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| Public Act 097-0231 | ||||
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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 changing | ||||
Section 17-3 as follows:
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(720 ILCS 5/17-3) (from Ch. 38, par. 17-3)
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Sec. 17-3. Forgery.
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(a) A person commits forgery when, with intent to defraud, | ||||
he or she knowingly:
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(1) makes a false document or alters any document to | ||||
make it false and that document is apparently capable of | ||||
defrauding
another in such manner that it purports to have | ||||
been made by another or at
another time, or with different | ||||
provisions, or by authority of one who did
not give such | ||||
authority; or
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(2) issues or delivers such document knowing it to have | ||||
been thus
made or altered; or
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(3) possesses, with intent to issue or deliver, any | ||||
such document
knowing it to have been thus made or altered; | ||||
or
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(4) unlawfully uses the digital signature, as defined | ||||
in the Financial
Institutions Electronic Documents and | ||||
Digital Signature Act, of another; or
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(5) unlawfully uses the signature device of another to | ||
create
an electronic signature of that other person, as | ||
those terms are defined in the
Electronic Commerce Security | ||
Act.
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(b) An intent to defraud means an intention to cause | ||
another to assume,
create, transfer, alter or terminate any | ||
right, obligation or power with
reference to any person or | ||
property.
As used in this Section, "document" includes, but is | ||
not limited to, any
document, representation, or image produced | ||
manually, electronically, or by
computer.
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(c) A document apparently capable of defrauding another | ||
includes, but is
not limited to, one by which any right, | ||
obligation or power with reference
to any person or property | ||
may be created, transferred, altered or
terminated. A document | ||
includes any record or electronic record as those
terms are | ||
defined in the Electronic Commerce Security Act.
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(c-5) For purposes of this Section, "false document" or | ||
"document that is false" includes, but is not limited to, a | ||
document whose contents are false in some material way, or that | ||
purports to have been made by another or at another time, or | ||
with different provisions, or by authority of one who did not | ||
give such authority. | ||
(d) Sentence.
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Forgery is a Class 3 felony.
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(Source: P.A. 94-458, eff. 8-4-05.)
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