Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 40, October 5, 2024
Section 131.15 - Computation of time(a) Except as otherwise provided by law, in computing a period of time prescribed or allowed by this chapter, the day of the act, event or default after which the designated period of times begins to run may not be included. The last day of the period so computed shall be included, unless it is Saturday, Sunday or a legal holiday in this Commonwealth, in which event the period shall run until the end of the next day which is neither a Saturday, Sunday nor a legal holiday. A part-day holiday shall be considered as other days and not as a legal holiday. Intermediate Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays shall be included in the computation.(b) Subsection (a) supersedes 1 Pa. Code § 31.12 (relating to computation of time).The provisions of this §131.15 adopted December 6, 2002, effective 12/7/2002, 32 Pa.B. 6043.The provisions of this §131.15 issued under sections 401.1 and 435(a) and (c) of the Workers' Compensation Act (77 P. S. §§ 710 and 991(a) and (c)); section 2205 of The Administrative Code of 1929 (71 P. S. § 565); and section 414 of The Pennsylvania Occupational Disease Act (77 P. S. § 1514).