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90_HB2255

      720 ILCS 5/28-9           from Ch. 38, par. 28-9
          Amends the Criminal Code of  1961.   Adds  a  heading  to
      Section  that  provides that prosecution of gambling offenses
      may be commenced by an information.
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                                              LRB90904915RCks
 1        AN ACT to amend the Criminal Code  of  1961  by  changing
 2    Section 28-9.
 3        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:
 5        Section 5.  The Criminal  Code  of  1961  is  amended  by
 6    changing Section 28-9 as follows:
 7        (720 ILCS 5/28-9) (from Ch. 38, par. 28-9)
 8        Sec.  28-9.  Prosecution by information. At the option of
 9    the prosecuting attorney any prosecution under  this  Article
10    may  be  commenced  by  an  information as defined in Section
11    102-12 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963.
12    (Source: P.A. 76-1131.)

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