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91_HB0772
LRB9103127RCdv
1 AN ACT to amend the Criminal Code of 1961 by changing
2 Section 1-2.
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 1-2 as follows:
7 (720 ILCS 5/1-2) (from Ch. 38, par. 1-2)
8 Sec. 1-2. General purposes. The provisions of this Code
9 shall be construed in accordance with the general purposes
10 hereof, to:
11 (a) Forbid and prevent the commission of offenses;
12 (b) Define adequately the act and mental state which
13 constitute each offense, and limit the condemnation of
14 conduct as criminal when it is without fault;
15 (c) Prescribe penalties that which are proportionate to
16 the seriousness of offenses and that which permit recognition
17 of differences in rehabilitation possibilities among
18 individual offenders;
19 (d) Prevent arbitrary or oppressive treatment of persons
20 accused or convicted of offenses.
21 (Source: Laws 1961, p. 1983.)