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91_HB0740
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1 AN ACT to amend the Criminal Code of 1961 by changing
2 Section 31-4.
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 31-4 as follows:
7 (720 ILCS 5/31-4) (from Ch. 38, par. 31-4)
8 Sec. 31-4. Obstructing justice. A person obstructs
9 justice when, with intent to prevent the apprehension or
10 obstruct the prosecution or defense of any person, he or she
11 knowingly commits any of the following acts:
12 (a) Destroys, alters, conceals or disguises physical
13 evidence, plants false evidence, furnishes false information;
14 or
15 (b) Induces a witness having knowledge material to the
16 subject at issue to leave the State or conceal himself or
17 herself; or
18 (c) Possessing knowledge material to the subject at
19 issue, he or she leaves the State or conceals himself or
20 herself.
21 (d) Sentence.
22 (1) Obstructing justice is a Class 4 felony, except
23 as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection (d).
24 (2) Obstructing justice in furtherance of
25 streetgang related or gang-related activity, as defined
26 in Section 10 of the Illinois Streetgang Terrorism
27 Omnibus Prevention Act, is a Class 3 felony.
28 (Source: P.A. 90-363, eff. 1-1-98.)