Bill Text: IL HB0909 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the general purposes of the Code.

Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-1)

Status: (Passed) 2012-01-13 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0657 [HB0909 Detail]

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97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2011 and 2012 HB0909 Introduced , by Rep. Michael J. Madigan SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
720 ILCS 5/1-2 from Ch. 38, par. 1-2
Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the general purposes of the Code.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning criminal law.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by changing
Section 1-2 as follows:
(720 ILCS 5/1-2) (from Ch. 38, par. 1-2)
Sec. 1-2. General purposes. The The provisions of this Code
shall be construed in accordance with the general purposes
hereof, to:
(a) Forbid and prevent the commission of offenses;
(b) Define adequately the act and mental state which
constitute each offense, and limit the condemnation of conduct
as criminal when it is without fault;
(c) Prescribe penalties which are proportionate to the
seriousness of offenses and which permit recognition of
differences in rehabilitation possibilities among individual
offenders;
(d) Prevent arbitrary or oppressive treatment of persons
accused or convicted of offenses.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 1983.)