Illinois Compiled Statutes 720 ILCS 5 Criminal Code of 1961. Section 7-7
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Illinois Laws > Criminal Code > Illinois Compiled Statutes 720 ILCS 5 Criminal Code of 1961. Section 7-7
(720 ILCS 5/7-7) (from Ch. 38, par. 7-7)
Sec. 7-7.
Private person's use of force in resisting arrest.
A person is
not authorized to use force to resist an arrest which he
knows is being made either by a peace officer or by a private person
summoned and directed by a peace officer to make the arrest, even if he
believes that the arrest is unlawful and the arrest in fact is unlawful.
(Source: P.A. 86-1475.)
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Last modified: February 20, 2012
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