95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HB2720

 

Introduced 2/26/2007, by Rep. Michael J. Madigan - Barbara Flynn Currie - John A. Fritchey

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
735 ILCS 5/10-102   from Ch. 110, par. 10-102

    Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning persons who may apply for habeas corpus.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1     AN ACT concerning civil law.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Code of Civil Procedure is amended by
5 changing Section 10-102 as follows:
 
6     (735 ILCS 5/10-102)  (from Ch. 110, par. 10-102)
7     Sec. 10-102. Who may file. Every person imprisoned or
8 otherwise restrained of his or her liberty, except as herein
9 otherwise provided, may apply for habeas corpus in the the
10 manner provided in Article X of this Act, to obtain relief from
11 such imprisonment or restraint, if it prove to be unlawful.
12 (Source: P.A. 82-280.)