(75 ILCS 16/50-5)

Sec. 50-5. Prior law.

(a) A provision of this Act that is the same or substantially the same as a prior law shall be construed as a continuation of the prior law and not as a new or different law.

(b) A citation in another Act to an Act or to a Section of an Act that is continued in this Act shall be construed to be a citation to that continued provision in this Act.

(Source: P.A. 87-1277.)