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Public Act 102-0994
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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 Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 is |
amended by changing Section 115-11 as follows:
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(725 ILCS 5/115-11) (from Ch. 38, par. 115-11)
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Sec. 115-11.
In a prosecution for a criminal offense |
defined
in Article 11 or in Section 11-1.20, 11-1.30, 11-1.40, |
11-1.50, 11-1.60, 12-13, 12-14, 12-14.1, 12-15 or 12-16 of the
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Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012, when where |
the alleged victim of the offense was is a minor
under 18
years |
of age at the time of the offense, the court may exclude from |
the proceedings
while the victim is testifying, regardless of |
the alleged victim's age at the time of the victim's courtroom |
testimony, all persons, who, in the opinion of the
court, do |
not have a direct interest in the case, except the media. When |
the court publishes to the trier of fact videos, photographs, |
or any depiction of a minor under 18 years of age engaged in a |
sex act, the court may exclude from the proceedings all |
persons, who in the opinion of the court, do not have a direct |
interest in the case, except the media. The court shall enter |
its finding that particular parties are disinterested and the |
basis for that finding into the record.
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