Bill Text: IL SB1644 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the general purposes of the Code.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2015-01-13 - Session Sine Die [SB1644 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-SB1644-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning criminal law.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | |||||||||||||||||||
3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by changing | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | Section 1-2 as follows:
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6 | (720 ILCS 5/1-2) (from Ch. 38, par. 1-2)
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7 | Sec. 1-2. General purposes. The
The provisions of this Code | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | shall be construed in accordance with the
general purposes | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | hereof, to: | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | (a) Forbid and prevent the commission of offenses;
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11 | (b) Define adequately the act and mental state which | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | constitute each
offense, and limit the condemnation of conduct | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | as criminal when it is
without fault;
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14 | (c) Prescribe penalties which are proportionate to the | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | seriousness of
offenses and which permit recognition of | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | differences in rehabilitation
possibilities among individual | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | offenders;
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18 | (d) Prevent arbitrary or oppressive treatment of persons | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | accused or
convicted of offenses.
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20 | (Source: Laws 1961, p. 1983.)
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