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42 PA Cons Stat § 5942 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE|Chapter 59 - Depositions and Witnesses|Section 5942 - Confidential communications to news reporters

 § 5942. Confidential communications to news reporters. (a) General rule.--No person engaged on, connected with, or employed by any newspaper of general circulation or any press association or any radio or television station, or any magazine of general circulation, for the purpose of gathering, procuring, compiling, editing or publishing news, shall be required to disclose the source of any information procured or obtained by such person, in any legal proceeding, trial or investigation before any government unit.  (b) Exception.--The provisions of subsection (a) insofar as they relate to radio or television stations shall not apply unless the radio or television station maintains and keeps open for inspection, for a period of at least one year from the date of the actual broadcast or telecast, an exact recording, transcription, kinescopic film or certified written transcript of the actual broadcast or telecast.    Cross References. Section 5942 is referred to in sections 4415, 4436 of this title; sections 566, 586 of Title 2 (Administrative Law and Procedure).
42 PA Cons Stat § 5943 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE|Chapter 59 - Depositions and Witnesses|Section 5943 - Confidential communications to clergymen

§ 5943. Confidential communications to clergymen. No clergyman, priest, rabbi or minister of the gospel of any regularly established church or religious organization, except clergymen or ministers, who are self-ordained or who are members of religious organizations in which members other than the leader thereof are deemed clergymen or ministers, who while in the course of his duties has acquired information from any person secretly and in confidence shall be compelled, or allowed without consent of such person, to disclose that information in any legal proceeding, trial or investigation before any government unit.    Cross References. Section 5943 is referred to in sections 4415, 4436 of this title; sections 566, 586 of Title 2 (Administrative Law and Procedure); section 6311.1 of Title 23 (Domestic Relations).
42 PA Cons Stat § 5944 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE|Chapter 59 - Depositions and Witnesses|Section 5944 - Confidential communications to psychiatrists or licensed psychologists

§ 5944. Confidential communications to psychiatrists or licensed psychologists. No psychiatrist or person who has been licensed under the act of March 23, 1972 (P.L.136, No.52), to practice psychology shall be, without the written consent of his client, examined in any civil or criminal matter as to any information acquired in the course of his professional services in behalf of such client. The confidential relations and communications between a psychologist or psychiatrist and his client shall be on the same basis as those provided or prescribed by law between an attorney and client.  (Dec. 22, 1989, P.L.722, No.96, eff. 60 days)   Cross References. Section 5944 is referred to in sections 4415, 4436, 6352.2 of this title; sections 566, 586 of Title 2 (Administrative Law and Procedure).
42 PA Cons Stat § 5945 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE|Chapter 59 - Depositions and Witnesses|Section 5945 - Confidential communications to school personnel

§ 5945. Confidential communications to school personnel. (a) General rule.--No guidance counselor, school nurse, school psychologist, or home and school visitor in the public schools or in private or parochial schools or other educational institutions providing elementary or secondary education, including any clerical worker of such schools and institutions, who, while in the course of his professional or clerical duties for a guidance counselor, home and school visitor, school nurse or school psychologist, has acquired information from a student in confidence shall be compelled or allowed:  (1) without the consent of the student, if the student is 18 years of age or over; or (2) without the consent of his parent or guardian, if the student is under the age of 18 years;  to disclose such information in any legal proceeding, trial, or investigation before any government unit.  (b) Exemption.--Notwithstanding subsection (a), no such person shall be excused or prevented from complying with 23 Pa.C.S. Ch. 63 (relating to child protective services).  (Dec. 19, 1990, P.L.1240, No.206, eff. 90 days)   Cross References. Section 5945 is referred to in sections 4415, 4436 of this title; sections 566, 586 of Title 2 (Administrative Law and Procedure).
42 PA Cons Stat § 5945.1 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE|Chapter 59 - Depositions and Witnesses|Section 5945.1 - Confidential communications with sexual assault counselors.

