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| | 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB1901 Introduced , by Rep. Jim Durkin SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
| | 735 ILCS 5/1-106 | from Ch. 110, par. 1-106 |
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Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Makes a technical change in a Section
concerning construction of the Code.
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| | A BILL FOR |
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| | HB1901 | | LRB101 05792 LNS 50808 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning civil law.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Code of Civil Procedure is amended by |
| 5 | | changing Section 1-106 as follows:
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| 6 | | (735 ILCS 5/1-106) (from Ch. 110, par. 1-106)
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| 7 | | Sec. 1-106. Act to be liberally construed. This Act shall |
| 8 | | be liberally construed, to the
the end that controversies
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| 9 | | be speedily and finally determined according to the substantive
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| 10 | | rights of the parties. The rule that statutes in derogation of |
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common law must be strictly construed does not apply to |
| 12 | | this Act or to
the rules made in relation thereto. |
| 13 | | (Source: P.A. 82-280.)
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