Illinois § 126-1
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§ 126-1.
Repeal. The following Acts and parts of Acts are repealed: Section 229 and 274 of Division I, Sections 7, 12 and 13 of Division II, Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7a and 16a of Division III, Sections 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 of Division VI, all of Division VII, all of Division VIII, Section 3 of Division X, Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10 and 11 of Division XI, all of Division XII, Sections 1, 2, 2a, 3, 4, 5, 8, 8a, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 of Division XIII, Sections 1, 2, 3, 3a, 4, 5, 7, 14, 18 and 19 of Division XIV, all of Division XV and Sections 350-A, 350-B and 350-C of "An Act to revise the law in relation to criminal jurisprudence", approved March 27, 1874, as amended; "An Act to bar certain prosecutions for violations of criminal laws of this State", approved July 22, 1959; "An Act in relation to the punishment of criminals", approved June 23, 1883, as amended; "An Act in relation to the punishment and parole of habitual criminals", approved April 11, 1957; "An Act to bar certain actions for want of prosecution", approved July 8, 1957, as amended; "An Act providing that persons arrested for certain offenses shall be furnished with a copy of the information or complaint upon which they are charged", approved July 8, 1933; "An Act in relation to the holding of persons in custody without their being able to notify their families or to have legal assistance", approved May 14, 1951; "An Act to regulate the granting of continuances in criminal cases", approved June 26, 1885, as amended; Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.1, 7, 8, 15, 16 and 17 of "An Act providing for a system of probation, for the appointment and compensation of probation officers, and authorizing the suspension of final judgment and the imposition of sentence upon persons found guilty of certain defined crimes and offenses, and legalizing their ultimate discharge without punishment", approved June 10, 1911, as amended; Sections 1, 1a, 2, 3, 3.1, 3a, 9, 9.1 and 16 of "An Act to revise the law in relation to the fixing of the punishment and the sentence and commitment of persons convicted of crime or offenses, and providing for a system of parole", approved June 25, 1917, as amended; and "An Act to provide a remedy for persons convicted and imprisoned in the penitentiary, who assert that rights guaranteed to them by the Constitution of the United States or the State of Illinois, or both, have been denied or violated, in proceedings in which they were convicted", approved August 4, 1949. (Source: Laws 1963, p. 2836.)
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