§ 5945.1. Confidential communications with sexual assault counselors. (a) Definitions.--As used in this section, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings given to them in this subsection:  "Confidential communication." All information, oral or written, transmitted between a victim of sexual assault and a sexual assault counselor in the course of their relationship, including, but not limited to, any advice, reports, statistical data, memoranda, working papers, records or the like, given or made during that relationship, including matters transmitted between the sexual assault counselor and the victim through the use of an interpreter.  "Coparticipant." A victim participating in group counseling. "Interpreter." A person who translates communications between a sexual assault counselor and a victim through the use of sign language, visual, oral or written translation.  "Rape crisis center." Any office, institution or center offering assistance to victims of sexual assault and their families through crisis intervention, medical and legal accompaniment and follow-up counseling.  "Sexual assault counselor." A person who is engaged in any office, institution or center defined as a rape crisis center under this section, who has undergone 40 hours of sexual assault training and is under the control of a direct services supervisor of a rape crisis center, whose primary purpose is the rendering of advice, counseling or assistance to victims of sexual assault.  "Victim." A person who consults a sexual assault counselor for the purpose of securing advice, counseling or assistance concerning a mental, physical or emotional condition caused or reasonably believed to be caused by a sexual assault. The term shall also include those persons who have a significant relationship with a victim of sexual assault and who seek advice, counseling or assistance from a sexual assault counselor concerning a mental, physical or emotional condition caused or reasonably believed to be caused by a sexual assault of a victim.  (b) Privilege.-- (1) No sexual assault counselor or an interpreter translating the communication between a sexual assault counselor and a victim may, without the written consent of the victim, disclose the victim's confidential oral or written communications to the counselor nor consent to be examined in any court or criminal proceeding.  (2) No coparticipant who is present during counseling may disclose a victim's confidential communication made during the counseling session nor consent to be examined in any civil or criminal proceeding without the written consent of the victim.  (Dec. 23, 1981, P.L.585, No.169, eff. 60 days; Dec. 17, 1990, P.L.737, No.183, eff. imd.; Dec. 20, 2000, P.L.742, No.105, eff. 60 days)    Cross References. Section 5945.1 is referred to in sections 4415, 4436, 5945.3, 62A03 of this title; sections 566, 586 of Title 2 (Administrative Law and Procedure).
42 PA Cons Stat § 5945.2 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE|Chapter 59 - Depositions and Witnesses|Section 5945.2 - Confidential communications to crime stopper or similar anticrime program

§ 5945.2. Confidential communications to crime stopper or similar anticrime program. (a) General rule.--No person engaged in, connected with or employed by any crime stopper or similar anticrime program shall be required in any manner to disclose the source of any information received, procured or obtained by such person or crime stopper or similar anticrime program in any legal proceeding, trial or investigation before any government unit.  (b) Definition.--As used in this section, "crime stopper or similar anticrime program" means a private, nonprofit organization that accepts and expends donations for rewards to persons who report to the organization information concerning criminal activity and that forwards the information to the appropriate law enforcement agency.  (Dec. 20, 2000, P.L.742, No.105, eff. 60 days)   2000 Amendment. Act 105 added section 5945.2.  Cross References. Section 5945.2 is referred to in sections 4415, 4436 of this title; sections 566, 586 of Title 2 (Administrative Law and Procedure).
42 PA Cons Stat § 5945.3 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE|Chapter 59 - Depositions and Witnesses|Section 5945.3 - Confidential communications with human trafficking caseworkers

§ 5945.3. Confidential communications with human trafficking caseworkers. (a) Sexual assault counselors.--An individual qualified as a sexual assault counselor under section 5945.1(a) (relating to confidential communications with sexual assault counselors) may serve as a human trafficking counselor under this section.  (b) Privilege.-- (1) This subsection applies to all of the following: (i) A human trafficking caseworker. (ii) An interpreter. (2) An individual designated in paragraph (1) may not disclose a confidential communication without the written consent of the victim of human trafficking who made the confidential communication.  (c) Definitions.--As used in this section, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings given to them in this subsection:  "Confidential communication." All information, oral or written, transmitted between a victim of human trafficking and a human trafficking caseworker in the course of their relationship. The term includes advice, reports, statistical data, memoranda, working papers and records, given or made during that relationship, including matters transmitted between the human trafficking caseworker and the victim through the use of an interpreter.  "Human trafficking caseworker." An individual:  (1) who is engaged by any organization whether financially compensated or not; (2) whose primary purpose is the rendering of advice or assistance to a victim of human trafficking, as defined in 18 Pa.C.S. § 3001 (relating to definitions); and  (3) who: (i) holds a master's degree or higher in counseling or a related field; (ii) has an undergraduate degree or equivalent in a human services profession; or (iii) is supervised by an individual qualified under subparagraph (i) or (ii) and has at least 80 hours of training received under that supervision in:  (A) the history of human trafficking; (B) civil law and criminal law as they relate to human trafficking; (C) societal attitudes toward human trafficking; (D) peer counseling techniques; (E) housing, public assistance and other financial resources available to meet the needs of victims of human trafficking;  (F) referral services available to victims of human trafficking; (G) privileged communications; or (H) human trauma therapy counseling. "Interpreter." An individual who translates communications between a human trafficking caseworker and a victim of human trafficking through the use of sign language, visual, oral or written translation.  (July 2, 2014, P.L.945, No.105, eff. 60 days)   2014 Amendment. Act 105 added section 5945.3.  Cross References. Section 5945.3 is referred to in sections 4415, 4436 of this title.
42 PA Cons Stat § 5946 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE|Chapter 59 - Depositions and Witnesses|Section 5946 - Competency of certain witnesses where political subdivision is a party

