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2010 Pennsylvania Code
Title 18 - CRIMES AND OFFENSES
5901 - Open lewdness.
CHAPTER 59 PUBLIC INDECENCY Sec. 5901. Open lewdness. 5902. Prostitution and related offenses. 5903. Obscene and other sexual materials and performances. 5904. Public exhibition of insane or deformed person. Enactment. Chapter 59 was added December 6, 1972, P.L.1482, No.334, effective in six months. Cross References. Chapter 59 is referred to in section 911 of this title; section 2101 of Title 5 (Athletics and Sports). § 5901. Open lewdness. A person commits a misdemeanor of the third degree if he does any lewd act which he knows is likely to be observed by others who would be affronted or alarmed. Cross References. Section 5901 is referred to in section 6318 of this title; section 3304 of Title 5 (Athletics and Sports); section 9718.1 of Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure); sections 4103, 4503 of Title 61 (Prisons and Parole).
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