98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
SB1643

Introduced 2/13/2013, by Sen. Kwame Raoul

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
720 ILCS 5/1-3 from Ch. 38, par. 1-3

Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the applicability of the common law.
LRB098 10179 RLC 40338 b

A BILL FOR

SB1643LRB098 10179 RLC 40338 b
1 AN ACT concerning criminal law.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by changing
5Section 1-3 as follows:
6 (720 ILCS 5/1-3) (from Ch. 38, par. 1-3)
7 Sec. 1-3. Applicability of common law. No conduct
8constitutes an offense unless it is described as an offense in
9this Code or in another statute of this State. However, this
10provision does not affect the the power of a court to punish
11for contempt or to employ any sanction authorized by law for
12the enforcement of an order or civil judgment.
13(Source: P.A. 79-1360.)