77 Pa. Stat. § 1

Current through Pa Acts 2024-53, 2024-56 through 2024-92

Section 1 - Short title; application of act

That this act shall be called and cited as the Workers' Compensation Act, and shall apply to all injuries occurring within this Commonwealth, irrespective of the place where the contract of hiring was made, renewed, or extended, and extraterritorially as provided by section 305.2.

77 P.S. § 1

1915, June 2, P.L. 736, art. 1, § 101. Amended 1929, April 26, P.L. 829, § 1; 1929, April 29, P.L. 853, § 1. Reenacted and amended 1937, June 4, P.L. 1552, § 1; 1939, June 21, P.L. 520, § 1. Amended 1956, Feb. 28, P.L.(1955) 1120, § 1; 1972, March 29, P.L. 159, No. 61, § 1, effective 5/1/1972; 1974, Dec. 5, P.L. 782, No. 263, effective in 60 days; 1993, July 2, P.L. 190, No. 44, § 1, effective in 60 days.