{"data":{"id":"us-il/10-ilcs-5-1-2","jurisdiction":"us-il","citation":"10 ILCS 5/1-2","heading":"","body":"The provisions of this Act, so far as they are the same as those of any prior statute, shall be construed as a continuation of such prior provisions, and not as a new enactment.\nIf 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.","path":["CHAPTER 10 ELECTIONS","Election Code."],"source_url":"https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ILCS/details?ActID=170\u0026ChapterID=3\u0026ChapAct=FullText\u0026Print=True","current_through":"at least Public Act 104-790","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-15T04:46:12Z","sha256":"f78de3a7fb2ddb6dd96b57542b9fdb9fe417fdd7ffd22fff2c83846d057f0fda","source_id":"us-il","stale":false,"prev":"us-il/10-ilcs-5-1-1","next":"us-il/10-ilcs-5-1-3"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}