96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB1964

 

Introduced 2/18/2009, by Rep. Michael J. Madigan - Barbara Flynn Currie - Constance A. Howard

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
720 ILCS 5/1-2   from Ch. 38, par. 1-2

    Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the general purposes of the Code.


LRB096 05323 RLC 15389 b

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

HB1964 LRB096 05323 RLC 15389 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 1-2 as follows:
 
6     (720 ILCS 5/1-2)  (from Ch. 38, par. 1-2)
7     Sec. 1-2. General purposes. The 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 which
12 constitute each offense, and limit the condemnation of conduct
13 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.)