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SB2721 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY


 


 
95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
SB2721

 

Introduced 2/15/2008, by Sen. Emil Jones, Jr.

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
735 ILCS 5/1-106   from Ch. 110, par. 1-106

    Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning construction of the Code.


LRB095 05913 AJO 26005 b

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

SB2721 LRB095 05913 AJO 26005 b

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 1-106 as follows:
 
6     (735 ILCS 5/1-106)  (from Ch. 110, par. 1-106)
7     Sec. 1-106. Act to be liberally construed. This Act shall
8 be liberally construed, to the the end that controversies may
9 be speedily and finally determined according to the substantive
10 rights of the parties. The rule that statutes in derogation of
11 the common law must be strictly construed does not apply to
12 this Act or to the rules made in relation thereto.
13 (Source: P.A. 82-280.)