Rule 115. Procedures Inconsistent with Rules

All laws shall be suspended to the extent that they are inconsistent with rules prescribed under the Constitution of 1968. Procedures set forth in statute or local rule shall be inapplicable to the extent that they are inconsistent with rules prescribed by the Supreme Court governing proceedings on the same subject matter.

Comment:

See Pa. Const. art. V, § 10(c); 42 Pa.C.S. § 1722(a)(1); see also Pa.R.J.A. 103(d)(2); Appeal of Gibbons , 104 Pa. 587, 591 (1884) (court of common pleas cannot adopt rules inconsistent with Supreme Court rules).