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92_HB3897
LRB9213928ACcd
1 AN ACT in relation to criminal law.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by
5 changing Section 24-5 as follows:
6 (720 ILCS 5/24-5) (from Ch. 38, par. 24-5)
7 Sec. 24-5. Defacing identification marks of firearms.
8 (a) Any person who shall knowingly or intentionally
9 change, alter, remove or obliterate the name of the maker,
10 model, manufacturer's number or other mark of identification
11 of any firearm commits a Class 2 felony.
12 (b) Possession of any firearm upon which any such mark
13 has shall have been changed, altered, removed or obliterated
14 shall be prima facie evidence that the possessor has changed,
15 altered, removed or obliterated the same.
16 (Source: P.A. 91-696, eff. 4-13-00.)