§ 5946. Competency of certain witnesses where political subdivision is a party. A person shall not be excluded from being a witness in any action or proceeding in which a political subdivision is a party or is interested because such person is or was an officer, rated citizen or inhabitant in such political subdivision or owns assessed or taxable property or is liable to the assessment or payment of taxes in such political subdivision.   (Apr. 28, 1978, P.L.202, No.53, eff. 60 days; Dec. 20, 1982, P.L.1409, No.326, eff. 60 days)
42 PA Cons Stat § 5948 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE|Chapter 59 - Depositions and Witnesses|Section 5948 - Confidential communications to qualified professionals

§ 5948. Confidential communications to qualified professionals. Communications of a confidential character made by a spouse to a qualified professional as defined in 23 Pa.C.S. § 3103 (relating to definitions) shall be privileged and inadmissible in evidence in any matter under 23 Pa.C.S. Pt. IV (relating to divorce) or VI (relating to children and minors) unless the party concerned waives this privilege.   (Dec. 19, 1990, P.L.1240, No.206, eff. 90 days)   1990 Amendment. Act 206 added section 5948.
42 PA Cons Stat § 5961 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE|Chapter 59 - Depositions and Witnesses|Section 5961 - Short title of subchapter

§ 5961. Short title of subchapter. This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Uniform Act to Secure the Attendance of Witnesses from Within or Without a State in Criminal Proceedings."
42 PA Cons Stat § 5962 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE|Chapter 59 - Depositions and Witnesses|Section 5962 - Definitions

§ 5962. Definitions. The following words and phrases when used in this subchapter shall have, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the meanings given to them in this section:  "Summons." Includes a subpoena, order or other notice requiring the appearance of a witness.  "Witness." Includes a person whose testimony is desired in any proceeding or investigation by a grand jury or in a criminal action, prosecution or proceeding.
42 PA Cons Stat § 5964 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE|Chapter 59 - Depositions and Witnesses|Section 5964 - Witness from another state summoned to testify in this Commonwealth

 § 5964. Witness from another state summoned to testify in this Commonwealth. (a) General rule.--If a person in any state which by its laws has made provision for commanding persons within its borders to attend and testify in criminal prosecutions or grand jury investigations commenced or about to commence in this Commonwealth is a material witness in a prosecution pending in a court of record in this Commonwealth or in a grand jury investigation which has commenced or is about to commence, a judge of such court may issue a certificate under the seal of the court stating these facts and specifying the number of days the witness will be required. Said certificate may include a recommendation that the witness be taken into immediate custody and delivered to an officer of this Commonwealth to assure his attendance in this Commonwealth. This certificate shall be presented to a judge of a court of record in the county or parish in which the witness is found.  (b) Enforcement.--If the witness is summoned to attend and testify in this Commonwealth he shall be tendered the sum of ten cents a mile for each mile by the ordinary traveled route to and from the court where the prosecution or investigation is pending and $5 for each day that he is required to travel and attend as a witness, or the mileage and witness fees and expenses to which witnesses in the courts of this Commonwealth are entitled, whichever is greater. A witness who has appeared in accordance with the provisions of the summons shall not be required to remain within this Commonwealth a longer period of time than the period mentioned in the certificate unless otherwise ordered by the court. The court may admit the witness to bail by bond with or without surety and in such sum as it deems proper, conditioned for his appearance before it at a time specified in such bond. If such witness after coming into this Commonwealth fails without good cause to attend and testify as directed in the summons he shall be punished in the manner provided for the punishment of any witness who disobeys a summons issued from a court of record in this Commonwealth.
42 PA Cons Stat § 5965 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE|Chapter 59 - Depositions and Witnesses|Section 5965 - Exemption from arrest and service of process

