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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 |
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| Section 9-3-1.5 as follows:
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| (720 ILCS 5/9-3-1.5 new) |
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| Sec. 9-3-1.5. Concealment of death. |
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| (a) For purposes of this Section, "conceal" means the |
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| performing of some act or acts for the purpose of preventing or |
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| delaying the discovery of a death. "Conceal" means something |
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| more than simply withholding knowledge or failing to disclose |
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| information. |
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| (b) A person commits the offense of concealment of death |
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| when he or she knowingly conceals the death of any other person |
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| who died by other than homicidal means. |
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| (c) A person commits the offense of concealment of death |
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| when he or she knowingly moves the body of a dead person from |
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| its place of death, with the intent of concealing information |
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| regarding the place or manner of death of that person, or the |
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| identity of any person with information regarding the death of |
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| that person. This subsection shall not apply to any movement of |
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| the body of a dead person by medical personnel, fire fighters, |
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| law enforcement officers, coroners, medical examiners, or |