(735 ILCS 5/Art. XVI heading)

(735 ILCS 5/16-101) (from Ch. 110, par. 16-101) Sec. 16-101. Availability of remedy. Relief by ne exeat republica may be granted, in cases where the debt or claim is not actually due, but exists fairly and bona fide in expectancy at the time of making application, and in cases where the claim is due; and it is not necessary, to authorize the granting of such relief by ne exeat, that the applicant show that his or her debt or claim is purely of an equitable character. (Source: P.A. 82-280.)

(735 ILCS 5/16-102) (from Ch. 110, par. 16-102) Sec. 16-102. In favor of co-obligors or co-debtors. In case of joint, or joint and several obligors or debtors, if one or more of them is about to remove outside of the jurisdictional limits of this State, taking their property with them, leaving one or more co-obligors or co-debtors bound with them for the payment of any sum of money, or for the delivery of any article of property, or for the conveyance of land at a certain time, which time has not arrived at the time of such intended removal, such co-obligor or co-debtor who remains is entitled, upon application, to relief by ne exeat, to compel the co-obligor or co-debtor who is about to remove to secure the payment of his or her part of the sum to be paid, or of the delivery of the property, or to convey, or to join in the conveyance of the land. In cases of security, the relief by ne exeat may be granted, on application of a security, against the principal or co-security, when the obligation or debt is not yet due, and the principal or co-security is about removing out of the State. (Source: P.A. 82-280.)

(735 ILCS 5/16-103) (from Ch. 110, par. 16-103) Sec. 16-103. Venue. Where ne exeat proceedings are ancillary to any other action or proceeding, the venue shall be the same as that of the main action or proceeding. (Source: P.A. 82-280.)

(735 ILCS 5/16-104) (from Ch. 110, par. 16-104) Sec. 16-104. Complaint or petition - Bond. No relief by ne exeat shall be granted but upon complaint or petition filed, and affidavit to the truth of the allegation therein contained. Upon the granting of such relief the court shall enter an order stating in what penalty bond and security shall be required of the defendant or respondent. The court shall also require the plaintiff or petitioner, before a certified copy of the ne exeat order is issued by the clerk, bond with good and sufficient surety, in such sum as the court shall deem proper, conditioned that the plaintiff or petitioner will prosecute the complaint or petition with effect, and will reimburse to the defendant or respondent such damages and costs as shall be wrongfully sustained by occasion of the granting of the relief by ne exeat. If any defendant or respondent to any such relief by ne exeat is damaged, he or she may bring an action on such bond; and, if, on trial, it is determined by the court that such relief by ne exeat was applied for without just cause, the person affected shall recover damages, to be assessed as in other cases on penal bonds. (Source: P.A. 82-280.)

(735 ILCS 5/16-105) (from Ch. 110, par. 16-105) Sec. 16-105. Limited to matters which are germane. No matters not germane to the distinctive purpose of the proceeding shall be introduced by joinder, counterclaim or otherwise. (Source: P.A. 82-280.)

(735 ILCS 5/16-106) (from Ch. 110, par. 16-106) Sec. 16-106. Orders returnable. All orders for ne exeat shall be returnable to the clerk of the court which entered the orders. (Source: P.A. 82-280.)

(735 ILCS 5/16-107) (from Ch. 110, par. 16-107) Sec. 16-107. Service of order - Bond. The order for ne exeat shall require the defendant to file his or her answer or otherwise plead within a time designated in the order, and, upon a certified copy of the order being served upon the defendant he or she shall give bond, with surety in the sum specified in such order, conditioned that he or she will not depart the State without leave of the court, and that he or she will render himself or herself to answer any judgment which the court may enter against him or her; and in default of giving such security, he or she may be committed to a penal institution other than the penitentiary, as in other cases, for the want of bail. No temporary departure from the State shall be considered as a breach of the condition of the bond, if he or she returns before personal appearance is necessary to answer or comply with any judgment or order of the court. (Source: P.A. 82-280.)

(735 ILCS 5/16-108) (from Ch. 110, par. 16-108) Sec. 16-108. Surrender of defendant. The surety in any bond for the defendant may, at any time before the bond is forfeited, surrender the defendant, in exoneration of himself or herself, in the same manner that bail may surrender their principal, and obtain the same discharge. (Source: P.A. 82-280.)

(735 ILCS 5/16-109) (from Ch. 110, par. 16-109) Sec. 16-109. Proceedings after service of order. On the return of the order for ne exeat, if it was duly served, the court shall proceed therein as in other cases where equitable relief is sought, if the time of performance of the duty or obligation of the defendant has expired; if not, then the proceedings shall be stayed until it has expired. (Source: P.A. 82-280.)

(735 ILCS 5/16-110) (from Ch. 110, par. 16-110) Sec. 16-110. Vacating order. Nothing contained in Section 16-109 of this Act shall prevent the court from proceeding at any time to determine whether the order for ne exeat ought not to be vacated. (Source: P.A. 82-280.)

(735 ILCS 5/16-111) (from Ch. 110, par. 16-111) Sec. 16-111. Seeking wrong remedy not fatal. Where relief is sought under Article XVI of this Act and the court determines, on motion directed to the pleadings, or on motion for summary judgment or upon trial, that the plaintiff or petitioner has pleaded or established facts which entitle him or her to relief but that he or she has sought the wrong remedy, the court shall permit the pleadings to be amended, on just and reasonable terms, and the court shall grant the relief to which plaintiff or petitioner is entitled on the amended pleadings or upon the evidence. In considering whether a proposed amendment is just and reasonable, the court shall consider the right of the defendant or respondent to assert additional defenses, to demand a trial by jury, to plead a counterclaim or third party complaint, and to order the plaintiff or petitioner to take additional steps which were not required under the pleadings as previously filed. (Source: P.A. 82-280.)