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91_HB1612
LRB9103171WHdv
1 AN ACT to amend the Probate Act of 1975 by changing
2 Section 1-9.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Probate Act of 1975 is amended by
6 changing Section 1-9 as follows:
7 (755 ILCS 5/1-9) (from Ch. 110 1/2, par. 1-9)
8 Sec. 1-9. Act to be liberally construed.) This Act and
9 the rules now or hereafter applicable to this Act thereto
10 shall be liberally construed to the end that controversies
11 and the rights of the parties may be speedily and finally
12 determined and the rule that statutes in derogation of the
13 common law shall be strictly construed does not apply.
14 (Source: P.A. 79-328.)