HB0959 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB0959

Introduced 01/31/11, by Rep. Michael J. Madigan

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

735 ILCS 5/10-102

from Ch. 110, par. 10-102

Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning persons who may apply for habeas corpus.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning civil law.

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

Section 5. The Code of Civil Procedure is amended by changing Section 10-102 as follows:

(735 ILCS 5/10-102) (from Ch. 110, par. 10-102)

Sec. 10-102. Who may file. Every person imprisoned or otherwise restrained of his or her liberty, except as herein otherwise provided, may apply for habeas corpus in the the manner provided in Article X of this Act, to obtain relief from such imprisonment or restraint, if it prove to be unlawful.

(Source: P.A. 82-280.)