§ 7364. Selling or otherwise dealing in fresh meats, produce and groceries.
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§ 7364. Selling or otherwise dealing in fresh meats, produce and groceries.
(a)Offense defined.-- A person is guilty of a summary offense if he engages in the business of selling or otherwise dealing at retail in fresh meats, produce and groceries on Sunday.
(b)Separate offenses.-- Each separate sale, or offer to sell, shall constitute a separate offense.
(c)Exceptions.-- Subsection
(a)of this section shall not apply to any retail establishment:
(1)employing less than ten persons;
(2)where fresh meats, produce and groceries are offered so sold by the proprietor or members of his immediate family; or
(3)where food is prepared on the premises for human consumption.
(d)Limitation of action.-- Information charging violations of this section shall be brought within 72 hours after the commission of the alleged offense and not thereafter.
(e)Repeated offense penalty.-- A person who commits a second or any subsequent offense within one year after conviction for the first offense shall be sentenced to pay a fine not exceeding $200.
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Constitutionality. Section 7364 was declared unconstitutional on October 5, 1978, by the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania in Kroger Co. v. O'Hara Township, 481 Pa. 101, 392 A.2d 266 (1978).
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