42 Pa.C.S. § 218
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Codification of Act No. 1978-319.
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(b) Initial sentencing guidelines.--The Pennsylvania Commission on Sentencing shall adopt and publish in the Pennsylvania Bulletin pursuant to 42 Pa.C.S. § 2155(a)(2) (relating to publication of guidelines for sentencing) the initial sentencing guidelines within 18 months of the first
meeting of the commission. The provisions of 18 Pa.C.S. § 1386 (redesignated by this act as 42 Pa.C.S. § 9781) (relating to appellate review of sentence) shall take effect upon the effective date of such initial sentencing guidelines pursuant to 42 Pa.C.S. § 2155(c) (relating to effective date).
(c) Severability.--(Repealed).
(d) Repealer.--Subchapter G of Chapter 13 (relating to Pennsylvania Commission on Sentencing) of Title 18, and sections 7 and 8(a) and (b) of the act of November 26, 1978 (P.L.1316, No.319), entitled "An act amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, further providing for sentencing and providing for alteration of identification marks on personal property," are repealed except as follows:
(1) Section 1386 is hereby expressly saved from repeal and shall be redesignated as provided by Article IV of this act.
(2) The original terms of members of the Pennsylvania Commission on Sentencing shall be staggered as provided by the former provisions of 18 Pa.C.S. § 1381(a) (relating to composition).
(e) Expiration.--(Repealed). (Apr. 30, 1986, P.L.135, No.41, eff. May 1, 1986) 1986 Repeal. Section 5 of Act 41 repealed subsecs. (c) and
(e). Explanatory Note. Section 218(a) added Subchapter F of
(b) Initial sentencing guidelines.--The Pennsylvania Commission on Sentencing shall adopt and publish in the Pennsylvania Bulletin pursuant to 42 Pa.C.S. § 2155(a)(2) (relating to publication of guidelines for sentencing) the initial sentencing guidelines within 18 months of the first
meeting of the commission. The provisions of 18 Pa.C.S. § 1386 (redesignated by this act as 42 Pa.C.S. § 9781) (relating to appellate review of sentence) shall take effect upon the effective date of such initial sentencing guidelines pursuant to 42 Pa.C.S. § 2155(c) (relating to effective date).
(c) Severability.--(Repealed).
(d) Repealer.--Subchapter G of Chapter 13 (relating to Pennsylvania Commission on Sentencing) of Title 18, and sections 7 and 8(a) and (b) of the act of November 26, 1978 (P.L.1316, No.319), entitled "An act amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, further providing for sentencing and providing for alteration of identification marks on personal property," are repealed except as follows:
(1) Section 1386 is hereby expressly saved from repeal and shall be redesignated as provided by Article IV of this act.
(2) The original terms of members of the Pennsylvania Commission on Sentencing shall be staggered as provided by the former provisions of 18 Pa.C.S. § 1381(a) (relating to composition).
(e) Expiration.--(Repealed). (Apr. 30, 1986, P.L.135, No.41, eff. May 1, 1986) 1986 Repeal. Section 5 of Act 41 repealed subsecs. (c) and
(e). Explanatory Note. Section 218(a) added Subchapter F of
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