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90_SB0013enr

      720 ILCS 5/31-5           from Ch. 38, par. 31-5
          Amends the Criminal Code of 1961 relating to the  offense
      of concealing or aiding a fugitive. Eliminates exemption from
      prosecution  for  a  parent, child, brother, or sister of the
      offender.
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 1        AN ACT to amend the Criminal Code  of  1961  by  changing
 2    Section 31-5.
 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 31-5 as follows:
 7        (720 ILCS 5/31-5) (from Ch. 38, par. 31-5)
 8        Sec. 31-5. Concealing or aiding a fugitive.
 9        (a)  Except  as  otherwise  provided  in  subsection (b),
10    every person not standing in the relation of  husband,  wife,
11    parent,  child,  brother or sister to the offender, who, with
12    intent to prevent the apprehension of the offender,  conceals
13    his  knowledge that an offense has been committed or harbors,
14    aids or conceals the offender, commits a Class 4 felony.
15        (b)  Every  person  who,  with  intent  to  prevent   the
16    apprehension    of a person accused of a violation of Section
17    9-1 of this Code, does any act in furtherance  of  preventing
18    the apprehension of that person, commits a Class 3 felony.
19        (c)  Nothing  in  subsection  (b)  of  this Section shall
20    abridge the husband-wife privilege under  Section  115-16  of
21    the  Code  of  Criminal Procedure of 1963 or under the common
22    law.
23    (Source: P.A. 77-2638.)

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