96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB2006


 
Introduced 2/18/2009, by Rep. Michael J. Madigan - Barbara Flynn Currie - John A. Fritchey
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		







  



735 ILCS 5/1-106
  from Ch. 110, par. 1-106








    Amends the Code of Civil Procedure.  Makes a technical change in a Section
concerning construction of the Code.
















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A BILL FOR









 











HB2006

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    AN ACT concerning civil law.

 
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    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 
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represented in the General Assembly: 

 
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    Section 5. The Code of Civil Procedure is amended by 
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changing Section 1-106 as follows:
 



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    (735 ILCS 5/1-106)  (from Ch. 110, par. 1-106)



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    Sec. 1-106. Act to be liberally construed. This Act shall 
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be liberally construed, to the
the end that controversies
may 
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be speedily and finally determined according to the substantive

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rights of the parties. The rule that statutes in derogation of 
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the
common law must be strictly construed does not apply to 
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this Act or to
the rules made in relation thereto.
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(Source: P.A. 82-280.)