Full Text of SB2027 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning criminal law.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by changing | 5 | | Section 17-3 as follows:
| 6 | | (720 ILCS 5/17-3) (from Ch. 38, par. 17-3)
| 7 | | Sec. 17-3. Forgery.
| 8 | | (a) A person commits forgery when, with intent to defraud, | 9 | | he or she knowingly:
| 10 | | (1) makes a false document or alters any document to | 11 | | make it false and that document is apparently capable of | 12 | | defrauding
another in such manner that it purports to have | 13 | | been made by another or at
another time, or with different | 14 | | provisions, or by authority of one who did
not give such | 15 | | authority ; or
| 16 | | (2) issues or delivers such document knowing it to have | 17 | | been thus
made or altered; or
| 18 | | (3) possesses, with intent to issue or deliver, any | 19 | | such document
knowing it to have been thus made or altered; | 20 | | or
| 21 | | (4) unlawfully uses the digital signature, as defined | 22 | | in the Financial
Institutions Electronic Documents and | 23 | | Digital Signature Act, of another; or
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| 1 | | (5) unlawfully uses the signature device of another to | 2 | | create
an electronic signature of that other person, as | 3 | | those terms are defined in the
Electronic Commerce Security | 4 | | Act.
| 5 | | (b) An intent to defraud means an intention to cause | 6 | | another to assume,
create, transfer, alter or terminate any | 7 | | right, obligation or power with
reference to any person or | 8 | | property.
As used in this Section, "document" includes, but is | 9 | | not limited to, any
document, representation, or image produced | 10 | | manually, electronically, or by
computer.
| 11 | | (c) A document apparently capable of defrauding another | 12 | | includes, but is
not limited to, one by which any right, | 13 | | obligation or power with reference
to any person or property | 14 | | may be created, transferred, altered or
terminated. A document | 15 | | includes any record or electronic record as those
terms are | 16 | | defined in the Electronic Commerce Security Act.
| 17 | | (c-5) For purposes of this Section, "false document" or | 18 | | "document that is false" includes, but is not limited to, a | 19 | | document whose contents are false in some material way, or that | 20 | | purports to have been made by another or at another time, or | 21 | | with different provisions, or by authority of one who did not | 22 | | give such authority. | 23 | | (d) Sentence.
| 24 | | Forgery is a Class 3 felony.
| 25 | | (Source: P.A. 94-458, eff. 8-4-05.)
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