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90_HB2823
815 ILCS 505/2 from Ch. 121 1/2, par. 262
Amends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business
Practices Act. Adds a caption to a Section declaring certain
acts or practices unlawful.
LRB9009701DJcd
LRB9009701DJcd
1 AN ACT to amend the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business
2 Practice Act by changing Section 2.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business
6 Practices Act is amended by changing Section 2 as follows:
7 (815 ILCS 505/2) (from Ch. 121 1/2, par. 262)
8 Sec. 2. Unfair or deceptive acts or practices. Unfair
9 methods of competition and unfair or deceptive acts or
10 practices, including but not limited to the use or employment
11 of any deception fraud, false pretense, false promise,
12 misrepresentation or the concealment, suppression or omission
13 of any material fact, with intent that others rely upon the
14 concealment, suppression or omission of such material fact,
15 or the use or employment of any practice described in Section
16 2 of the "Uniform Deceptive Trade Practices Act", approved
17 August 5, 1965, in the conduct of any trade or commerce are
18 hereby declared unlawful whether any person has in fact been
19 misled, deceived or damaged thereby. In construing this
20 section consideration shall be given to the interpretations
21 of the Federal Trade Commission and the federal courts
22 relating to Section 5 (a) of the Federal Trade Commission
23 Act.
24 (Source: P.A. 78-904.)