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Public Act 0231 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Public Act 097-0231

SB2027 Enrolled LRB097 05774 RLC 45841 b

    AN ACT concerning criminal law.

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

    Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by changing
Section 17-3 as follows:

    (720 ILCS 5/17-3)  (from Ch. 38, par. 17-3)
    Sec. 17-3. Forgery.
    (a) A person commits forgery when, with intent to defraud,
he or she knowingly:
        (1) makes a false document or alters any document to
    make it false and that document is apparently capable of
    defrauding another~~in such manner that it purports to have~~
    ~~been made by another or at another time, or with different~~
    ~~provisions, or by authority of one who did not give such~~
    ~~authority~~; or
        (2) issues or delivers such document knowing it to have
    been thus made or altered; or
        (3) possesses, with intent to issue or deliver, any
    such document knowing it to have been thus made or altered;
    or
        (4) unlawfully uses the digital signature, as defined
    in the Financial Institutions Electronic Documents and
    Digital Signature Act, of another; or
        (5) unlawfully uses the signature device of another to
    create an electronic signature of that other person, as
    those terms are defined in the Electronic Commerce Security
    Act.
    (b) An intent to defraud means an intention to cause
another to assume, create, transfer, alter or terminate any
right, obligation or power with reference to any person or
property. As used in this Section, "document" includes, but is
not limited to, any document, representation, or image produced
manually, electronically, or by computer.
    (c) A document apparently capable of defrauding another
includes, but is not limited to, one by which any right,
obligation or power with reference to any person or property
may be created, transferred, altered or terminated. A document
includes any record or electronic record as those terms are
defined in the Electronic Commerce Security Act.
    (c-5) For purposes of this Section, "false document" or
"document that is false" includes, but is not limited to, a
document whose contents are false in some material way, or that
purports to have been made by another or at another time, or
with different provisions, or by authority of one who did not
give such authority.
    (d) Sentence.
    Forgery is a Class 3 felony.
(Source: P.A. 94-458, eff. 8-4-05.)

Effective Date: 1/1/2012

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