A judge or magisterial district judge convicted of misbehavior in office by a court, disbarred as a member of the bar of this Commonwealth or removed under Subchapter C (relating to discipline and removal of judges) shall forfeit automatically his judicial office and thereafter be ineligible for judicial office.
(Apr. 28, 1978, P.L.202, No.53, eff. 60 days; July 2, 1993, P.L.395, No.56, eff. Aug. 16, 1993; Nov. 30, 2004, P.L.1618, No.207, eff. 60 days)
2004 Amendment. See section 29 of Act 207 in the appendix to this title for special provisions relating to construction of law.
Structure Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
Chapter 33 - Discipline, Removal and Retirement of Judicial Officers
Section 3301 - Constitutional restrictions
Section 3302 - Additional restrictions
Section 3303 - Additional compensation prohibited
Section 3304 - Acting as collection agent or paid arbitrator prohibited
Section 3305 - Automatic removal upon conviction or disbarment
Section 3306 - Automatic removal upon nonjudicial candidacy
Section 3307 - Automatic suspension of judicial officer under impeachment
Section 3321 - Establishment of community courts
Section 3322 - Discontinuance of community courts
Section 3331 - Power of discipline or removal
Section 3332 - Investigation and hearing
Section 3333 - Recommendation to and action by Supreme Court (Deleted by amendment)
Section 3334 - Proceedings confidential