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91_SB0172
LRB9100333RCks
1 AN ACT to amend the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 by
2 changing Section 107-14.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 is
6 amended by changing Section 107-14 as follows:
7 (725 ILCS 5/107-14) (from Ch. 38, par. 107-14)
8 Sec. 107-14. Temporary questioning without arrest.
9 (a) A peace officer, after having identified himself or
10 herself as a peace officer, may stop any person in a public
11 place for a reasonable period of time when the officer
12 reasonably infers from the circumstances that the person is
13 committing, is about to commit, or has committed an offense
14 as defined in Section 102--15 of this Code, and may demand
15 the name and address of the person and an explanation of his
16 or her actions. The Such detention and temporary questioning
17 will be conducted in the vicinity of where the person was
18 stopped.
19 (b) A person who, upon demand, fails to give his or her
20 name and address to a peace officer who conducts a lawful
21 stop under subsection (a) of this Section is guilty of a
22 Class B misdemeanor.
23 (Source: Laws 1968, p. 218.)