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Failure of disorderly persons to disperse upon official order - 18 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 5502

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     § 5502.  Failure of disorderly persons to disperse upon official
                order.
        Where three or more persons are participating in a course of
     disorderly conduct which causes or may reasonably be expected to
     cause substantial harm or serious inconvenience, annoyance or
     alarm, a peace officer or other public servant engaged in
     executing or enforcing the law may order the participants and
     others in the immediate vicinity to disperse. A person who
     refuses or knowingly fails to obey such an order commits a
     misdemeanor of the second degree.

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