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190 PENNSYLVANIA UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION LAW PENNSYLVANIA UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION LAW PENNSYLVANIA UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION LAW
the enforcement and collection provisions of this act. A penalty assessed
under this section may be collected in the manner provided in sections
308.1, 308.2, 308.3 and 309 of this act and any other manner provided by
this act for the collection of contributions, interest and penalty.
(h) Penalties under this section shall be assessed in accordance with the
procedures prescribed in section 304 of this act.
(i) For purposes of this section, the terms "wilfully" and "willfully"
shall have the meaning applicable to the term "willfully" under 18
Pa.C.S. § 302 (relating to general requirements of culpability). (802.1 added June 15, 2005, P.L.8, No.5) Section 803. Violation of Act and Rules and Regulations.--Any person who shall wilfully violate any provision of this act or any rule or regulation thereunder, the violation of which is made unlawful, or the observance of which is required under the terms of this act, and for which a penalty is neither prescribed herein nor provided by any other applicable statute, shall, upon conviction thereof in a summary proceeding, be sentenced to pay a fine of not less than five hundred dollars nor more than one thousand five hundred dollars or to imprisonment for not longer than thirty days, or both. Each day such violation continues shall be deemed to be a separate offense. (803 amended Nov. 3, 2016, P.L.1100, No.144) Section 804. Recovery and Recoupment of Compensation.--
(a) Any person who by reason of his fault has received any sum as
compensation under this act to which he was not entitled, shall be liable
to repay to the Unemployment Compensation Fund to the credit of the
Compensation Account a sum equal to the amount so received by him and
interest at the rate determined by the Secretary of Revenue as provided by
section 806 of the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.343, No.176), known as "The
Fiscal Code," per month or fraction of a month from fifteen (15) days
after the Notice of Overpayment was issued until paid. Such sum shall be
collectible (1) in the manner provided in section 308.1 or section 309 of
this act, for the collection of past due contributions, or (2) by deduction
from any future compensation payable to the claimant under this act:
Provided, That interest assessed under this section cannot be recouped by
deduction from any future compensation payable to the claimant under
this act: Provided further, That no administrative or legal proceedings for