 § 5965. Exemption from arrest and service of process. (a) Incoming witnesses.--If a person comes into this Commonwealth in obedience to a summons directing him to attend and testify in this Commonwealth he shall not while in this Commonwealth pursuant to such summons be subject to arrest or the service of process, civil or criminal, in connection with matters which arose before his entrance into this Commonwealth under the summons.  (b) Witnesses in transit.--If a person passes through this Commonwealth while going to another state in obedience to a summons to attend and testify in that state, or while returning therefrom, he shall not while so passing through this Commonwealth be subject to arrest or the service of process, civil or criminal, in connection with matters which arose before his entrance into this Commonwealth under the summons.
42 PA Cons Stat § 5971 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE|Chapter 59 - Depositions and Witnesses|Section 5971 - Short title of subchapter

§ 5971. Short title of subchapter. This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Uniform Rendition of Prisoners as Witnesses in Criminal Proceedings Act."
42 PA Cons Stat § 5972 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE|Chapter 59 - Depositions and Witnesses|Section 5972 - Definitions

§ 5972. Definitions. The following words and phrases when used in this subchapter shall have, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the meanings given to them in this section:  "Penal institution." Includes a jail, prison, penitentiary, house of correction, correctional institution or other place of penal detention.  "Witness." A person who is confined in a penal institution in any state and whose testimony is desired in another state in any criminal proceeding or investigation by a grand jury or in any criminal proceeding before a court.
42 PA Cons Stat § 5973 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE|Chapter 59 - Depositions and Witnesses|Section 5973 - Scope of subchapter

§ 5973. Scope of subchapter. This subchapter does not apply to any person in this Commonwealth confined as insane or mentally ill or as a defective delinquent or under sentence of death.
42 PA Cons Stat § 5974 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE|Chapter 59 - Depositions and Witnesses|Section 5974 - Summoning prisoner in this Commonwealth to testify in another state

 § 5974. Summoning prisoner in this Commonwealth to testify in another state. (a) Certification.--A judge of a state court of record in another state, which by its laws has made provision for commanding persons confined in penal institutions within that state to attend and testify in this Commonwealth, may certify:  (1) that there is a criminal proceeding or investigation by a grand jury or a criminal action pending in the court;  (2) that a person who is confined in a penal institution in this Commonwealth may be a material witness in the proceeding, investigation or action; and  (3) that his presence will be required during a specified time. (b) Hearing.--Upon presentation of the certificate to any court having jurisdiction over the person confined and upon notice to the Bureau of Correction, the court in this Commonwealth shall fix a time and place for a hearing and shall make an order, directed to the person having custody of the prisoner, requiring that the prisoner be produced before it at the hearing.   (Oct. 5, 1980, P.L.693, No.142, eff. 60 days; Dec. 20, 1982, P.L.1409, No.326, eff. 60 days)    References in Text. The Bureau of Correction, referred to in subsec. (b), is now the Department of Corrections.
42 PA Cons Stat § 5975 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE|Chapter 59 - Depositions and Witnesses|Section 5975 - Court order

§ 5975. Court order. (a) General rule.--If at the hearing the court determines:  (1) that the witness may be material and necessary; (2) that his attending and testifying are not adverse to the interests of this Commonwealth or to the health or legal rights of the witness;  (3) that the laws of the state in which he is requested to testify will give him protection from arrest and the service of civil and criminal process because of any act committed prior to his arrival in the state under the order; and  (4) that as a practical matter the possibility is negligible that the witness may be subject to arrest or to the service of civil or criminal process in any state through which he will be required to pass;  the court shall issue an order as provided in subsection (b). (b) Contents of order.--The order issued under subsection (a) shall have a copy of the certificate attached and shall contain language:  (1) directing the witness to attend and testify; (2) directing the person having custody of the witness to produce him in the court where the criminal action is pending, or where the grand jury investigation is pending, at a time and place specified in the order; and  (3) prescribing such conditions as the court shall determine.
42 PA Cons Stat § 5976 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE|Chapter 59 - Depositions and Witnesses|Section 5976 - Terms and conditions

§ 5976. Terms and conditions. The order to the witness and to the person having custody of the witness shall provide for the return of the witness at the conclusion of his testimony, proper safeguards on his custody, and proper financial reimbursement or prepayment by the requesting jurisdiction for all expenses incurred in the production and return of the witness, and may prescribe such other conditions as the court thinks proper or necessary. The order shall not become effective until the judge of the state requesting the witness enters an order directing compliance with the conditions prescribed.