18 Pa.C.S. § 5103.1 Unlawful Use of an Audio Or Video Device In Court

• Library: Pennsylvania Statutes
• Edition: 2023
• Currency: Current through P.A. Acts 2023-66
• Year: 2023
• Citation: 18 Pa.C.S. § 5103.1

(a) Offense defined.--A person commits [a misdemeanor of the second degree] an offense if the person in any manner and for any purpose uses or operates a device to capture, record, transmit or broadcast a photograph, video, motion picture or audio of a proceeding or person within a [hearing room, courtroom] judicial facility or [the environs of a hearing room or courtroom] in an area adjacent to or immediately surrounding a judicial facility without the approval of the court or presiding judicial officer or except as provided by rules of court.

(b) Grading.--

(1) An offense under this section shall constitute a misdemeanor of the second degree.

(2) A second or subsequent offense shall constitute a misdemeanor of the first degree.