{"data":{"id":"us-pa/42-pa.c.s.-5972","jurisdiction":"us-pa","citation":"42 Pa.C.S. § 5972","heading":"Definitions.","body":"The following words and phrases when used in this subchapter shall have, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the meanings given to them in this section:\n\"Penal institution.\" Includes a jail, prison, penitentiary, house of correction, correctional institution or other place of penal detention.\n\"Witness.\" A person who is confined in a penal institution in any state and whose testimony is desired in another state in any criminal proceeding or investigation by a grand jury or in any criminal proceeding before a court.","path":["Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE","PART VI ACTIONS, PROCEEDINGS AND OTHER MATTERS GENERALLY","CHAPTER 59 DEPOSITIONS AND WITNESSES","SUBCHAPTER C RENDITION OF PRISONERS AS WITNESSES IN CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS"],"source_url":"https://www.palegis.us/statutes/consolidated/view-statute?txtType=HTM\u0026ttl=42\u0026div=0\u0026chpt=59\u0026sctn=72\u0026subsctn=0","current_through":"2026-08-03 (Statute Update stamp, 42 Pa.C.S.)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T16:33:14Z","sha256":"8b6f2010303ddab8ea6baa2363676023175b0491dbdc7f027ed3db0253ae6eef","source_id":"us-pa","stale":false,"prev":"us-pa/42-pa.c.s.-5971","next":"us-pa/42-pa.c.s.-5973"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}