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                                ARTICLE F
                      OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC ORDER
                               AND DECENCY

     Chapter
       55.  Riot, Disorderly Conduct and Related Offenses
       57.  Wiretapping and Electronic Surveillance
       59.  Public Indecency

                                CHAPTER 55
                       RIOT, DISORDERLY CONDUCT AND
                             RELATED OFFENSES

     Sec.
     5501.  Riot.
     5502.  Failure of disorderly persons to disperse upon
            official order.
     5503.  Disorderly conduct.
     5504.  Harassment and stalking by communication or address
            (Repealed).
     5505.  Public drunkenness and similar misconduct.
     5506.  Loitering and prowling at night time.
     5507.  Obstructing highways and other public passages.
     5508.  Disrupting meetings and processions.
     5509.  Desecration or sale of venerated objects.
     5510.  Abuse of corpse.
     5511.  Cruelty to animals.
     5511.1. Live animals as prizes prohibited.
     5511.2. Police animals.
     5511.3. Assault with a biological agent on animal, fowl or
            honey bees.
     5512.  Lotteries, etc.
     5513.  Gambling devices, gambling, etc.
     5514.  Pool selling and bookmaking.
     5515.  Prohibiting of paramilitary training.
     5516.  Facsimile weapons of mass destruction.
     5517.  Unauthorized school bus entry.

        Enactment.  Chapter 55 was added December 6, 1972, P.L.1482,
     No.334, effective in six months.
        Cross References.  Chapter 55 is referred to in section 2101
     of Title 5 (Athletics and Sports).
     § 5501.  Riot.
        A person is guilty of riot, a felony of the third degree, if
     he participates with two or more others in a course of
     disorderly conduct:
            (1)  with intent to commit or facilitate the commission
        of a felony or misdemeanor;
            (2)  with intent to prevent or coerce official action; or
            (3)  when the actor or any other participant to the
        knowledge of the actor uses or plans to use a firearm or
        other deadly weapon.

        Cross References.  Section 5501 is referred to in section
     6105 of this title; section 3304 of Title 5 (Athletics and
     Sports).

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