LAWS OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL Vol. 31 5737 — 1976/77 FROM 2nd CHESHVAN, 5737 — 26.10.76 to 10th ELUL, 5737 — 24.8 (Not Including the Penal Law, 5737 — 1977, Which is Published in a Special Volume) Authorised Translation from the Hebrew Prepared at the Ministry of Justice PUBLISHED BY THE GOVERNMENT PRINTER JERUSALEM LAWS OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL Vol. 31 5737 — 1976/77 FROM 2nd CHESHVAN, 5737 — 26.10.76 to 10th ELUL, 5737 — 24.8.77 (Not Including the Penal Law, 5737 —1977, Which is Published in a Special Volume) Authorised Translation from the Hebrew Prepared at the Ministry of Justice ISSN 0334-3383 PUBLISHED BY THE GOVERNMENT PRINTER JERUSALEM CONTENTS Page Laws 3 Budget Laws 309 Index of Laws in the Order of the Dates of Their Adoption by the Knesset 336 Alphabetical Index of Laws 341 EXPLANATIONS I.R. (Iton Rishmi) — The Official Gazette during the tenure of the Provisional Council of State Reshumot — The Official Gazette since the incep• tion of the Knesset Sections of Reshumot referred to in this translation: Yalkut Ha-Pirsumim — Government Notices Sefer Ha-Chukkim — Principal Legislation Chukkei Taktziv — Budgetary Legislation Kovetz Ha-Takkanot — Subsidiary Legislation Hatza'ot Chok — Bills Chukkei Taktziv — Budget Bills (Hatza'ot) Dinei Yisrael (from — The revised, up-to-date and binding No. 2: Dinei Medinat Hebrew text of legislation enacted be- Yisrael) fore the establishment of the State (Nusach Chadash) 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 — The English translation of laws of Israel) which this volume forms part NV (Laws of the State of — An English edition of the revised text Israel [New Version]) of pre-State legislation (see above) LAWS (No. 1) LOCAL AUTHORITIES (BUSINESS TAX) ORDINANCE (AMENDMENT No. 7) LAW, 5737 — 1976 * 1. In section 3 (1) and (2) of the Local Authorities (Business Tax) Amendment of section 3 Ordinance, 19451J (hereinafter referred to as "the Ordinance"), the words "ten thousand pounds" shall be replaced by the words "twenty thousand pounds". 2. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 3 of the Ordinance Ceiling, and the by-laws of the local authorities, a person shall not, in respect of any place in which he carries on a trade or business referred to in the said section, be charged with an amount of tax exceeding by a specific percentage the amount with which he was charged before the date of publication of this Law in Reshumot, as follows: (1) if the amount with which he was charged as aforesaid did not exceed one thousand pounds, 35 per cent; (2) if the said amount exceeded one thousand but did not exceed five thousand pounds, 50 per cent; (3) if the said amount exceeded five thousand pounds, 100 per cent. YITZCHAK RABIN YOSEF BURG Prime Minister Minister of the Interior EFRAYIM KATZIR President of the State * