HB5416 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

LRB093 17142 RLC 42808 b

93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
HB5416

Introduced 02/06/04, by Michael J. Madigan

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

720 ILCS 5/16A-6

from Ch. 38, par. 16A-6

Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Makes a technical change in a Section relating to an affirmative defense to retail theft.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT in relation to criminal law.

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

Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by changing Section 16A-6 as follows:

(720 ILCS 5/16A-6) (from Ch. 38, par. 16A-6)

Sec. 16A-6. Affirmative defense. A detention as permitted in this Article does not constitute an arrest or an unlawful restraint, as defined in Section 10-3 of this Code, nor does shall it render the merchant liable to the person so detained.

(Source: P.A. 79-840.)