Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes

42 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 9171 (2026)

Exchange of offenders under treaty.

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SUBCHAPTER D

EXCHANGE OF OFFENDERS UNDER TREATY

Sec.

9171. Exchange of offenders under treaty.

Enactment. Subchapter D was added June 25, 1997, P.L.321, No.32, effective immediately.

§ 9171. Exchange of offenders under treaty.

Whenever a treaty is in force providing for the transfer of convicted offenders between the United States and a foreign country, the Governor or his designee, upon application of the Secretary of Corrections, is authorized to give the approval of the Commonwealth to transfer as provided in the treaty.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 1 case, 2007–2007 · leading case: Commonwealth v. Judge, 916 A.2d 511 (Pa. 2007).

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Commonwealth v. Judge, 916 A.2d 511 (Pa. 2007). “is authorized to give the approval of the Commonwealth to transfer as provided in the treaty.”). Appellant, however, believes that, because the Committee affirmatively determined that his deportation from Canada violated the ICCPR and the United States acted under color of the…”

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