Part 19 · Miscellaneous Administrative Provisions

Rule 1920. Definitions

Amended October 24, 2011 (current)

‘‘Disciplinary matter.’’ Any matter arising under Pa. Const. Art. V, § 18.

‘‘Judge.’’ Includes any appointed or elected justice, judge or magisterial district judge of the unified judicial system.

‘‘Criminal investigation or prosecution.’’ Includes any offense listed in 18 Pa.C.S. § 106(a) and any other offense if a person convicted thereof may be sentenced to a term of imprisonment. It does not include parking violations or summary offenses, both traffic and non-traffic, unless there is a likelihood that the sentence will be imprisonment.