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§ 35-1. The following Acts and parts of Acts are repealed:
Sections 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 21a, 22, 22a, 23, 24, 24a, 25, 25B, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 54, 50o, 55, 55a, 56, 56a, 56a-1, 56c, 57, 57a-1, 58, 59, 60, 61, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 81 1/2, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 92a, 92b, 93, 93a, 95, 96, 97, 97a, 98, 99, 100, 102, 102 1/2, 103, 103a, 104, 104 1/2, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 116a, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 146a, 147, 148, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 166, 166 1/2, 167, 167a, 168a, 168b, 169, 170, 171, 172, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179, 179.1, 179.2, 179.3, 179.4, 179a, 179b, 179c, 180, 181, 182, 183, 184, 185, 185e, 186, 187, 188, 188a, 189, 190, 192, 194, 195, 196, 197, 198, 199, 199a, 200, 201, 202, 202a, 203, 204, 204a, 205, 207, 208, 209, 210, 210a, 211, 211a, 212, 213, 214, 215, 216, 217, 218, 219, 223, 224, 224 1/2, 224a, 224b, 225, 226, 227, 227a, 228, 230, 237, 238, 239, 240, 241, 242, 243, 244, 245, 246, 248, 249, 250, 251, 252, 253, 254, 255, 256, 257, 261, 262, 263, 264, 265, 265a, 265b, 265c, 265d, 265e, 265f, 265g, 266, 267, 268, 269, 269a, 270, 271, 272, and 273 of Division I, Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20 and 21 of Division II, all of Division IV, Sections 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 8a, 9, 10 and 11 of Division X, and Section 6a of Division XIV of “An Act to revise the law in relation to criminal jurisprudence”, approved March 27, 1874, as amended; 1
“An Act for the protection of school personnel from assault or assault and battery”, approved August 3, 1949; 2
“An Act for the protection of bank depositors”, approved June 4, 1879, as amended; 3
“An Act prohibiting the influencing of the result of sporting events by bribery, and to repeal an act herein named”, approved June 6, 1945, as amended; 4
“An Act to define and provide a punishment for the crime of burglary with explosives”, filed June 26, 1917, as amended; 5
“An Act to define and punish the crime of contributing to the delinquency of children”, approved June 25, 1915; 6
“An Act to define and punish crimes against children”, approved May 17, 1907, as amended; 7
“An Act to protect all citizens in their civil and legal rights and fixing a penalty for violation of the same”, approved June 10, 1885, as amended; 8
“An Act in relation to civil and legal rights of persons in this State”, approved June 27, 1935; 9
“An Act in relation to civil rights”, approved July 6, 1937; [FN10]
“An Act to prohibit the publication and distribution of discriminating matter against any religious sect, creed, class, denomination, or nationality and to punish the same”, approved June 28, 1919; [FN11]
“An Act to define and punish conspiracies in the State of Illinois”, approved April 19, 1877, as amended; [FN12]
“An Act revising the law relating to deadly weapons”, filed July 3, 1925, as amended; [FN13]
“An Act to amend the criminal laws of the State”, approved May 31, 1879; [FN14]
“An Act to prevent the prostitution of females”, approved June 17, 1887, as amended; [FN15]
“An Act to amend Section 2 and the title of an act in relation to pandering, to define and prohibit the same, to provide for the punishment thereof, for the competency of certain evidence at the trial therefor, and providing what shall not be a defense”, approved June 1, 1908, as amended; [FN16]
“An Act to prevent the detention by debt or otherwise, of female persons in houses of prostitution or other places where prostitution is practiced or allowed, and providing for the punishment thereof”, approved June 9, 1909; [FN17]
“An Act to prevent the playing of cards, dice, balls or other article or device used in gaming, by minors in saloons or places where intoxicating liquors are sold”, approved May 20, 1879; [FN18]
“An Act to prohibit the use of a common drinking cup, glass or other utensil used for public drinking purposes in public and private schools, State educational institutions, halls used for public meetings or entertainments, hotels, lodging houses, theaters, factories or public or municipal buildings, on railroad trains and stations and in other public places in the State of Illinois”, approved June 5, 1911; [FN19]
“An Act to regulate electronic eavesdropping, and to provide for penalties and remedies for the violation thereof”, approved July 10, 1957; [FN20]
“An Act concerning larceny and embezzlement of funds and property”, approved June 27, 1917; [FN21]
