2010 Pennsylvania Code
Title 18 - CRIMES AND OFFENSES
Chapter 33 - Arson, Criminal Mischief and Other Property Destruction
3303 - Failure to prevent catastrophe.

     § 3303.  Failure to prevent catastrophe.
        A person who knowingly or recklessly fails to take reasonable
     measures to prevent or mitigate a catastrophe, when he can do so
     without substantial risk to himself, commits a misdemeanor of
     the second degree if:
            (1)  he knows that he is under an official, contractual
        or other legal duty to take such measures; or
            (2)  he did or assented to the act causing or threatening
        the catastrophe.

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