IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA
IN RE: : NO. 477
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ORDER RESCINDING AND : CRIMINAL PROCEDURAL RULES
REPLACING RULE 105 OF THE :
PENNSYLVANIA : DOCKET
RULES OF CRIMINAL :
PROCEDURE :
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ORDER
PER CURIAM
AND NOW, this 28th day of June, 2016, upon the recommendation of the
Criminal Procedural Rules Committee, the proposal having been published for public
comment at 45 Pa.B. 5384 (August 29, 2015):
IT IS ORDERED pursuant to Article V, Section 10 of the Constitution of
Pennsylvania that:
1) Rule 105 of the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure is rescinded and
replaced in the attached form.
2) Local rules of criminal procedure effective prior to August 1, 2016 shall be
compiled and published on the local court website in accordance with
Pa.R.J.A. No. 103(d)(7), see No. 464 Judicial Administration Docket (June 28,
2016); No. 465 Judicial Administration Docket (June 28, 2016), no later than
September 1, 2016 to remain effective.
3) Local rules of criminal procedure approved by the Criminal Procedural Rules
Committee as of August 1, 2016 that have not yet been published pursuant to
Pa.R.Crim.P. 105 shall be subject to the requirements of Pa.R.J.A. No.
103(d)(5)-(7), see No. 465 Judicial Administration Docket (June 28, 2016).
4) Local rules of criminal procedure approved by the Criminal Procedural Rules
Committee that have been published in the Pennsylvania Bulletin as August
1, 2016 but are not yet effective pursuant to Pa.R.Crim.P. 105 shall become
effective in accordance with Pa.R.J.A. No. 103(d)(5)(iii) and shall be subject
to the requirements of Pa.R.J.A. No. 103(d)(6)-(7), see No. 465 Judicial
Administration Docket (June 28, 2016).
This ORDER shall be processed in accordance with Pa.R.J.A. No. 103(b), and
shall be effective on August 1, 2016.
Additions to the rule are shown in bold and are underlined.
Deletions from the rule are shown in bold and brackets.
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