720 ILCS 5/12-3 : RIGHTS AND REMEDIES — CRIMINAL OFFENSES — CRIMINAL CODE — CRIMINAL CODE OF 2012 — SPECIFIC OFFENSES — OFFENSES DIRECTED AGAINST THE PERSON — BODILY HARM — ASSAULT AND BATTERY —3 - Battery

(a) A person commits battery if he or she knowingly without legal justification by any means (1) causes bodily harm to an individual or (2) makes physical contact of an insulting or provoking nature with an individual.
(b) Sentence.

Battery is a Class A misdemeanor.

720 ILCS 5/12-3

P.A. 77-2638.
Amended by P.A. 096-1551,§ 1-5, eff. 7/1/2011.