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(720 ILCS 5/12-33) (from Ch. 38, par. 12-33)
Sec. 12-33. Ritualized abuse of a child.
(a) A person commits ritualized abuse of a child when he or she
knowingly commits any of the following acts with, upon, or in the presence of a child
as part of a ceremony, rite or any similar observance:
(1) actually or in simulation, tortures, mutilates, |
| or sacrifices any warm-blooded animal or human being;
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(2) forces ingestion, injection or other application
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| of any narcotic, drug, hallucinogen or anaesthetic for the purpose of dulling sensitivity, cognition, recollection of, or resistance to any criminal activity;
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(3) forces ingestion, or external application, of
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| human or animal urine, feces, flesh, blood, bones, body secretions, nonprescribed drugs or chemical compounds;
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(4) involves the child in a mock, unauthorized or
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| unlawful marriage ceremony with another person or representation of any force or deity, followed by sexual contact with the child;
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(5) places a living child into a coffin or open grave
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| containing a human corpse or remains;
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(6) threatens death or serious harm to a child, his
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| or her parents, family, pets, or friends that instills a well-founded fear in the child that the threat will be carried out; or
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(7) unlawfully dissects, mutilates, or incinerates a
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(b) The provisions of this Section shall not be construed to apply to:
(1) lawful agricultural, animal husbandry, food
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| preparation, or wild game hunting and fishing practices and specifically the branding or identification of livestock;
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(2) the lawful medical practice of male circumcision
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| or any ceremony related to male circumcision;
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(3) any state or federally approved, licensed, or
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| funded research project; or
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(4) the ingestion of animal flesh or blood in the
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| performance of a religious service or ceremony.
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(b-5) For the purposes of this Section, "child" means any person under 18 years of age.
(c) Ritualized abuse of a child is a Class 1 felony for a first
offense. A second or subsequent conviction for ritualized abuse of a child
is a Class X felony for which an offender who has attained the age of 18 years at the time of the commission of the offense may be sentenced to a term of
natural life imprisonment and an offender under the age of 18 years at the time of the commission of the offense shall be sentenced under Section 5-4.5-105 of the Unified Code of Corrections.
(d) (Blank).
(Source: P.A. 99-69, eff. 1-1-16.)
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