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1    AN ACT concerning criminal law.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 is
5amended by changing Section 115-11 as follows:
 
6    (725 ILCS 5/115-11)  (from Ch. 38, par. 115-11)
7    Sec. 115-11. In a prosecution for a criminal offense
8defined in Article 11 or in Section 11-1.20, 11-1.30, 11-1.40,
911-1.50, 11-1.60, 12-13, 12-14, 12-14.1, 12-15 or 12-16 of the
10Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012, when where
11the alleged victim of the offense was is a minor under 18 years
12of age at the time of the offense, the court may exclude from
13the proceedings while the victim is testifying, regardless of
14the alleged victim's age at the time of the victim's courtroom
15testimony, all persons, who, in the opinion of the court, do
16not have a direct interest in the case, except the media. The
17court shall enter its finding that particular parties are
18disinterested and the basis for that finding into the record.
19(Source: P.A. 96-1551, eff. 7-1-11; 97-1150, eff. 1-25-13.)
 
20    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
21becoming law.