“An Act concerning larceny and embezzlement of funds and property of fraternal beneficiary societies, corporations and associations, and their subordinate lodges, by officers thereof”, approved June 9, 1909; [FN22]
“An Act to punish the unlawful or wrongful manufacture, sale or possession of explosives”, approved July 16, 1941; [FN23]
“An Act to punish persons for destroying property, or inflicting injury to persons, by means of any bomb, dynamite or other explosives, or by means of any similar instrument or implement”, approved June 21, 1921, as amended; [FN24]
“An Act relating to the extortion, or attempted extortion of money, or other property for the purpose of avoiding, settling or terminating demands, claims, disputes or controversies between organizations, associations or groups of workmen or workwomen or their representatives and employers, property owners or property lessees, and to fix the punishment therefor”, approved June 28, 1921; [FN25]
“An Act in relation to certain causes of action conducive to extortion and blackmail, and to declare illegal, contracts and Acts made and done in pursuance thereof”, filed May 4, 1935; [FN26]
Section 2 of “An Act to prevent untrue, deceptive or fraudulent advertising”, approved July 2, 1935, as amended; [FN27]
“An Act in relation to shop lifting”, approved June 18, 1957; [FN28]
“An Act to punish the making, drawing, uttering or delivering of checks, drafts or orders for the payment of money with intent to defraud”, approved May 26, 1917, as amended; [FN29]
“An Act to prohibit the wearing or using of the insignia or rosette of the military order of the Loyal Legion of the United States by any others than members of the order”, approved June 9, 1897; [FN30]
“An Act in relation to wearing the badge or emblems of the Grand Army of the Republic, the United Spanish War Veterans' Association, or the Army of the Philippines, to provide a penalty for a violation thereof, and to repeal a certain act therein named”, approved May 20, 1907, as amended. [FN31]
“An Act to prohibit the wearing or using of the insignia or badge or other emblem of the Order of the American Legion or the Women's Auxiliary of the American Legion by any others than members of the orders”, approved June 24, 1921, as amended; [FN32]
“An Act to prohibit the wearing or using of the insignia or badge or other emblem of the Order of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States or the Women's Auxiliary of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States by any others than members of the orders”, approved June 27, 1923; [FN33]
“An Act to prohibit the wearing or using of the insignia, badge or other emblem of the American Veterans of World War II (AMVETS) or the Women's Auxiliary of American Veterans of World War II (AMVETS) by any persons other than members of such orders or organizations”, approved August 8, 1947; [FN34]
“An Act to prohibit the wearing or using of the insignia, badge or other emblem of the Catholic War Veterans or the Women's Auxiliary of the Catholic War Veterans by any persons other than members of such orders or organizations”, approved June 16, 1953; [FN35]
“An Act to regulate the wearing or using of the insignia or badge or other emblem of the Disabled American Veterans or any Auxiliary thereof”, approved June 24, 1953; [FN36]
“An Act to prohibit the counterfeiting or use of the insignia or decal or other emblem of the Illinois Police Association or the exhibition of such badge, decal, emblem or insignia upon a motor vehicle by anyone other than members of the Association”, approved June 5, 1959; [FN37]
“An Act to prohibit personating officers or members of any grand or subordinate lodge or fraternal society chartered or having grand or subordinate lodges in this state, and to prohibit wearing or using the insignia or badges of any such lodges or societies by other than the members thereof”, approved May 11, 1901; [FN38]
“An Act to prohibit fortune-telling and other practices whereby money is obtained in the pretense of the exercise of occult powers”, filed June 26, 1917; [FN39]
“An Act to prevent and punish frauds in the practice of law”, approved May 16, 1905; [FN40]
“An Act to prevent and punish frauds upon newspaper salesmen under the age of 18 years”, approved June 28, 1945; [FN41]
“An Act to define and punish the offense of circulating papers simulating court process”, approved June 28, 1919; [FN42]
“An Act to prohibit book-making and pool-selling”, approved May 31, 1887; [FN43]
“An Act to suppress bucket-shops and gambling in stocks, bonds, petroleum, cotton, grain, provisions or other produce”, approved June, 6, 1887; [FN44]
