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92_HB4830
LRB9213381LDtm
1 AN ACT in relation to criminal law.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by
5 changing Section 1-3 as follows:
6 (720 ILCS 5/1-3) (from Ch. 38, par. 1-3)
7 Sec. 1-3. Applicability of common law. No conduct
8 constitutes an offense unless it is described as an offense
9 in this Code or in another statute of this State. However,
10 this provision does not affect the power of a court to punish
11 for contempt or to employ a any sanction authorized by law
12 for the enforcement of an order or civil judgment.
13 (Source: P.A. 79-1360.)