18 Pa.C.S. § 5301: Official oppression.
Where this section sits in the code
- Title 18 - CRIMES AND OFFENSES
- PART II DEFINITION OF SPECIFIC OFFENSES
- ARTICLE E OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
- CHAPTER 53 ABUSE OF OFFICE
A person acting or purporting to act in an official capacity or taking advantage of such actual or purported capacity commits a misdemeanor of the second degree if, knowing that his conduct is illegal, he:
(1) subjects another to arrest, detention, search, seizure, mistreatment, dispossession, assessment, lien or other infringement of personal or property rights; or
(2) denies or impedes another in the exercise or enjoyment of any right, privilege, power or immunity.
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