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18 Pa.C.S. § 6502

Refrigerators and iceboxes

Known as the Crimes Code

The act spans §§ 18–18 (603 sections).

(a) Offense defined.--A person is guilty of a summary offense if he discards or abandons in any place accessible to children any refrigerator or icebox having a capacity of 1.5 cubic feet or more with an attached lid or door, or being the owner, lessee or manager of any place accessible to children knowingly permits an abandoned or discarded refrigerator, icebox or chest to remain there with an attached lid or door.

(b) Effect of violation.--A violation of this section shall not in itself render a person guilty of manslaughter, assault or other crime against a person who may suffer death or injury from entrapment in an icebox or refrigerator.

Official source: Pennsylvania General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Pennsylvania statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.