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5 ILCS 70/0.01 (2026)

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(5 ILCS 70/0.01) (from Ch. 1, par. 1000)
    Sec. 0.01. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Statute on Statutes.
(Source: P.A. 86-4; 86-451.)

    
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Cited in 23 cases (3 in the last 5 years), 1996–2025 · leading case: People v. Witherspoon, 883 N.E.2d 725 (Ill. App. Ct. 2008).
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People v. Witherspoon, 883 N.E.2d 725 (Ill. App. Ct. 2008). · cites it 2× “01 through 83 (West 2004)), section 1 of which provides: "In the construction of statutes, this Act shall be observed, unless such construction would be inconsistent with the manifest intent of the General Assembly or repugnant to the context of the statute.”
In Re Cnty. Treasurer & Ex-Officio Coll., 753 N.E.2d 363 (Ill. App. Ct. 2001). “11)) of the *365 Statute on Statutes (5 ILCS 70/0.01 et seq. (West 1998)) extended the deadline to submit payment at four times the penalty bid rate until the next business day, Monday, January 31, 2000.”
People v. McKay, 668 N.E.2d 580 (Ill. App. Ct. 1996). “This is because the Statute on Statutes (5 ILCS 70/0.01 et seq. (West 1994)) provides in relevant part: "No new law shall be construed to [affect] any penalty, forfeiture or punishment so incurred, or any right accrued, or claim * * * arising before the new law takes effect * *…”
City of East Peoria v. Palmer, 2012 IL App (3d) 110904 (Ill. App. Ct. 2012). “¶ 26 An examination of the plain language of the statute belies the defendant’s construction, especially in light of the Statute on Statutes (5 ILCS 70/0.01 et seq. (West 2010)). Section -5- 1.”
DiFranco v. Fallon, 2023 IL App (1st) 220785 (Ill. App. Ct. 2023). “” Applying the Statute on Statutes (5 ILCS 70/0.01 et seq. (West 2006)), this court has found that the Election Code’s reference to “other civil cases” “incorporate[s] into election contest cases the provisions contained in the Civil Practice Law.”
In Re Jh, 709 N.E.2d 701 (Ill. App. Ct. 1999). “Section 6 of the Statute on Statutes (5 ILCS 70/0.01 et seq. (West 1996)) provides: "Two or more Acts which relate to the same subject matter and which are enacted by the same General Assembly shall be construed together in such a manner as to give full effect to each Act except…”
People v. Jamerson, 687 N.E.2d 329 (Ill. App. Ct. 1997). “The preference for prospective application of substantive amendments is codified in the Statute on Statutes (5 ILCS 70/0.01 et seq. (West 1996)), which states in pertinent part: "No new law shall be construed to [affect] *** any right accrued, or claim arising before the new law…”
Peet v. Voots, 896 N.E.2d 1127 (Ill. App. Ct. 2008). “Section 1.22 of the Statute on Statutes is particularly relevant here.”
Gilmore v. Carey, 2017 IL App (1st) 153263 (Ill. App. Ct. 2017). “” The court then proceeded with its analysis of the Statute on Statutes (5 ILCS 70/0.01 et seq. (West 2012); see Thomas, 2015 IL App (1st) 142785, ¶ 68 ) and found the rule to be procedural and apply retroactively.”
In re Jarquan B., 2016 IL App (1st) 161180 (Ill. App. Ct. 2016). “¶ 48 The Statute on Statutes (5 ILCS 70/0.01 et seq. (West 2014)) also supports a finding that the trial court should have followed the amended section 5-710(1)(b) in sentencing Jarquan rather than the pre-amendment statute.”
Gilmore v. Carey, 2017 IL App (1st) 153263 (Ill. App. Ct. 2017). “” The court then proceeded with its analysis of the Statute on Statutes (5 ILCS 70/0.01 et seq. (West 2012); see Thomas, 2015 IL App (1st) 142785, ¶ 68 ) and found the rule to be procedural and apply retroactively.”
Souza v. City of West Chicago, 2021 IL App (2d) 200047 (Ill. App. Ct. 2021). “In short, the Illinois Constitution, the Statute on Statutes (5 ILCS 70/0.01 et seq. (West 2018)), and our supreme court’s case law evidence that, unless there are unequivocal, clear, and, indeed, almost “magic words” expressed in a statute reflecting an intent to limit home…”
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