Exemption from arrest and service of process - 42 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 5965
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§ 5965. Exemption from arrest and service of process.
(a) Incoming witnesses.--If a person comes into this
Commonwealth in obedience to a summons directing him to attend
and testify in this Commonwealth he shall not while in this
Commonwealth pursuant to such summons be subject to arrest or
the service of process, civil or criminal, in connection with
matters which arose before his entrance into this Commonwealth
under the summons.
(b) Witnesses in transit.--If a person passes through this
Commonwealth while going to another state in obedience to a
summons to attend and testify in that state, or while returning
therefrom, he shall not while so passing through this
Commonwealth be subject to arrest or the service of process,
civil or criminal, in connection with matters which arose before
his entrance into this Commonwealth under the summons.
Section: 5947 5948 5949 5961 5962 5963 5964 5965 5971 5972 5973 5974 5975 5976 5977
Last modified: November 27, 2007
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