Illinois Statutes
§ 10-4
Illinois·Topic RIGHTS AND REMEDIES·Ch. 720 CRIMINAL OFFENSES·Act 720 ILCS 5/ Criminal Code of 2012.·Art. Title III - Specific Offenses
Forcible Detention.) (a) A person commits the offense of forcible detention when he holds an individual hostage without lawful authority for the purpose of obtaining performance by a third person of demands made by the person holding the hostage, and (1) the person holding the hostage is armed with a dangerous weapon as defined in Section 33A-1 of this Code, or (2) the hostage is known to the person holding him to be a peace officer or a correctional employee engaged in the performance of his official duties.
(b)Forcible detention is a Class 2 felony.
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Legislative History
(Source: P.A. 79-941.)
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