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PA Bulletin, Doc. No. 06-1899

THE COURTS

Title 210--APPELLATE PROCEDURE

PART I. RULES OF APPELLATE PROCEDURE

[210 PA. CODE CH. 1]

Order Amending Pa.R.A.P. 124; No. 173 Appellate Court Rules; Doc. No. 1

[36 Pa.B. 5966]
[Saturday, September 30, 2006]

Order

Per Curiam:

   And Now, this 15th day of September, 2006, upon the recommendation of the Appellate Court Procedural Rules Committee, this recommendation having been submitted without publication in the interest of justice, pursuant to Pa.R.J.A. 103(a)(3):

   It Is Ordered, pursuant to Article V, Section 10 of the Constitution of Pennsylvania, that Pennsylvania Rule of Appellate Procedure 124 is amended in the following form.

   This Order shall be processed in accordance with Pa.R.J.A. 103(b), and shall become effective immediately.

Annex A

TITLE 210. APPELLATE PROCEDURE

PART I. RULES OF APPELLATE PROCEDURE

ARTICLE I. PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS

CHAPTER 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS

DOCUMENTS GENERALLY

Rule 124. Form of Papers; Number of Copies.

   (a)  Size and other physical characteristics.--All documents filed in an appellate court shall be on 8 1/2 inch by 11 inch paper and shall comply with the following requirements:

   (1)  The document shall be prepared on white paper (except for covers, dividers, and similar sheets) of good quality.

   (2)  The first sheet (except the cover of a paperbook) shall contain a 3-inch space from the top of the paper for all court stampings, filing notices, etc.

   (3)  The text must be double spaced, but quotations more than two lines long may be indented and single spaced. Except as provided in subdivision (2)[, margins]. Margins must be at least one inch on all four sides.

   (4)  The lettering shall be clear and legible and no smaller than point [11] 12. The lettering shall be on only one side of a page, except that exhibits and similar supporting documents and paperbooks may be lettered on both sides of a page.

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Explanatory Comment--2006

   The 2006 amendment changes the required type size from ''no smaller than point 11'' to ''no smaller than point 12'' and conforms the type size requirements to Pa.R.C.P. No. 204.1 and Pa.R.Crim.P. 575.

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 06-1899. Filed for public inspection September 29, 2006, 9:00 a.m.]


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