(725 ILCS 205/3.01) (from Ch. 38, par. 105-3.01)
Sec. 3.01.
The proceedings under this Act shall be civil in nature,
however, the burden of proof required to commit a defendant to
confinement as a sexually dangerous person shall be the standard of
proof required in a criminal proceedings of proof beyond a reasonable
doubt. The provisions of the Civil Practice Law, and all existing and
future amendments of that Law and modifications thereof and
the Supreme Court Rules
now or hereafter adopted in relation to that Law shall apply to all
proceedings hereunder except as otherwise provided in this Act.
(Source: P.A. 82-783.)
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