42 Pa. C.S. § 9731

Current through Pa Acts 2024-53, 2024-56 through 2024-92

Section 9731 - Requirement for presentence investigation and report

This section is suspended by Pa.R.Crim.P. Rule 1101(6) as being inconsistent with Chapter 7 of the Rules of Criminal Procedure.

Before sentencing any defendant to one year or longer, a presentence investigation and report shall be made, unless the sentence is death or a mandatory sentence to life imprisonment, or unless the court specifically orders to the contrary. The report shall be made within 30 days from the date of conviction of defendant or within such greater period of time as the court shall direct.

42 Pa.C.S. § 9731

1974, Dec. 30, P.L. 1052, No. 345, § 1, effective in 90 days. Renumbered from 18 Pa.C.S. § 1331 by 1980, Oct. 5, P.L. 693, No. 142, § 401(a), effective in 60 days.