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91_HB3813
LRB9112386WHcs
1 AN ACT to amend the Code of Civil Procedure by changing
2 Section 1-106.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Code of Civil Procedure is amended by
6 changing Section 1-106 as follows:
7 (735 ILCS 5/1-106) (from Ch. 110, par. 1-106)
8 Sec. 1-106. Act to be liberally construed. This Act shall
9 be liberally construed, to the end that controversies may be
10 speedily and finally determined according to the substantive
11 rights of the parties. The rule that statutes in derogation
12 of the common law must be strictly construed does not apply
13 to this Act or to the rules made in relation to this Act
14 thereto.
15 (Source: P.A. 82-280.)