Public Act 0485 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Public Act 096-0485

SB1832 Enrolled

LRB096 03120 RLC 13136 b

AN ACT concerning criminal law.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,

represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 is

amended by changing Section 115-17 as follows:

(725 ILCS 5/115-17)

Sec. 115-17. Clerk; issuance of subpoenas. It is the duty

of the clerk of
the court to issue
subpoenas, either on the

part of the people or of the accused, directed to the
sheriff

or coroner of any county of this State. An attorney admitted to

practice in the State of Illinois, as an officer of the court,

may also issue subpoenas in a pending action.

 A witness
who is

duly subpoenaed who neglects or refuses to attend any court,

under
the requisitions of the subpoena, shall be proceeded

against and
punished for contempt of the court. Attachments

against witnesses who
live in a different county from that

where the subpoena is
returnable
may be served in the same

manner as warrants are directed to be served out of
the county

from which they issue.

(Source: P.A. 89-234, eff. 1-1-96.)