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90_HB0758

      720 ILCS 5/12-3           from Ch. 38, par. 12-3
          Amends the Criminal Code of 1961.   Makes  a  grammatical
      change in the battery statute.
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 1        AN  ACT  to  amend  the Criminal Code of 1961 by changing
 2    Section 12-3.
 3        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:
 5        Section  5.   The  Criminal  Code  of  1961 is amended by
 6    changing Section 12-3 as follows:
 7        (720 ILCS 5/12-3) (from Ch. 38, par. 12-3)
 8        Sec. 12-3. Battery.
 9        (a)  A person commits battery if he or she  intentionally
10    or  knowingly  without  legal justification and by any means,
11    (1) causes bodily harm to an individual or (2) makes physical
12    contact  of  an  insulting  or  provoking  nature   with   an
13    individual.
14        (b)  Sentence.
15        Battery is a Class A misdemeanor.
16    (Source: P.A. 77-2638.)

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