*1 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA

IN RE: : NO. 488

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ORDER AMENDING RULES 531 AND : CRIMINAL PROCEDURAL RULES 536 OF THE PENNSYLVANIA RULES OF :

CRIMINAL PROCEDURE : DOCKET

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ORDER

PER CURIAM

AND NOW , this 2 nd day of May, 2017, upon the recommendation of the Criminal Procedural Rules Committee; the proposal having been published before adoption at 46 Pa.B. 3935 (July 23, 2016) and a Final Report to be published with this ORDER:

IT IS ORDERED pursuant to Article V, Section 10 of the Constitution of Pennsylvania that the amendments to Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure 531 and 536 are adopted, in the attached form.

This ORDER shall be processed in accordance with Pa.R.J.A. No. 103(b), and shall be effective July 1, 2017.

Justice Donohue files a dissenting statement.

Additions to the rules are shown in bold and are underlined.

Deletions from the rules are shown in bold and brackets.