Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes

CRIMES AND OFFENSES (TITLE 18)

PART II. DEFINITION OF SPECIFIC OFFENSES.

CHAPTER 73. TRADE AND COMMERCE

SUBCHAPTER A - DEFINITION OF OFFENSES GENERALLY

§ 7301. Distribution of samples of medicine, dyes, etc.
§ 7302. Sale and labeling of solidified alcohol.
§ 7303. Sale or illegal use of certain solvents.
§ 7304. Illegal sale or use of certain fire extinguishers.
§ 7305. Sale of gasoline in glass container.
§ 7306. Incendiary devices.
§ 7307. Out-of-state convict made goods.
§ 7308. Unlawful advertising of insurance business.
§ 7309. Unlawful coercion in contracting insurance.
§ 7310. Furnishing free insurance as inducement for purchases.
§ 7311. Unlawful collection agency practices.
§ 7312. Debt pooling.
§ 7313. Buying or exchanging Federal food order coupons, stamps, authorization cards or access devices.
§ 7314. Fraudulent traffic in food orders.
§ 7315. Unauthorized disposition of donated food commodities.
§ 7316. Keeping bucket-shop.
§ 7317. Accessories in conduct of bucket-shop.
§ 7318. Maintaining of premises in which bucket-shop operated.
§ 7319. Bucket-shop contracts.
§ 7320. Attaching advertisement without consent of publisher.
§ 7321. Lie detector tests.
§ 7322. Demanding property to secure employment.
§ 7323. Discrimination on account of uniform.
§ 7324. Unlawful sale of dissertations, theses and term papers.
§ 7325. Discrimination on account of guide dog.
§ 7326. Disclosure of confidential tax information.
§ 7327. Storage, consumption and sale of alcoholic beverages on unlicensed business premises.
§ 7328. Operation of certain establishments prohibited without local option.
§ 7329. Prohibition of certain types of entertainment on bottle club premises.

SUBCHAPTER B - SUNDAY TRADING

[Note: Subchapter B (§§ 7361 - 7364) was declared unconstitutional on October 5, 1978, by the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania in Kroger Co. v. O'Hara Township, 481 Pa. 101, 392 A.2d 266 (1978).]

§ 7361. Worldly employment or business.
§ 7362. [Repealed.]
§ 7363. Selling certain personal property.
§ 7364. Selling or otherwise dealing in fresh meats, produce and groceries.
§ 7365. Trading in motor vehicles and trailers.

§ 7365. Trading in motor vehicles and trailers.

(a) Offense defined.--A person is guilty of a summary offense if he engages in the business of buying, selling, exchanging, trading, or otherwise dealing in new or used motor vehicles or trailers, on Sunday.

(b) Repeated offense penalty.--A person who commits a second or any subsequent offense within one year after conviction for the first offense, shall be sentenced to pay a fine not exceeding $200.

(c) Definitions.--As used in this section the following words and phrases shall have the meanings given to them in this subsection:

"Motor vehicle."
Every self-propelled device in, upon or by which any person or property is or may be transported or drawn on a public highway.
"Trailer."
Every vehicle, without motor power, designed to carry property or passengers or designed and used exclusively for living quarters wholly on its own structure, and to be drawn by a motor vehicle.


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