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1 Pa. Code § 5.6. Reasonable notice of hearing.

§ 5.6. Reasonable notice of hearing.

 Under 45 Pa.C.S. §  906 (relating to reasonable notice of hearing) whenever notice of hearing or of opportunity to be heard is required or authorized to be given by the Commonwealth government by or under a statute or may otherwise properly be given, the notice, except in cases where notice by publication is insufficient in statute, shall be deemed to have been given to persons residing within this Commonwealth, and to persons owning or having an interest in a property situated within the limits thereof, if the notice shall be published in the Bulletin at the time that the period between the date of publication as specified in 45 Pa.C.S. §  903(a) (relating to effective date of documents) and the date fixed in the notice for the hearing or for the termination of the opportunity to be heard may be:

   (1)  Not less than the time specifically prescribed for the publication of the notice by the appropriate statute.

   (2)  Not less than 15 days when no time for publication is specifically prescribed by statute without prejudice, however, to the effectiveness of a notice of less than 15 days where the shorter period is reasonable.

Cross References

   This section cited in 1 Pa. Code §  13.3 (relating to agency action or proceedings invalid in absence of notice required by Joint Committee).



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