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SB114 Engrossed                      LRB093 04912 WGH 04971 b

 1        AN ACT in relation to civil procedure.

 2        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section 5.  The Code of Civil  Procedure  is  amended  by
 5    changing 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
 8    be  liberally construed, to the end that controversies may be
 9    speedily and finally determined according to the  substantive
10    rights  of  the parties. The rule that statutes in derogation
11    of the common law must be strictly construed does  not  apply
12    to  this  Act  or  to  the rules made in relation to this Act
13    thereto.
14    (Source: P.A. 82-280.)