Pennsylvania Act 2004-42 — GAME CODE (34 PA.C.S.) - OFFENSE OF RESISTING OR INTERFERING WITH AN OFFICER

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GAME CODE (34 PA.C.S.) - OFFENSE OF RESISTING OR INTERFERING WITH AN
                                 OFFICER
                  Act of Jun. 23, 2004, P.L. 434, No. 42              Cl. 34
                             Session of 2004
                               No. 2004-42

     HB 1972

                                  AN ACT

     Amending Title 34 (Game) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
        Statutes, further providing for the offense of resisting or
        interfering with an officer; and prescribing penalties.

        The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
     hereby enacts as follows:

        Section 1.  Section 904 of Title 34 of the Pennsylvania
     Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
      § 904.  Resisting or interfering with an officer.
        (a)  General offense.--When an officer is in the performance
     of any duty required by this title, it is unlawful for any
     person to [resist or interfere in any manner or to any degree or
     to refuse to produce identification upon request of the
     officer.] interfere with or resist an arrest, inspection or
     investigation of the officer by threat, force, menace, flight or
     obstruction. A violation of this [section] subsection is a
     summary offense of the first degree.
        (b)  Failure to produce identification upon demand.--
            (1)  A person who refuses to provide identification upon
        demand of an officer whose duty it is to enforce this title
        after having been told by the officer that the person is the
        subject of an official investigation commits a summary
        offense of the fifth degree.
            (2)  A person who provides false identification to an
        officer whose duty it is to enforce this title for the
        purpose of avoiding prosecution or hindering apprehension or
        obstructing an investigation commits a summary offense of the
        second degree.
        Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.

     APPROVED--The 23rd day of June, A. D. 2004.

     EDWARD G. RENDELL