SB2784 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

LRB097 16180 RLC 61333 b

97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
SB2784

Introduced 1/18/2012, by Sen. John J. Cullerton

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

720 ILCS 5/1-2

from Ch. 38, par. 1-2

Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the general purposes of the Code.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning criminal law.

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

Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by changing Section 1-2 as follows:

(720 ILCS 5/1-2) (from Ch. 38, par. 1-2)

Sec. 1-2. General purposes. The The provisions of this Code shall be construed in accordance with the general purposes hereof, to:

(a) Forbid and prevent the commission of offenses;

(b) Define adequately the act and mental state which constitute each offense, and limit the condemnation of conduct as criminal when it is without fault;

(c) Prescribe penalties which are proportionate to the seriousness of offenses and which permit recognition of differences in rehabilitation possibilities among individual offenders;

(d) Prevent arbitrary or oppressive treatment of persons accused or convicted of offenses.

(Source: Laws 1961, p. 1983.)