(40 ILCS 5/5-113) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 5-113)
Sec. 5-113.
Act of duty.
"Act of duty": Any act of police duty inherently involving special risk,
not ordinarily assumed by a citizen in the ordinary walks of life, imposed
on a policeman by the statutes of this State or by the ordinances or police
regulations of the city in which this Article is in effect or by a special
assignment; or any act of heroism performed in the city having for its
direct purpose the saving of the life or property of a person other than
the policeman.
(Source: Laws 1963, p. 161.)
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