Illinois Compiled Statutes 720 ILCS 5 Criminal Code of 2012. Section 12-33

    (720 ILCS 5/12-33) (from Ch. 38, par. 12-33)

    Sec. 12-33. Ritualized abuse of a child.

    (a) A person commits ritualized abuse of a child when he or she knowingly commits any of the following acts with, upon, or in the presence of a child as part of a ceremony, rite or any similar observance:

        (1) actually or in simulation, tortures, mutilates,

    or sacrifices any warm-blooded animal or human being;

        (2) forces ingestion, injection or other application

    of any narcotic, drug, hallucinogen or anaesthetic for the purpose of dulling sensitivity, cognition, recollection of, or resistance to any criminal activity;

        (3) forces ingestion, or external application, of

    human or animal urine, feces, flesh, blood, bones, body secretions, nonprescribed drugs or chemical compounds;

        (4) involves the child in a mock, unauthorized or

    unlawful marriage ceremony with another person or representation of any force or deity, followed by sexual contact with the child;

        (5) places a living child into a coffin or open grave

    containing a human corpse or remains;

        (6) threatens death or serious harm to a child, his

    or her parents, family, pets, or friends that instills a well-founded fear in the child that the threat will be carried out; or

        (7) unlawfully dissects, mutilates, or incinerates a

    human corpse.

    (b) The provisions of this Section shall not be construed to apply to:

        (1) lawful agricultural, animal husbandry, food

    preparation, or wild game hunting and fishing practices and specifically the branding or identification of livestock;

        (2) the lawful medical practice of male circumcision

    or any ceremony related to male circumcision;

        (3) any state or federally approved, licensed, or

    funded research project; or

        (4) the ingestion of animal flesh or blood in the

    performance of a religious service or ceremony.

    (b-5) For the purposes of this Section, "child" means any person under 18 years of age.

    (c) Ritualized abuse of a child is a Class 1 felony for a first offense. A second or subsequent conviction for ritualized abuse of a child is a Class X felony for which the offender may be sentenced to a term of natural life imprisonment.

    (d) (Blank).

(Source: P.A. 96-1551, eff. 7-1-11.)

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