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(720 ILCS 5/1-2) (from Ch. 38, par. 1-2)
Sec. 1-2.
General purposes.
The provisions of this Code shall be construed in accordance with the
general purposes hereof, to:
(a) Forbid and prevent the commission of offenses;
(b) Define adequately the act and mental state which constitute each
offense, and limit the condemnation of conduct as criminal when it is
without fault;
(c) Prescribe penalties which are proportionate to the seriousness of
offenses and which permit recognition of differences in rehabilitation
possibilities among individual offenders;
(d) Prevent arbitrary or oppressive treatment of persons accused or
convicted of offenses.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 1983.)
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