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2014 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes
Title 18 - CRIMES AND OFFENSES
Chapter 33 - Arson, Criminal Mischief and Other Property Destruction
Section 3303 - Failure to prevent catastrophe
18 PA Cons Stat § 3303 (2014) What's This?
§ 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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