Venue.
18 Pa.C.S. § 9546
in effectThe proper venue for all prosecutions conducted by the independent counsel shall be determined in accordance with the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure, except that for the purposes of convenience and fairness, the panel may set the venue in any other county on its own motion or at the request of the independent counsel or on petition of the defendant. APPENDIX TO TITLE 18 CRIMES AND OFFENSES ------- Supplementary Provisions of Amendatory Statutes ------- 1972, DECEMBER 6, P.L.1482, NO.334 § 2. Offenses committed prior to June 6, 1973. Title 18 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes (relating to crimes and offenses), as added by this act, does not apply to offenses committed prior to the effective date of this act and prosecutions for such offenses shall be governed by the prior law, which is continued in effect for that purpose, as if this act were not in force. For the purposes of this section, an offense was committed prior to the effective date of this act if any of the elements of the offense occurred prior thereto.
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