Pennsylvania Statutes Title 71 P.S. State Government § 1655. Violation of statute; cancellation of contract

In any case where a contract for printing shall be entered into with any person who shall have failed to file a sworn statement as required by this act, or having filed the sworn statement and the same shall contain any representation  1 of fact which is untrue in any material respect, or who or which shall thereafter fail, neglect or refuse to pay his, their or its employes the prevailing wage rates or provide or assure his, their or its employes the working conditions prevalent in the locality in which the work is performed, the agency of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania entering into such contract shall cancel the same and shall have the right to enter into other contracts for the completion of the original contract, charging any additional cost to the original contractor. Any sums of money due to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania by reason of the cancellation of contract aforesaid may be withheld from any amounts due on any such contracts and may be recovered in suits brought in the name of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania by the Attorney General thereof. Furthermore, no contracts for printing shall be awarded to any person holding any contract for printing which has been subject to cancellation or has been cancelled for the reasons set forth herein or to any person in which such persons shall have an interest for a period of two years from the date upon which it shall have been determined by the Secretary of Labor and Industry that the provisions of this act have been violated.