(725 ILCS 5/115-7.2) (from Ch. 38, par. 115-7.2)
Sec. 115-7.2.
In a prosecution for an illegal sexual act perpetrated upon a
victim, including but not limited to prosecutions for violations of
Sections 11-1.20 through 11-1.60 or 12-13 through 12-16 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012, or ritualized
abuse of a child under Section 12-33 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012, testimony
by
an expert, qualified by the court relating to any
recognized and accepted form of post-traumatic stress syndrome shall be
admissible as evidence.
(Source: P.A. 96-1551, eff. 7-1-11; 97-1150, eff. 1-25-13.)
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