42 Pa. C.S. § 9541 : Consolidated Statutes — JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE — CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS — POST-TRIAL MATTERS — POST CONVICTION RELIEF — Short title of subchapter TEXT PDF This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as the Post Conviction Relief Act. 42 Pa.C.S. § 9541 1982, May 13, P.L. 417, No. 122, § 2, imd. effective. Amended 1988, April 13, P.L. 336, No. 47, § 3, imd. effective.