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| | SB2942 Engrossed | | LRB102 20567 RLC 29436 b |
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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,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 is |
| 5 | | amended by changing Section 115-11 as follows:
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| 6 | | (725 ILCS 5/115-11) (from Ch. 38, par. 115-11)
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| 7 | | Sec. 115-11.
In a prosecution for a criminal offense |
| 8 | | defined
in Article 11 or in Section 11-1.20, 11-1.30, 11-1.40, |
| 9 | | 11-1.50, 11-1.60, 12-13, 12-14, 12-14.1, 12-15 or 12-16 of the
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| 10 | | Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012, when where |
| 11 | | the alleged victim of the offense was is a minor
under 18
years |
| 12 | | of age at the time of the offense, the court may exclude from |
| 13 | | the proceedings
while the victim is testifying, regardless of |
| 14 | | the alleged victim's age at the time of the victim's courtroom |
| 15 | | testimony, all persons, who, in the opinion of the
court, do |
| 16 | | not have a direct interest in the case, except the media. The |
| 17 | | court shall enter its finding that particular parties are |
| 18 | | disinterested and the basis for that finding into the record.
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| 19 | | (Source: P.A. 96-1551, eff. 7-1-11; 97-1150, eff. 1-25-13.)
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| 20 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
| 21 | | becoming law.
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