95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HB5823

 

Introduced , by Rep. Tom Cross

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
720 ILCS 5/1-3   from Ch. 38, par. 1-3

    Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the applicability of the common law.


LRB095 15499 RLC 41493 b

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

HB5823 LRB095 15499 RLC 41493 b

1     AN ACT concerning 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 changing
5 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 in
9 this Code or in another statute of this State. However, this
10 provision does not affect the the power of a court to punish
11 for contempt or to employ any sanction authorized by law for
12 the enforcement of an order or civil judgment.
13 (Source: P.A. 79-1360.)