Illinois · Through at least Public Act 104-790

720 ILCS 5/12-3: Battery.

Where this section sits in the code

CHAPTER 720 CRIMINAL OFFENSES
Criminal Code of 2012.

(a) A person commits battery if he or she knowingly without legal justification by any means (1) causes bodily harm to an individual or (2) makes physical contact of an insulting or provoking nature with an individual.

(b) Sentence.

Battery is a Class A misdemeanor.

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