Scope and interpretation of chapter - 45 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 302

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     § 302.  Scope and interpretation of chapter.
        The provisions of this chapter are intended to be a
     comprehensive statute:
            (1)  Creating uniformity in the publication of legal
        notices, official advertisements, and advertisements, or
        abstracts of any notice, statement, or advertisement required
        by law, rule, order or decree of court to be published in a
        newspaper.
            (2)  Defining the publications in which official and
        legal advertising shall be published.
            (3)  Prescribing methods for computing the charges
        therefor.
            (4)  Providing that the expenses for publishing legal
        advertising or notices shall be taxable and collectible as
        costs in all matters except as otherwise provided by general
        rules.
            (5)  Establishing a uniform method for determining the
        cost of legal advertising and legal notices, where rates,
        circulation of the particular publication, size of columns or
        pages, and kind or size of type used vary, in newspapers of
        different localities in this Commonwealth.

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