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· 7/1/1964

Commonwealth v. Shafer

Citations

  • 414 Pa. 613
  • 202 A.2d 308
  • 1964 Pa. LEXIS 604

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • clarifying that it is improper for this Court to supply omissions in the legislative text, even if the perceived omission may have resulted from inadvertence or lack of foresight by the Legislature
  • clarifying that it is improper for this Court to supply omissions in the legislative text, even if the perceived omission may have resulted from inadvertence or lack of foresight by the Legislature
  • \'the criminal offenses and penalties therefor prescribed by [the Sales Tax Act] shall be in addition to any criminal offenses prescribed 14 by the general laws of this Commonwealth'\

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Judges: Bell, Jones, Cohen, Eagen, O'Brien, Roberts

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