2012 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes
Title 18 - CRIMES AND OFFENSES
Chapter 31 - Sexual Offenses
Section 3102 - Mistake as to age

     § 3102.  Mistake as to age.
        Except as otherwise provided, whenever in this chapter the
     criminality of conduct depends on a child being below the age of
     14 years, it is no defense that the defendant did not know the
     age of the child or reasonably believed the child to be the age
     of 14 years or older. When criminality depends on the child's
     being below a critical age older than 14 years, it is a defense
     for the defendant to prove by a preponderance of the evidence
     that he or she reasonably believed the child to be above the
     critical age.
     (May 18, 1976, P.L.120, No.53, eff. 30 days; Mar. 31, 1995, 1st
     Sp.Sess., P.L.985, No.10, eff. 60 days)

        1995 Amendment.  Section 18 of Act 10, 1st Sp.Sess., provided
     that the amendment of section 3102 shall apply to offenses
     committed on or after the effective date of Act 10.