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Laws of the State of Israel LAWS OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL VOL. 23 5729-1968/69 From 6th Cheshvan, 5729-28.10.68 to 2nd Av, 5729-17.7.69 Authorized Translation from the Hebrew Prepared at the Ministry of Justice PUBLISHED BY THE GOVERNMENT PRINTER LAWS OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL VOL. 23 5729—1968/69 FROM 6th CHESHVAN, 5729—28.10.68 TO 2nd AV, 5729—17.7.69 Authorised Translation from the Hebrew Prepared at the Ministry of Justice PUBLISHED BY THE GOVERNMENT PRINTER CONTENTS Page Laws 3 Budget Law 317 Index of Laws in the Order of the Dates of Their Adoption by the Knesset 328 Alphabetical Index of Laws 332 EXPLANATIONS I.R. (Iton Rishmî) — The Official Gazette during the tenure of the Provisional Council of State Reshumot — The Official Gazette since the inception of the Knesset Sections of Reshumot referred to in this translation : Yalkut Ha-Pirsumim — Government Notices Sejer Ha-Chukkim — Principal Legislation Chukkei Taktziv — Budgetary Legislation Kovetz Ha-Takkanot — Subsidiary Legislation Hatza'ot Chok — Bills Chukkei Taktziv (Hatza'ot) — Budget Bills Dinei Yisrael (from No. 2 : — The revised, up-to-date and binding Dinei Medinat Yisrael) Hebrew text of legislation enacted (Nusach Chadash) before the establishment of the State P.G. (Palestine Gazette) — The Official Gazette of the Mandatory Government Laws of Palestine — The 1934 revised edition of Palestine legislation (Drayton) LSI — Laws of the State of Israel NV — Laws of the State of Israel (New Ver• sion), i. e. an English edition of the revised text of pre-State legislation (see above) LAWS (No. 1) KNESSET ELECTIONS (AMENDMENT No. 8) LAW, 5729-1968* 1. In section 4 of the Knesset Elections Law, 5719-19591) (hereinafter Amendment of referred to as "the Elections Law"), subsections (b) and (c) shall be section 4. replaced by the following subsections: "(b) There shall be no voting except within the land area of Israel and in Israel vessels; this provision shall not apply to voting under Chapter Seven. (c) A voter may vote only at the polling-station the voters' list relating to which contains his name; this provision shall not apply to a person who votes under Chapter Seven or Eight.". 2. Section 7 of the Elections Law is hereby repealed. Repeal of 3. In section 9 of the Elections Law — section 7. (1) subsection (a) shall be replaced by the following subsection : Amendment of "(a) For the conduct of the elections, a Central Election section 9. Committee (hereinafter referred to as "the Central Committee") shall be established within 60 days from the day on which each new Knesset convenes; an outgoing Committee shall hold office until a new Committee is established."; (2) the words "the directions of the Central Committee" in sub• section (b) shall be replaced by the words "directions laid down by regulations". 4. In section 10 of the Elections Law — Amendment of section 10. (1) subsection (a) shall be replaced by the following subsection : "(a) The members of the Central Committee shall be repre• sentatives of the party groups of the Knesset."; (2) the words "not later than the 79th day before election day" in subsection (e) shall be replaced by the words "within 50 days from the day on which the Knesset convenes"; * Passed by the Knesset on the 6th Cheshvan, 5729 (28th October, 1968) and published in Sefer Ha-Chukkim No. 544 of the 15th Cheshvan, 5729 (6th November, 1968), p. 2; the Bill and an Explanatory Note were published in Hatza'ot Chok No. 655 of 5725, p. 230. 1) Sefer Ha-Chukkim of 5719, pp. 114, 147 and 148 — LSI vol. XIII.pp. 121, 156 and 157; Sefer Ha-Chukkim of 5721, pp. 124 and 141 — LSI vol. XV, pp. 129 and 151; Sefer Ha-Chukkim of 5725, pp. 264 and 266 — LSI vol. XIX, pp. 283 and 285; Sefer Ha-Chukkim of 5726, p. 71 — LSI vol. XX, p. 66. 3 Amendment of 5. In section 11 of the Elections Law — section 11. (1) the words "not later than the 75th day before election day" shall be replaced by the words "not later than the 60th day from the day on which the Knesset convenes"; (2) subsections (b) and (c) shall be replaced by the following subsections: "(b) At an election under subsection (a), a member of the Supreme Court shall be elected Deputy Chairman. The Deputy Chairman shall hold office when the President of the Supreme Court finds that the Chairman is unable to carry out his functions. The President of the Supreme Court shall notify his finding to the Chairman of the Knesset, (c) The Central Committee shall have vice-chairmen, who shall be elected by it from among its members. The number of vice-chairmen shall be four : Provided that the House Com• mittee of the Knesset may increase their