18 Pa. C.S. § 4303

Current through Pa Acts 2024-53, 2024-56 through 2024-111
Section 4303 - Concealing death of child
(a) Offense defined.--A person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree if he or she endeavors privately, either alone or by the procurement of others, to conceal the death of his or her child , so that it may not come to light, whether it was born dead or alive or whether it was murdered or not.
(b) Procedure.--If the same indictment or information charges any person with the murder of his or her child, as well as with the offense of the concealment of the death, the jury may acquit or convict him or her of both offenses, or find him or her guilty of one and acquit him or her of the other.

18 Pa.C.S. § 4303

1972, Dec. 6, P.L. 1482, No. 334, § 1, effective 6/6/1973. Amended 1978, Oct. 4, P.L. 909, No. 173, § 2, effective in 60 days; 1995, March 31, P.L. 985, No. 10 (Spec. Sess. No. 1), § 11, effective in 60 days.