(225 ILCS 650/19) (from Ch. 56 1/2, par. 319)
Sec. 19.
Criminal offenses.
A. Any person
who forcibly assaults, resists, opposes, impedes,
intimidates, or interferes with any person while engaged in or on account
of the performance of his official duties under this Act shall be guilty of
a Class A misdemeanor.
B. Any person, firm, or corporation, or any agent or employee of any
person, firm, or corporation, who gives, pays, or offers, directly or
indirectly, to any inspector or any
other officer or employee of this State authorized to perform any of the
duties prescribed by this Act or by the rules and regulations of the
Director, any money or other thing of value, with intent to influence such
inspector or other officer or employee
of this State in the discharge of his duty, is guilty of a Class 4 felony.
B-5. Any inspector or other
officer
or
employee of this State authorized to perform any of the duties prescribed
by this Act who accepts any money, gift, or other thing of value from any
person, firm, or corporation, or officers, agents, or employees thereof,
given with intent to influence his official action, or who receives or
accepts from any person, firm, or corporation any gift, money, or other
thing of value given with any purpose of intent whatsoever, is guilty of a
Class 4 felony.
C. Any person violating any provision of this Act or any rule or
regulation established hereunder, is guilty of a Class
A misdemeanor.
D. Any person who sells or offers for sale or transports meat or poultry
products that are unsound, unhealthful, unwholesome, adulterated, or otherwise
unfit for human food or which have not been inspected and passed by
Department, federal, or recognized municipal inspection, knowing that such meat
or poultry products are intended for human consumption, is guilty of a Class A
misdemeanor.
(Source: P.A. 91-170, eff. 1-1-00.)
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