number up to eight. The four vice-chairmen shall belong to the four largest party groups in the Knesset, and if the number of vice-chairmen is increased as aforesaid, the House Committee of the Knesset shall determine to which party group the additional vice-chair• men shall belong.". Amendment of 6. In section 12 of the Elections Law, the words "than the 68th day section 12. before election day" shall be replaced by the words "than the 15th day after the composition of the Committee is announced in the Knesset.". Amendment of 7. In section 13(a) of the Elections Law, the words "than the 61st day" section 13. shall be replaced by the words "than the 38th day". Amendment of 8. In section 13A(a) of the Elections Law, the words "than the 55th section 13 A. day" shall be replaced by the words "than the 38th day". Amendment of 9. In section 14 of the Elections Law — section 14. (1) in the first subsection, the words "than the 40th day" shall be replaced by the words "than the 20th day" and the words "than the 20th day" shall be replaced by the words "than the 10th day"; (2) subsection (b) shall be replaced by the following subsection: "(b) The Central Committee shall in every year determine the number of the members of each Polling Committee and its party composition from among all the party groups represented on the Central Committee : Provided that not fewer than three party groups shall be represented on each Polling Committee.",' (3) subsection (d) shall be replaced by the following subsection: "(d) Each member of the Polling Committee shall have two permanent deputies of his own party group; a party group may demand that a member belonging to it shall have three per• manent deputies. The deputies shall be appointed by the Dis• trict Committee." 4 10. The following section shall be inserted after section 14 of the Addition of section 14A. Elections Law : "Changes in 14A. Every party group may replace its representatives membership (netzigim) on the Central Committee or a District Com• of Central Committee mittee and their deputies by giving notice, through its and District representative (ba koach, i.e. the representative within the Committee. meaning of section 17 of the Elections Law; see section 13 below — Tr.), to the Chairman of the Central Committee and the Minister of the Interior, and in the case of the replacement of a representative on a District Committee, also to the Chairman of that Committee.". 11. In section 15 of the Elections Law — Amendment of section 15. (1) in the first subsection, the words "not later than the 75th day before election day" shall be replaced by the words "within fourteen days from the day on which the Central Committee is established" and the words "within ten days from the day of its occurrence" shall be replaced by the words "within ten days from the day on which he is notified of the change and, as far as possible, before election day"; (2) in the second subsection, the words "as it shall prescribe" shall be replaced by the words "as shall be prescribed by regulations". 12. In section 16 of the Elections Law, the following subsection shall be Amendment of inserted after subsection (d): section 16. "(e) In the absence of the chairman of a District Committee, the vice-chairman designated in that behalf by the Central Committee shall act in his stead for the duration of his absence, (f) In the absence of the chairman of a Polling Committee, the vice-chairman shall act in his stead for the duration of his absence.". 13. In section 17 of the Elections Law — Amendment of (1) subsection (a) shall be replaced by the following subsection : section 17. "(a) For the purpose of the establishment of the Central Committee, a candidates' list from which members have been elected to the Knesset shall be regarded as a party group with a number of members equal to the number of candidates elected ; the representative of the candidates' list and his deputy shall be the representative of the party group and his deputy." ; (2) subsection (c) shall be replaced by the following subsection : "(c) If the party composition of the Knesset, or the name or the number of members of a party group, has changed, and the House Committee has confirmed the change, the party composition of all the Election Committees, or the name of the party group, shall be changed accordingly; Provided that if the members of the District Committees or Polling Committees were appointed before the change, the 5 change shall not entail a change of the party composition of any of those committees, and a party group left without a representative in consequence of the change shall have one member on the Committee in an advisory capacity.".
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