725 ILCS 5/115-7.2

in effect

(725 ILCS 5/115-7.2) (from Ch. 38, par. 115-7.2) Sec. 115-7.2. In a prosecution for an illegal sexual act perpetrated upon a victim, including but not limited to prosecutions for violations of Sections 11-1.20 through 11-1.60 or 12-13 through 12-16 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012, or ritualized abuse of a child under Section 12-33 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012, testimony by an expert, qualified by the court relating to any recognized and accepted form of post-traumatic stress syndrome shall be admissible as evidence. (Source: P.A. 96-1551, eff. 7-1-11; 97-1150, eff. 1-25-13.)

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