162565, or a person who is subject to an order of protection as described in Section 162530(A), to ship, transport, possess, or receive a firearm or ammunition.’ (E) The provisions of this Section prohibiting the possession of firearms and carrying concealed weapons by persons who have been convicted of domestic violence shall not apply to any person who has not been convicted of domestic violence for a period of ten years from the date of completion of sentence, probation, parole, or suspension of sentence (F) For the provisions of this means any Section, “firearm” pistol, revolver, rifle, shotgun, machine gun, submachine gun, black powder weapon, or assault rifle which is designed to fire or is capable of firing fixed cartridge ammunition or from which a shot or projectile is discharged by an explosive. SECTION 4. Section 162565 of the 1976 Code is amended to read: (A) A person who violates Section “Section 162565. 162520(A) is guilty of the offense of criminal domestic violence of a high and aggravated nature when one of the following occurs. The person: (1) an assault and battery which involves the use of a deadly weapon or results in serious bodily injury to the victim; commits the offense under circumstances manifesting extreme indifference to the value of human life and great bodily injury to the victim results; or (2) an assault, with or without an accompanying battery, which would reasonably cause a person to fear imminent serious bodily injury or death. commits the offense, with or without an accompanying battery and under circumstances manifesting extreme indifference to the value of human life, and would reasonably cause a person to fear imminent great bodily injury or death; or (3) violates a protection order and in the process of violating the order commits domestic violence in the first degree. (B) A person who violates subsection (A) is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be imprisoned not less than a mandatory minimum of one year nor more than ten years. The court may suspend the imposition or execution of all or part of the sentence, except the oneyear mandatory minimum sentence, and place the offender on probation conditioned upon the offender completing, to the satisfaction of the court, a program designed to treat batterers offered through a government agency, nonprofit organization, or private provider approved by the Department of Social Services.
162565, or a person who is subject to an order of protection as described in Section 162530(A), to ship, transport, possess, or receive a firearm or ammunition.’ (E) The provisions of this Section prohibiting the possession of firearms and carrying concealed weapons by persons who have been convicted of domestic violence shall not apply to any person who has not been convicted of domestic violence for a period of ten years from the date of completion of sentence, probation, parole, or suspension of sentence (F) For the provisions of this Section, “firearm” means any pistol, revolver, rifle, shotgun, machine gun, submachine gun, black powder weapon, or assault rifle which is designed to fire or is capable of firing fixed cartridge ammunition or from which a shot or projectile is discharged by an explosive. SECTION 4. Section 162565 of the 1976 Code is amended to read: “Section 162565. (A) A person who violates Section 162520(A) is guilty of the offense of criminal domestic violence of a high and aggravated nature when one of the following occurs. The person: (1) an assault and battery which involves the use of a deadly weapon or results in serious bodily injury to the victim; commits the offense under circumstances manifesting extreme indifference to the value of human life and great bodily injury to the victim results; or (2) an assault, with or without an accompanying battery, which would reasonably cause a person to fear imminent serious bodily injury or death. commits the offense, with or without an accompanying battery and under circumstances manifesting extreme indifference to the value of human life, and would reasonably cause a person to fear imminent great bodily injury or death; or (3) violates a protection order and in the process of violating the order commits domestic violence in the first degree. (B) A person who violates subsection (A) is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be imprisoned not less than a mandatory minimum of one year nor more than ten years. The court may suspend the imposition or execution of all or part of the sentence, except the oneyear mandatory minimum sentence, and place the offender on probation conditioned upon the offender completing, to the satisfaction of the court, a program designed to treat batterers offered through a government agency, nonprofit organization, or private provider approved by the Department of Social Services.