Illinois Compiled Statutes 740 ILCS 82 Gender Violence Act. Section 5

    (740 ILCS 82/5)

    Sec. 5. Definition. In this Act, "gender-related violence", which is a form of sex discrimination, means the following:

        (1) One or more acts of violence or physical

    aggression satisfying the elements of battery under the laws of Illinois that are committed, at least in part, on the basis of a person's sex, whether or not those acts have resulted in criminal charges, prosecution, or conviction.

        (2) A physical intrusion or physical invasion of a

    sexual nature under coercive conditions satisfying the elements of battery under the laws of Illinois, whether or not the act or acts resulted in criminal charges, prosecution, or conviction.

        (3) A threat of an act described in item (1) or (2)

    causing a realistic apprehension that the originator of the threat will commit the act.

(Source: P.A. 93-416, eff. 1-1-04.)

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