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92_HB2815
LRB9202201DJgc
1 AN ACT in relation to civil procedure.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Code of Civil Procedure is amended by
5 changing Section 1-106 as follows:
6 (735 ILCS 5/1-106) (from Ch. 110, par. 1-106)
7 Sec. 1-106. Act to be liberally construed. This Act shall
8 be liberally construed, to the end that controversies may be
9 speedily and finally determined according to the substantive
10 rights of the parties. The rule that statutes in derogation
11 of the common law must be strictly construed does not apply
12 to this Act or to the rules made in relation to this Act
13 thereto.
14 (Source: P.A. 82-280.)