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1 AN ACT concerning grand juries.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 is
5 amended by changing Section 112-3 as follows:
6 (725 ILCS 5/112-3) (from Ch. 38, par. 112-3)
7 Sec. 112-3. Duration of Grand Jury.
8 (a) In counties with a population in excess of 1,000,000
9 a Grand Jury shall be convened, impaneled and sworn, and
10 shall commence the performance of its duties for an
11 indeterminate period, on the first Monday of each month. In
12 such counties a Grand Jury shall serve until discharged by
13 the court, except that no Grand Jury shall serve in excess of
14 18 months and not more than 6 Grand Juries shall sit at the
15 same time.
16 In counties with a population ofin excess of 225,000 but
17 less than 1,000,000 a Grand Jury may be convened, empaneled,
18 and sworn and may sit at such times and for such periods as
19 the circuit court may order on its own motion or that of the
20 State's Attorney. No Grand Jury shall serve in excess of 18
21 months and not more than 2 Grand Juries shall sit at the same
22 time.
23 (b) (Blank).In all other counties the Grand Jury shall
24 be called and sit at such times and for such periods as the
25 circuit court may order on its own motion or that of the
26 State's Attorney; provided, that no Grand Jury shall sit for
27 a period in excess of 18 months and, provided further, that
28 no more than one Grand Jury shall sit at the same time.
29 (c) At any time for cause shown the court may excuse a
30 grand juror either temporarily or permanently and, if
31 permanently, may impanel another person in place of the grand
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1 juror excused.
2 (Source: P.A. 88-31.)