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Public Act 093-1048
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| SB2165 Enrolled |
LRB093 15639 RLC 41247 b |
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AN ACT concerning criminal law.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by adding |
Section 24-10 as follows:
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(720 ILCS 5/24-10 new) |
Sec. 24-10. Municipal ordinance regulating firearms; |
affirmative defense to a violation. It is an affirmative |
defense to a violation of a municipal ordinance that prohibits, |
regulates, or restricts the private ownership of firearms if |
the individual who is charged with the violation used the |
firearm in an act of self-defense or defense of another as |
defined in Sections 7-1 and 7-2 of this Code when on his or her |
land or in his or her abode or fixed place of business.
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
becoming law.
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