2005 Illinois Code - Chapter 725 Criminal Procedure 725 ILCS 200/ Sex Offense Victim Polygraph Act.

(725 ILCS 200/0.01) (from Ch. 38, par. 1550)

Sec. 0.01.

Short title.

This Act may be cited as the

Sex Offense Victim Polygraph Act.

(Source: P.A. 86‑1324.)

(725 ILCS 200/1) (from Ch. 38, par. 1551)

Sec. 1.

Lie Detector Tests.

(a) No law enforcement officer,
State's Attorney or other official shall require an alleged victim of
an offense described in Sections 12‑13 through 12‑16 of
the Criminal Code of 1961, as amended,
to submit to a
polygraph examination or any form of a mechanical or electrical lie
detector test as a condition for proceeding with the investigation, charging or
prosecution of such offense, and such test shall be administered to such
victim solely at the victim's request.

(b) A victim's refusal to submit to a polygraph or any form of a
mechanical or electrical lie detector test shall not mitigate against the
investigation, charging or prosecution of the
pending case as originally charged.

(Source: P.A. 85‑664.)

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