Rule 12. Gifts and Loans.

 A.  Magisterial district judges may accept a gift incident to a public testimonial to them and books supplied by publishers on a complimentary basis for public use. Magisterial district judges or a member of their family residing in their household may accept ordinary social hospitality; a gift, bequest, favor or loan from a relative; a wedding or engagement gift; a loan from a lending institution in its regular course of business on the same terms generally available to persons who are not magisterial district judges; or a scholarship or fellowship awarded on the same terms applied to other applicants.

 B.  Magisterial district judges or a member of their family residing in their household may accept any other gift, bequest, favor or loan only if the donor is not a party or other person whose interests have come or are likely to come before the magisterial district judge.

   Official Note

   This rule is derived from Canon 5C(4), American Bar Association Code of Judicial Conduct. For the purpose of this rule, ‘‘member of their family residing in their household’’ means any relative of the magisterial district judges by blood or marriage, or a person treated by the magisterial district judges as a member of their family, who resides in their household.

   The provisions of this Rule 12 amended February 1, 1973, 3 Pa.B. 275.