Title: 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 (rules)
Citation: N/A
Docket Number: 443 Criminal Procedural Rules Docket
State: Pennsylvania
Issuer: Pennsylvania Supreme Court
Date: December 23, 2013

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA 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 : : : : : : : : NO. 443 CRIMINAL PROCEDURAL RULES DOCKET ORDER PER CURIAM AND NOW, this 23rd 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.