101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB1901

 

Introduced , by Rep. Jim Durkin

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
735 ILCS 5/1-106  from Ch. 110, par. 1-106

    Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning construction of the Code.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning civil law.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Code of Civil Procedure is amended by
5changing Section 1-106 as follows:
 
6    (735 ILCS 5/1-106)  (from Ch. 110, par. 1-106)
7    Sec. 1-106. Act to be liberally construed. This Act shall
8be liberally construed, to the the end that controversies may
9be speedily and finally determined according to the substantive
10rights of the parties. The rule that statutes in derogation of
11the common law must be strictly construed does not apply to
12this Act or to the rules made in relation thereto.
13(Source: P.A. 82-280.)