Pa. R. Civ. P. 4023 (2026)
Acts of Assembly Not Suspended.
Rule 4023. Acts of Assembly Not Suspended.
The following Acts of Assembly shall not be deemed suspended or affected:
(a) 42 Pa.C.S. § 5325, relating to when and how a deposition may be taken outside the Commonwealth.
(b) Any Act of Assembly relating to shareholder actions for the inspection of corporate records pursuant to 15 Pa.C.S. § 1508, the examination of persons and production of documents and tangible things at a hearing or trial in proceedings upon insolvency pursuant to 39 P.S. § 252, election contests pursuant to 25 P.S. § 3465, or appeals from registration commissions pursuant to 25 Pa.C.S. § 1603.
The following commentary is historical in nature and represents statements of the Committee at the time of rulemaking:
The statutes preserved or suspended by the above rules have been repealed by the Judiciary Act Repealer Act, effective June 27, 1978. The rules have been devised to reflect those repeals.
The note to paragraph (3) of Rule 4023 has been revised by deleting the reference to the repealed Act of May 5, 1933, P.L. 364, as amended, 15 P.S. § 1308 and substituting the reference to the successor provision, Section 1508 of the Associations Code, 15 Pa.C.S. § 1508.
The provisions of this Rule 4023 amended November 20, 1978, effective April 16, 1979, 8 Pa.B. 3551; amended December 27, 1995, effective January 1, 1996, 26 Pa.B. 227; amended January 8, 2025, effective immediately, 55 Pa.B. 661. Immediately preceding text appears at serial pages (301358) and (255425).