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93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
HB5308
Introduced 02/06/04, by Michael J. Madigan SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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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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HB5308 |
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LRB093 17107 LCB 42773 b |
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| AN ACT in relation to civil procedure.
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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 Code of Civil Procedure is amended by |
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| changing Section 1-106
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follows:
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| (735 ILCS 5/1-106) (from Ch. 110, par. 1-106)
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| Sec. 1-106. Act to be liberally construed.
This Act shall |
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| be liberally construed, to the end that controversies
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| speedily and finally determined according to the substantive
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| 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 |
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| this Act or to
the rules made in relation to this Act
thereto.
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| (Source: P.A. 82-280.)
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