(A) No person shall participate in a public performance or exhibition, or in a private exercise preparatory thereto, on a trapeze, tightrope, wire, rings, ropes, poles, or other aerial apparatus which requires skill, timing or balance and which creates a substantial risk to himself or others of serious injury by a fall from a height in excess of 20 feet, unless a safety net or other safety device of similar purpose and construction is placed between the person and the ground in a manner as to arrest or cushion his fall and minimize the risk of injury.
(B) Violation of this section is a misdemeanor.
(ILCS Ch. 720, Act 530, §§ 1, 3) Penalty, see § 130.99