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2016 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes
Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
Chapter 25 - Representation of Litigants
Section 2501 - Appearance in person or by counsel
42 PA Cons Stat § 2501 (2016) What's This?
§ 2501. Appearance in person or by counsel. (a) Civil matters.--In all civil matters before any tribunal every litigant shall have a right to be heard, by himself and his counsel, or by either of them.
(b) Criminal matters.--In all criminal prosecutions the accused has a right to be heard by himself and his counsel.
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