In re Order Adopting New Rule 513.1, Amending Rule 513 & Approving Revision of the Comments to Rules 540 & 547 of the Pa. Rules of Criminal Procedure

Full title: IN RE: ORDER ADOPTING NEW RULE 513.1, AMENDING RULE 513 AND APPROVING THE…

Court: SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA

Date published: Dec 23, 2013

NO. 443 (Pa. Dec. 23, 2013)

Opinion

NO. 443

12-23-2013

IN RE: ORDER ADOPTING NEW RULE 513.1, AMENDING RULE 513 AND APPROVING THE REVISION OF THE COMMENTS TO RULES 540 AND 547 OF THE PENNSYLVANIA RULES OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE

PER CURIAM

CRIMINAL PROCEDURAL RULES

DOCKET

ORDER

PER CURIAM

AND NOW, this 23^rd day of December, 2013, upon the recommendation of the Criminal Procedural Rules Committee; the proposal having been published before adoption at 37 Pa.B. 4178 (August 4, 2007), 37 Pa.B. 6392 (December 8, 2007), and 38 Pa.B. 5747 (October 18, 2008), and in the Atlantic Reporter (Second Series Advance Sheets, Vols. 926, 934, and 955), and a Final Report to be published with this ORDER:

IT IS ORDERED pursuant to Article V, Section 10 of the Constitution of Pennsylvania that new Pennsylvania Rule of Criminal Procedure 513.1 is promulgated, the amendments to Pennsylvania Rule of Criminal Procedure 513 are adopted, and the revisions to the Comments to Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure 540 and 547 are approved in the attached form.

This ORDER shall be processed in accordance with Pa.R.J.A. No. 103(b), and shall be effective March 1, 2014. Additions to the rules are shown in bold and are underlined. Deletions from the rules are shown in bold and brackets.