater than the
     minimum sentence mandated in this subsection. In no case shall
     the sentence exceed the maximum sentence prescribed by law.
     (Mar. 25, 1988, P.L.262, No.31, eff. 60 days)

        1988 Amendment.  Act 31 added section 6310.1.
        Cross References.  Section 6310.1 is referred to in section
     6310.6 of this title.