Pennsylvania Statutes Title 18 P.S. Crimes and Offenses § 3923. Definitions

(1) “Racketeering activity” means (A) any act which is indictable under any of the following provisions of the act of June 24, 1939 (P.L. 872), known as “The Penal Code”:  1 section 303 (relating to bribery),  2 section 304 (relating to corrupt solicitation),  3 section 318 (relating to extortion),  4 section 322 (relating to perjury),  5 section 324 (relating to hindering witnesses),  6 section 328 (relating to falsification of matters within jurisdiction of State agencies),  7 sections 512, 513, and 515 through 517 (relating to prostitution),  8 sections 601 through 609 (relating to gambling),  9 sections 614 and 615 (relating to bribery in athletic contests), [FN10] section 667 (relating to bribery of employees), [FN11] sections 669 and 670 (relating to coercion and intimidation of employes), [FN12] section 683 (relating to influencing officers of corporations, municipalities and public institutions), [FN13] section 701 (relating to murder), [FN14] sections 704 and 705 (relating to robbery), [FN15] section 723 (relating to kidnapping), [FN16] sections 801 through 806 (relating to blackmail), [FN17] sections 806.2 through 806.9 (relating to extortionate and usurious credit transactions), [FN18] sections 817 through 819 (relating to receiving and transporting stolen property), [FN19] sections 822 through 831 (relating to embezzlement), [FN20] and sections 905 through 908 (relating to arson); [FN21] (B) any offense indictable under section 20(d), of the act of September 26, 1961 (P.L. 1664), known as “The Drug, Device and and Cosmetic Act” (relating to the sale and dispensing of narcotic drugs); [FN22] or (C) any conspiracy to commit any of the offenses set forth in subclauses (A) and (B) of this clause. Any act which otherwise would be considered racketeering activity by reason of the application of this clause, shall not be excluded from its application solely because the operative acts took place outside the jurisdiction of this Commonwealth, if such acts would have been in violation of the law of the jurisdiction in which they occurred.

(2) “Person” means any individual or entity capable of holding a legal or beneficial interest in property;

(3) “Enterprise” means any individual, partnership, corporation, association or other legal entity, and any union or group of individuals associated in fact although not a legal entity, engaged in commerce;

(4) “Pattern of racketeering activity” refers to a course of conduct requiring two or more acts of racketeering activity, one of which occurred after the effective date of this act;

(5) “Racketeering investigator” means an attorney, investigator or investigative body so designated in writing by the Attorney General and charged with the duty of enforcing or carrying into effect the provisions of this act;

(6) “Racketeering investigation” means any inquiry conducted by any racketeering investigator for the purpose of ascertaining whether any person has been involved in any violation of this act or of any order, judgment, or decree of any court duly entered in any case or proceeding arising under this act;

(7) “Documentary material” means any book, paper, record, recording, tape, report, memorandum, written communication, or other document relating to the business affairs of any person or enterprise.