GroundRules
← Search the law
Pennsylvania · Through 2026-08-31 (Statute Update stamp, 18 Pa.C.S.)

18 Pa.C.S. § 310: Military orders.

Read at publisher ↗
Where this section sits in the code
  1. Title 18 - CRIMES AND OFFENSES
  2. PART I PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS
  3. CHAPTER 3 CULPABILITY

It is a defense that the actor, in engaging in the conduct charged to constitute an offense, does no more than execute an order of his superior in the armed services which he does not know and cannot reasonably be expected to know to be unlawful.

Collected 2026-09-02T16:31:28Z. Source file · JSON

Browse this collection