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1    AN ACT concerning civil law.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
4    Section 5. The Code of Civil Procedure is amended  by 
5changing Section 1-109 as follows:
 



6    (735 ILCS 5/1-109)  (from Ch. 110, par. 1-109)



7    Sec. 1-109. Verification by certification. Unless  
8otherwise expressly
provided by rule of the Supreme Court, 
9whenever in this Code any complaint,
petition, answer, reply, 
10bill of particulars, answer to interrogatories,
affidavit, 
11return or proof of service, or other document or pleading filed

12in any court of this State is required or permitted to be 
13verified, or made,
sworn to or verified under oath, such 
14requirement or permission is hereby
defined to include a 
15certification of such pleading, affidavit or other
document 
16under penalty of perjury as provided in this Section.

17    Whenever any such pleading, affidavit or other document is 
18so certified,
the several matters stated shall be stated 
19positively or upon information
and belief only, according to 
20the fact. The person or persons having knowledge
of the matters 
21stated in a pleading, affidavit or other document certified
in 
22accordance with this Section shall subscribe to a certification 
23in substantially
the following form:  Under penalties as 
 
 
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1provided by law pursuant to Section
1-109 of the Code of Civil 
2Procedure, the undersigned certifies that the
statements set 
3forth in this instrument are true and correct, except as
to 
4matters therein stated to be on information and belief and as 
5to such
matters the undersigned certifies as aforesaid that he 
6verily believes the
same to be true.

7    Any pleading, affidavit, or other document certified in 
8accordance with
this Section may be used in the same manner and 
9with the same force and
effect as  though subscribed and sworn 
10to under oath, and there is no further requirement that the 
11pleading, affidavit, or other document be sworn before an 
12authorized person.

13    Any person who makes a false statement, material to the 
14issue or point
in question, which he does not believe to be 
15true, in any pleading, affidavit
or other document certified by 
16such person in accordance with this Section
shall be guilty of 
17a Class 3 felony.

18(Source: P.A. 83-916.)