(225 ILCS 450/9) (from Ch. 111, par. 5510)
    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2014)
    Sec. 9. Unlicensed practice.
    No person shall practice in this State or hold himself or herself out as being able to practice in this State as a licensed certified public accountant, unless he or she is licensed in accordance with the provisions of this Act or is exercising the practice privilege afforded under Section 5.2 of this Act. Any person who is the holder of a license as a public accountant heretofore issued, under any prior Act licensing or registering public accountants in this State, valid on the effective date of this amendatory Act shall be deemed to be licensed under this Act shall be subject to the same rights and obligations as persons originally licensed under this Act.
(Source: P.A. 95-386, eff. 1-1-08.)