730 ILCS 5/8-2-2

in effect

(730 ILCS 5/8-2-2) (from Ch. 38, par. 1008-2-2) Sec. 8-2-2. Continuation of prior law. The provisions of this Code insofar as they are the same or substantially the same as those of any prior statute, shall be construed as a continuation of such prior statute and not as a new enactment. If in any other statute reference is made to an Act of the General Assembly, or a Section of such an Act, which is continued in this Code such reference shall be held to refer to the Act or Section thereof so continued in this Code. (Source: P.A. 77-2097.)

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