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Alcoholic Beverages

PENNSYLVANIA CRIMES CODE ---

Section 6308. Purchase, Consumption, Possession or Transportation of Liquor or Malt or Brewed Beverages.

1. Offense defined. - A person commits a summary offense if he, being less than 21 years of age, attempts to purchase, purchases, consumes, possesses or knowingly and intentionally transports any liquor or malt or brewed beverages, as defined in section 6310.6 (relating to definitions).
2. Penalty. - In addition to the penalty imposed pursuant to section 6310.4 (relating to restriction of operating privileges), a person convicted of violating subsection (a) may be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $500 for the second and each subsequent violation.
3. Preadjudication disposition. -
   
   
   1. When a person is charged with violating subsection (a), the district justice may admit the offender to the adjudication alternative as authorized in 42 Pa.C.S. section 1520 (relating to adjudication alternative program) or any other preadjudication disposition if the offender has not previously received a preadjudication disposition for violating subsection (a).
   2. The use of a preadjudication disposition shall be considered a first or subsequent offense, whichever is applicable, for the purpose of further adjudication under this section or under section 6310.4.
4. Notification. - The police department making an arrest for a suspected violation of subsection (a) shall so notify the parents or guardian of the minor charged.

Township of Upper St. Clair · 1820 McLaughlin Run Road · Upper St.Clair, Pennsylvania 15241
Department of Police Protection · Phone (Police Administration): 412.833.1113 · Fax (Police): 412.854.5320
Phone (Police/Fire/EMS emergency): 412.833.7500 · 724.941.7500 · 911
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