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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB1155
Introduced 2/11/2009, by Rep. Daniel J. Burke SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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720 ILCS 5/16A-6 |
from Ch. 38, par. 16A-6 |
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Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Makes a technical change in a Section
concerning an affirmative defense to retail theft.
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A BILL FOR
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HB1155 |
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LRB096 07842 RLC 17945 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 16A-6 as follows:
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| (720 ILCS 5/16A-6) (from Ch. 38, par. 16A-6)
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| Sec. 16A-6. Affirmative Defense. A detention as permitted |
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| in this Article
does not constitute an arrest or an unlawful |
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| restraint, as defined in Section
10-3 of this Code,
nor shall |
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| it render the
the merchant liable to the person so detained. |
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| (Source: P.A. 79-840.)
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