7157 - Returns and appearance.

     § 7157.  Returns and appearance.        (a)  Returns.--In a county of the sixth, seventh or eighth     class, a constable is not required to make a return, if required     by law, to the court of common pleas if the constable has no     information to impart in the return.        (b)  Appearance.--A court may summon a constable to appear     before it and direct the constable to investigate a complaint of     a violation of law or of a condition which a constable is     required to report to the court and to make a report of his     investigation.