(740 ILCS 105/4) (from Ch. 100 1/2, par. 4)
Sec. 4.
The plaintiff at any time before, but not later than 10 days
after, the filing of the answer, unless further time be granted by the
court, may file interrogatories in writing concerning matters material to
the allegations of the complaint or respecting the ownership of the
property upon which it is claimed the nuisance is maintained. A full answer
to each interrogatory under the oath of the defendant shall be filed with
the clerk within 10 days after a copy of the interrogatories has been
served upon him or her or his or her attorney-at-law.
For a failure to so answer
interrogatories the court may strike the answer to the complaint from the
files and enter an order of default and final judgment, and a rule to answer
interrogatories may be entered and the court may punish a defendant for
contempt of court for a refusal to obey such rule. No person shall be
excused from answering interrogatories under oath on the ground that an
answer may tend to incriminate him or her or subject him or her
to a penalty or forfeiture.
The answer may be used as evidence against, but not for, the defendant;
it shall not be used against the defendant in any criminal proceeding
nor shall he or she be
prosecuted or subjected to a penalty or forfeiture for or on account of any
transaction, matter or thing disclosed by him or her in such answer responsive to
the interrogatories.
(Source: P.A. 83-345.)
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