2010 Pennsylvania Code
Title 18 - CRIMES AND OFFENSES
Chapter 29 - Kidnapping
2905 - Interference with custody of committed persons.

     § 2905.  Interference with custody of committed persons.
        (a)  Offense defined.--A person is guilty of a misdemeanor of
     the second degree if he knowingly or recklessly takes or entices
     any committed person away from lawful custody when he is not
     privileged to do so.
        (b)  Definition.--As used in this section, the term
     "committed person" means, in addition to anyone committed under
     judicial warrant, any orphan, neglected or delinquent child,
     mentally disabled person, or other dependent or incapacitated
     person entrusted to the custody of another by or through a
     recognized social agency or otherwise by authority of law.
     (Apr. 16, 1992, P.L.108, No.24, eff. 60 days)

        1992 Amendment.  Act 24 amended subsec. (b).

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