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SB2987 Engrossed |
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LRB096 14815 RLC 29678 b |
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| AN ACT concerning criminal 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 Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by changing |
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| Section 14-6 as follows:
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| (720 ILCS 5/14-6) (from Ch. 38, par. 14-6)
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| Sec. 14-6.
Civil
remedies to injured parties.
(1) Any or |
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| all parties to any conversation or electronic communication |
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| upon which eavesdropping is
practiced contrary to this Article |
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| shall be entitled to the following
remedies:
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| (a) To an injunction by
the circuit court
prohibiting
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| further eavesdropping by the eavesdropper and by or on behalf |
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| of his
principal, or either;
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| (b) To all actual damages against the eavesdropper or his |
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| principal or
both;
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| (c) To any punitive damages which may be awarded by the |
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| court or by a
jury;
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| (d) To all actual damages against any landlord, owner or |
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| building
operator, or any common carrier by wire who aids, |
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| abets, or knowingly
permits the eavesdropping concerned;
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| (e) To any punitive damages which may be awarded by the |
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| court or by a
jury against any landlord, owner or building |
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| operator, or common carrier by
wire who aids, abets, or |