§ 5979. Exemption from arrest and service of process.
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§ 5979. Exemption from arrest and service of process.
If a witness from another state comes into or passes through this Commonwealth under an order directing him to attend and testify in this or another state, he shall not, while in this Commonwealth pursuant to the order, be subject to arrest or the service of process, civil or criminal, because of any act committed prior to his arrival in this Commonwealth under the order.
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SUBCHAPTER D
CHILD VICTIMS AND WITNESSES
Sec.
5981. Declaration of policy.
5982. Definitions.
5983. Rights and services.
5984. Videotaped depositions (Repealed).
5984.1. Recorded testimony.
5985. Testimony by contemporaneous alternative method.
5985.1. Admissibility of certain statements.
5986. Hearsay.
5987. Use of dolls.
5988. Victims of sexual or physical abuse.
Enactment. Subchapter D was added February 21, 1986, P.L.41, No.14, effective in 60 days.
Cross References. Subchapter D is referred to in section 6381 of Title 23 (Domestic Relations).
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