Pennsylvania Statutes Title 24 P.S. Education § 13-1394. Penalties for violation of child labor requirements

Any person or persons accepting service from, or engaging or employing, any child between eight (8) and eighteen (18) years of age while the public schools are in session, without having on file for such child an employment certificate, or farm or domestic service permit, or failing to furnish to the district superintendent, attendance officer, or secretary of the board of school directors, the information required by this act concerning the children employed by him or them, or failing to post for inspection, at the place of employment of such children, the list of children engaged by him or them, as required by the provisions of this act, or failing to notify the proper school official when a child leaves such employment or is absent therefrom for five (5) days, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction, shall for a first offense be sentenced to pay a fine of not less than ten dollars ($10) or more than twenty-five dollars ($25), or to undergo imprisonment in the county jail for ten (10) days, or both, at the discretion of the court, and for a subsequent offense shall be sentenced to pay a fine of not less than twenty dollars ($20) or more than fifty dollars ($50), or to undergo imprisonment in the county jail for ninety (90) days, or both, at the discretion of the court.