093_SB0547

                                     LRB093 04081 RLC 04121 b

 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 1-2 as follows:

 6        (720 ILCS 5/1-2) (from Ch. 38, par. 1-2)
 7        Sec. 1-2. General purposes. The provisions of  this  Code
 8    shall  be  construed  in accordance with the general purposes
 9    hereof, to:
10        (a)  Forbid and prevent the commission of offenses;
11        (b)  Define adequately the  act  and  mental  state  that
12    which  constitute each offense, and limit the condemnation of
13    conduct as criminal when it is without fault;
14        (c)  Prescribe penalties which are proportionate  to  the
15    seriousness  of  offenses  and  which  permit  recognition of
16    differences in rehabilitation possibilities among  individual
17    offenders;
18        (d)  Prevent arbitrary or oppressive treatment of persons
19    accused or convicted of offenses.
20    (Source: Laws 1961, p. 1983.)