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16 Pa.C.S. § 14302: Duties of district attorney and entry of nolle prosequi.
Where this section sits in the code
- Title 16 - COUNTIES
- PART IV COUNTIES OF THE SECOND CLASS A THROUGH EIGHTH CLASS
- CHAPTER 143 DISTRICT ATTORNEY, ASSISTANTS AND DETECTIVES
- SUBCHAPTER A DISTRICT ATTORNEY
The district attorney shall sign each bill of indictment and conduct in court each criminal and other prosecution, in the name of the Commonwealth or, if the Commonwealth is a party, that arises in the county for which the district attorney is elected, and perform all the duties which, prior to May 3, 1850, were performed by deputy attorneys general. The duties conferred shall be in addition to all other duties given to the district attorney by other acts.
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