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90_HB1139
720 ILCS 5/31-4 from Ch. 38, par. 31-4
Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Includes performing an
act intended to inform another person that law enforcement
authorities are near, in, or approaching a place or area in
the offense of obstructing justice. Penalty is a Class A
misdemeanor for a first offense and a Class 4 felony for a
second or subsequent offense. Makes other changes in
definition of the offense.
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1 AN ACT to amend the Criminal Code of 1961 by changing
2 Section 31-4.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by
6 changing Section 31-4 as follows:
7 (720 ILCS 5/31-4) (from Ch. 38, par. 31-4)
8 Sec. 31-4. Obstructing justice.
9 (a) A person obstructs justice when, with intent to
10 prevent, obstruct, or impede the apprehension, investigation,
11 or obstruct the prosecution, or defense of any person, he or
12 she knowingly commits any of the following acts:
13 (1) (a) Destroys, alters, conceals or disguises
14 physical evidence, plants false evidence, furnishes false
15 information; or
16 (2) (b) Induces a witness having knowledge material
17 to the subject at issue to leave the State or conceal
18 himself; or
19 (3) (c) Possessing knowledge material to the
20 subject at issue, he or she leaves the State or conceals
21 himself or herself; or
22 (4) Performs an act intended to inform another
23 person that law enforcement authorities or their agents
24 are near, in, or approaching any place or area.
25 (b) (d) Sentence. Obstructing justice under clause (1),
26 (2), or (3) of subsection (a) is a Class 4 felony.
27 Obstructing justice under clause (4) of subsection (a) is a
28 Class A misdemeanor for a first offense and a Class 4 felony
29 for a second or subsequent offense.
30 (Source: P.A. 77-2638.)