SB0993 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
SB0993

Introduced 2/6/2009, by Sen. John J. Cullerton

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

705 ILCS 205/4

from Ch. 13, par. 4

Amends the Attorney Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning an attorney's oath.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning courts.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Attorney Act is amended by changing Section 4 as follows:

(705 ILCS 205/4) (from Ch. 13, par. 4)

Sec. 4. Every person admitted to practice as an attorney and and counsellor at law shall, before his name is entered upon the roll to be kept as hereinafter provided, take and subscribe an oath, substantially in the following form:

I do solemnly swear (or affirm, as the case may be), that I will support the constitution of the United States and the constitution of the state of Illinois, and that I will faithfully discharge the duties of the office of attorney and counselor at law to the best of my ability.

(Source: R.S. 1874, p. 169.)