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735 ILCS 5/8-903

(735 ILCS 5/8-903) (from Ch. 110, par. 8-903)

Sec. 8-903.

Application to court.

(a)
In any case, except a libel or slander case, where a person claims the
privilege conferred by Part 9 of Article VIII of this
Act, the person or party, body or officer seeking the information so
privileged may apply in writing to the circuit court serving the county
where the hearing, action or proceeding in which the information is
sought for an order divesting the person named therein of such privilege
and ordering him or her to disclose his or her source of the information.

(b) In libel or slander cases where a person claims the privilege
conferred by Part 9 of Article VIII of this Act, the plaintiff may apply in
writing to the court for an order divesting the person named therein of
such privilege and ordering him or her to disclose his or her source of
information.

(Source: P.A. 84-398.)