Subversive

 Section 2. Definitions.--For the purposes of this act:

        "Organization" means an organization, corporation, company,
     partnership, association, trust, foundation, fund, club,
     society, committee, political party, or any group of persons,
     whether or not incorporated, permanently or temporarily
     associated together for joint action or advancement of views on
     any subject or subjects.
        "Subversive organization" means any organization which
     engages in or advocates, abets, advises or teaches, or a purpose
     of which is to engage in or advocate, abet, advise or teach,
     activities intended to overthrow, destroy or alter, or to assist
     in the overthrow, destruction or alteration of, the
     constitutional form of the government of the United States or of
     the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, or of any political
     subdivision of either of them, by force or violence.
        "Subversive person" means any person who commits, attempts to
     commit, or knowingly aids in the commission of any act intended
     to overthrow, destroy, alter, or to assist in the overthrow,
     destruction or alteration of the constitutional form of
     government of the United States or of the Commonwealth of
     Pennsylvania, or any political subdivision of either of them, by
     force or violence, or who with the specific intent to further
     the unlawful aims thereof, is knowingly a member of a subversive
     organization or a foreign subversive organization as defined in
     this act.
        "Appointing authority" means any person, department, board,
     commission, or other agency of the Commonwealth, or of any
     political subdivision thereof, who appoints or employs officers
     or employes.