5-4-4-9: PRESENCE ON PREMISES WHERE PEOPLE UNDER TWENTY ONE ARE POSSESSING OR CONSUMING ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES:
   A.   A person who knowingly enters or remains in any house, building, yard or other premises, other than premises licensed to sell alcoholic liquor, under circumstances where the person knows or reasonably should know that alcoholic liquor is being illegally possessed or consumed by persons under the age of twenty one (21) years shall be guilty of a petty offense and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine of not less than two hundred dollars ($200.00) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500.00).
   B.   It is unlawful for a parent, legal guardian, or other person, to knowingly permit a person under the age of twenty one (21) years old in his or her custody to violate the provisions of subsection A of this section. Any person convicted of a violation of this subsection shall be fined not less than five hundred dollars ($500.00).
   C.   Nothing in this section shall prohibit the possession and dispensing, or consumption of alcoholic liquor by a person under twenty one (21) years of age in the performance of a religious service or ceremony, or the consumption by a person under twenty one (21) years of age under the direct supervision and approval of the parents or parent or those persons standing in loco parentis of such person under twenty one (21) years of age in the privacy of a home as allowed by the Illinois liquor control act 1 . (Ord. 3324, 2-5-2007)

 

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1. 235 ILCS 5/6-20.