Illinois Criminal Code of 1961 - 720 ILCS 5, Section 4-1

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Voluntary act.

A material element of every offense is a voluntary act, which includes an omission to perform a duty which the law imposes on the offender and which he is physically capable of performing.

(Source: Laws 1961, p. 1983.)

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