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91_HB0360
LRB9101168RCks
1 AN ACT to amend the Criminal Code of 1961 by changing
2 Section 12-10.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by
6 changing Section 12-10 as follows:
7 (720 ILCS 5/12-10) (from Ch. 38, par. 12-10)
8 Sec. 12-10. Tattooing Body of Minor.) A Any person, other
9 than a person licensed to practice medicine in all its
10 branches, who tattoos or offers to tattoo a person under the
11 age of 21 is guilty of a Class C misdemeanor.
12 As used in this Section, to "tattoo" means to insert
13 pigment under the surface of the skin of a human being, by
14 pricking with a needle or otherwise, so as to produce an
15 indelible mark or figure visible through the skin.
16 (Source: P.A. 77-2638.)