Illinois Compiled Statutes

720 ILCS 635/4 (2026)

Penalty

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(720 ILCS 635/4) (from Ch. 38, par. 22-53)
    Sec. 4. Penalty. A person who violates any provision of Section 1 or 2 of this Act is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor for the first such offense; and a Class 4 felony for a second or any succeeding offense.
(Source: P.A. 93-392, eff. 7-25-03.)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 1994–2013 · leading case: People v. Jameson, 642 N.E.2d 1207 (Ill. 1994).
People v. Jameson, 642 N.E.2d 1207 (Ill. 1994). · cites it 2× “720 ILCS 635/4: Prohibition of possession of instruments adapted for use of controlled substances—second conviction elevates the offense from a Class A misdemeanor to a Class 4 felony.”
People v. Goad, 2013 IL App (4th) 120604 (Ill. App. Ct. 2013). “See 720 ILCS 635/4 (West 2008) (a second or succeeding violation of the Act is a Class 4 felony).”
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