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Public Act 103-0765
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| SB2934 Enrolled | LRB103 36888 RLC 67000 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, |
represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by |
changing Section 12C-50 as follows:
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(720 ILCS 5/12C-50) |
Sec. 12C-50. Hazing. |
(a) A person commits hazing when he or she knowingly |
requires the performance of any act by a student or other |
person in a school, college, university, or other educational |
institution of this State, for the purpose of induction or |
admission into any group, organization, or society associated |
or connected with that institution, if: |
(1) the act is not sanctioned or authorized by that |
educational institution; and |
(2) the act results in bodily harm to any person. |
(a-1) It is not a defense to a prosecution under |
subsection (a) that the person against whom the hazing was |
directed consented to or acquiesced in the hazing. |
(b) Sentence. Hazing is a Class A misdemeanor, except that |
hazing that results in death or great bodily harm is a Class 4 |
felony. |
(Source: P.A. 97-1109, eff. 1-1-13.) |