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90_SB0013enr
720 ILCS 5/31-5 from Ch. 38, par. 31-5
Amends the Criminal Code of 1961 relating to the offense
of concealing or aiding a fugitive. Eliminates exemption from
prosecution for a parent, child, brother, or sister of the
offender.
LRB9000796RCcd
SB13 Enrolled LRB9000796RCcd
1 AN ACT to amend the Criminal Code of 1961 by changing
2 Section 31-5.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by
6 changing Section 31-5 as follows:
7 (720 ILCS 5/31-5) (from Ch. 38, par. 31-5)
8 Sec. 31-5. Concealing or aiding a fugitive.
9 (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b),
10 every person not standing in the relation of husband, wife,
11 parent, child, brother or sister to the offender, who, with
12 intent to prevent the apprehension of the offender, conceals
13 his knowledge that an offense has been committed or harbors,
14 aids or conceals the offender, commits a Class 4 felony.
15 (b) Every person who, with intent to prevent the
16 apprehension of a person accused of a violation of Section
17 9-1 of this Code, does any act in furtherance of preventing
18 the apprehension of that person, commits a Class 3 felony.
19 (c) Nothing in subsection (b) of this Section shall
20 abridge the husband-wife privilege under Section 115-16 of
21 the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 or under the common
22 law.
23 (Source: P.A. 77-2638.)
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