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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
It shall be unlawful for any person, copartnership, association or corporation to conduct, stage, manage, operate or engage in any motion picture exhibition, regardless of whether a charge of admission is made or whether labor or business is necessary to conduct, stage, manage or operate the same, on the first day of the week, commonly called Sunday, before the hour of “two” o'clock postmeridian.
It shall be unlawful for any person, copartnership, association or corporation to conduct, stage, manage, operate or engage in any motion picture exhibitions, regardless of whether a charge of admission thereto or incidental thereto is made or whether labor or business is necessary to conduct, stage, manage or operate the same, on the first day of the week, commonly called Sunday, after the hour of two o'clock postmeridian, unless the voters of the municipality have first voted in favor of motion picture exhibitions and sound motion picture exhibitions on Sunday as hereinafter provided, and in no case shall a person be employed as a projectionist or operator of motion pictures on Sunday or in or about motion picture exhibitions, unless he or she shall have had twenty-four consecutive hours of rest during the preceding six week days.
Any person, copartnership, association or corporation violating any of the provisions of this section shall, upon conviction thereof in a summary proceedings, be sentenced to pay a fine of fifty dollars ($50.00), and in default of the payment of such fine and costs of prosecution, such person or any member or agent of any copartnership or association, or any officer or agent of any corporation, responsible for such violation, shall be imprisoned for a period of not more than ten (10) days.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Pennsylvania Statutes Title 4 P.S. Amusements § 60. Penalty for unlawful motion picture exhibitions on Sunday - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/pa/title-4-ps-amusements/pa-st-sect-4-60/
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