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| | 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
HB0804 Introduced , by Rep. Michael J. Madigan SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
| | 720 ILCS 5/31-4 | from Ch. 38, par. 31-4 |
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Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Makes a technical change in a Section
concerning obstructing justice.
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| | HB0804 | | LRB098 03641 RLC 33657 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning criminal law.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by changing |
| 5 | | Section 31-4 as follows:
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| 6 | | (720 ILCS 5/31-4) (from Ch. 38, par. 31-4)
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| 7 | | Sec. 31-4. Obstructing justice.
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| 8 | | (a) A person obstructs justice when, with intent to prevent |
| 9 | | the
the apprehension
or obstruct the prosecution or defense of |
| 10 | | any person, he or she knowingly commits
any of the following |
| 11 | | acts: |
| 12 | | (1) Destroys, alters, conceals or disguises physical |
| 13 | | evidence, plants
false evidence, furnishes false |
| 14 | | information; or
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| 15 | | (2) Induces a witness having knowledge material to the |
| 16 | | subject at issue
to leave the State or conceal himself or |
| 17 | | herself; or
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| 18 | | (3) Possessing knowledge material to the subject at |
| 19 | | issue, he or she leaves the
State or conceals himself; or |
| 20 | | (4) If a parent, legal guardian, or caretaker
of a |
| 21 | | child under 13 years of age reports materially false |
| 22 | | information to a law enforcement agency, medical examiner, |
| 23 | | coroner, State's Attorney, or other governmental agency |