(740 ILCS 40/5) (from Ch. 100 1/2, par. 18)
Sec. 5.
The plaintiff at any time before, but not later than 10 days after,
the filing of the answer, unless further time be granted by the court, may
file interrogatories in writing concerning matters material to the
allegations of the complaint or respecting the ownership of the property
upon which it is claimed the nuisance is maintained. A full answer to each
interrogatory under the oath of the defendant shall be filed with the clerk
within 10 days after a copy of the interrogatories has been served upon
him. For a failure to so answer interrogatories the court may strike the
answer to the complaint from the files and enter an order of default and
final judgment, and a rule to answer interrogatories may be entered and the
court may punish a defendant for contempt of court for a refusal to obey
such rule. No person shall be excused from answering interrogatories under
oath on the ground that an answer may tend to incriminate him or subject
him to a penalty or forfeiture. The answer shall be evidence against, but
not on behalf of, the defendant and it and evidence derived from it shall
not be used against him in any criminal proceeding other than as rebuttal
evidence to testimony given by the defendant or in a case for perjury.
(Source: P.A. 87-765.)
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