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18 Pa.C.S. § 3303: Failure to prevent catastrophe.
Where this section sits in the code
- Title 18 - CRIMES AND OFFENSES
- PART II DEFINITION OF SPECIFIC OFFENSES
- ARTICLE C OFFENSES AGAINST PROPERTY
- CHAPTER 33 ARSON, CRIMINAL MISCHIEF AND OTHER PROPERTY DESTRUCTION
A person who knowingly or recklessly fails to take reasonable measures to prevent or mitigate a catastrophe, when he can do so without substantial risk to himself, commits a misdemeanor of the second degree if:
(1) he knows that he is under an official, contractual or other legal duty to take such measures; or
(2) he did or assented to the act causing or threatening the catastrophe.
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