“An Act to prohibit the use of clock, tape, slot or other machines or devices for gambling purposes”, approved June 21, 1895, as amended; [FN45]
“An Act to protect all counties in the State of Illinois in which there are United States naval stations, and military posts of the first class from slot machines and other gambling devices”, filed July 11, 1919; [FN46]
“An Act to punish persons knowingly and wilfully selling, bartering or furnishing for beverage purposes wood alcohol, compounds or preparations containing wood alcohol, or any poisonous liquor, which causes death, from its use as a beverage”, approved June 25, 1923; [FN47]
“An Act to prevent and punish kidnapping for ransom”, approved May 11, 1901; [FN48]
“An Act to change the punishment of persons convicted of the crime of petit larceny and misdemeanors”, approved May 28, 1879, as amended; [FN49]
“An Act providing for the punishment of bailees for fraudulently taking or converting property bailed and relating to indictments therefor”, approved June 19, 1891; [FN50]
“An Act for the prevention of policy-playing”, approved April 29, 1905; [FN51]
“An Act to regulate the sale, possession and transportation of machine guns”, approved July 2, 1931; [FN52]
“An Act to punish persons for removing waste, lubricated packing or other material from the journal boxes of engines, tenders or cars without authority”, approved June 11, 1897; [FN53]
“An Act to prevent injury to levees and embankments”, approved June 18, 1891; [FN54]
“An Act to make unlawful the damaging or unauthorized tampering or meddling with a motor vehicle or with the motor or other parts thereof, and providing a penalty therefor”, approved June 27, 1917; [FN55]
“An Act prohibiting the transmission of a false alarm of fire, and providing a penalty therefor”, approved June 28, 1921; [FN56]
“An Act prohibiting the transmission of a false alarm of a concealed bomb, and providing a penalty therefor”, approved July 8, 1959; [FN57]
“An Act to prohibit the use of stink bombs and stinking, offensive smelling or injurious bombs or substances, for the purpose of injuring, molesting or coercing another, and prescribing the penalty therefor”, approved June 27, 1921; [FN58]
“An Act to regulate the distribution and tie-in sales of publications and to provide for penalties for the violation thereof”, approved June 29, 1955; [FN59]
“An Act to prohibit exhibitions of persons who have attained notoriety through some criminal act, also of persons whose deformity is such as to attract public curiosity and to provide a penalty therefor”, approved April 22, 1899; [FN60]
“An Act prohibiting the unauthorized performance or representation of any unpublished or undedicated dramatic composition or dramatic musical composition and penalty for the same”, approved June 1, 1907; [FN61]
“An Act to regulate the making, remaking and renovation of mattresses, quilts, or bed comforters, and regulating the sale thereof, and providing a punishment for a violation thereof”, approved June 29, 1915; [FN62]
“An Act to suppress mob violence”, approved May 16, 1905, as amended; [FN63]
“An Act to indemnify the owners of property for damages occasioned by mobs and riots”, approved June 15, 1887, as amended; [FN64]
“An Act to secure the peace and good order of society, to quell riots or disturbances, to secure the execution of the laws, and to provide for special deputy sheriffs, and for calling out and using the military force of the state for the preservation of the peace and the protection of property”, approved June 16, 1887; [FN65]
“An Act to punish the seduction of females”, approved April 19, 1899; [FN66]
“An Act to license shanty boats and other water craft, fixing the fees therefor and providing penalties”, approved June 10, 1897; [FN67]
“An Act to protect sidewalks and sidepaths, and to provide a penalty for its violation”, approved April 26, 1899; [FN68]
“An Act prohibiting the leasing or using of any space or portion of places of public accommodation or public resort for the purpose of accepting, demanding or receiving gratuities or donations, commonly called tips, from the public”, approved June 29, 1915; [FN69] and
“An Act to define and punish the crime of destroying food with the intent to influence the market price thereof”, approved June 21, 1919, as amended. [FN70]
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Illinois Statutes Chapter 720. Criminal Offenses § 5/35-1. Repeal - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/il/chapter-720-criminal-offenses/il-st-sect-720-5-35-1/
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