Illinois Compiled Statutes 740 Civil Liabilities: Article -

• Illinois Breach of Promise Act. - 740 ILCS 15, Section 0.01
  Short title. This Act may be cited as the Breach of Promise Act. (Source: P.A. 86-1324.)
• Illinois Breach of Promise Act. - 740 ILCS 15, Section 1
  It is hereby declared, as a matter of legislative determination, that the remedy heretofore provided by law for the enforcement of actions based upon...
• Illinois Breach of Promise Act. - 740 ILCS 15, Section 2
  The damages to be recovered in any action for breach of promise or agreement to marry shall be limited to the actual damages sustained...
• Illinois Breach of Promise Act. - 740 ILCS 15, Section 3
  No punitive, exemplary, vindictive or aggravated damages shall be allowed in any action for breach of promise or agreement to marry. (Source: Laws 1947,...
• Illinois Breach of Promise Act. - 740 ILCS 15, Section 4
  Within three months from the date that the breach of promise or agreement to marry occurred, unless such breach occurred prior to the effective...
• Illinois Breach of Promise Act. - 740 ILCS 15, Section 5
  If the notice provided for by Section 4 is not given as provided in that section, any such civil action for breach of promise...
• Illinois Breach of Promise Act. - 740 ILCS 15, Section 6
  Actions on promises or agreements to marry shall be commenced within one year next after the cause of action accrued. (Source: Laws 1947, p.
• Illinois Breach of Promise Act. - 740 ILCS 15, Section 7
  This act shall apply to all actions for breach of promise or agreement to marry begun after the effective date of this act, even...
• Illinois Breach of Promise Act. - 740 ILCS 15, Section 8
  Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to repeal or amend any provisions of the criminal laws of this state. (Source: Laws 1947, p. 1181.)
• Illinois Breach of Promise Act. - 740 ILCS 15, Section 9
  This act shall be liberally construed to effectuate the objects and purposes thereof and the public policy as herein declared. If any section, clause,...
• Illinois Breach of Promise Act. - 740 ILCS 15, Section 10
  This Act shall become effective on January 1, 1948. (Source: Laws 1947, p. 1181.)

Last modified: February 18, 2015