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HB0562 Engrossed                     LRB093 05564 MBS 05656 b

 1        AN ACT in relation to criminal law.

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

 4        Section  5.   The  Criminal  Code  of  1961 is amended by
 5    changing Section 5-1 as follows:

 6        (720 ILCS 5/5-1) (from Ch. 38, par. 5-1)
 7        Sec. 5-1. Accountability for conduct of another.
 8        A person is responsible for conduct which is  an  element
 9    of  an  offense  if  the conduct is either that of the person
10    himself, or that of another and he is legally accountable for
11    the such conduct as provided in Section 5-2, or both.
12    (Source: Laws 1961, p. 1983.)