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90_HB1635
815 ILCS 505/2 from Ch. 121 1/2, par. 262
Amends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business
Practices Act. Makes a stylistic change in provisions
concerning the declaration of certain practices as unlawful.
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1 AN ACT to amend the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business
2 Practices Act by changing Section 2.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business
6 Practices Act is amended by changing Section 2 as follows:
7 (815 ILCS 505/2) (from Ch. 121 1/2, par. 262)
8 Sec. 2. Unfair methods of competition and unfair or
9 deceptive acts or practices, including but not limited to the
10 use or employment of any deception fraud, false pretense,
11 false promise, misrepresentation or the concealment,
12 suppression or omission of any material fact, with intent
13 that others rely upon the concealment, suppression or
14 omission of the such material fact, or the use or employment
15 of any practice described in Section 2 of the "Uniform
16 Deceptive Trade Practices Act", approved August 5, 1965, in
17 the conduct of any trade or commerce are hereby declared
18 unlawful whether any person has in fact been misled, deceived
19 or damaged thereby. In construing this section consideration
20 shall be given to the interpretations of the Federal Trade
21 Commission and the federal courts relating to Section 5 (a)
22 of the Federal Trade Commission Act.
23 (Source: P.A. 78-904.)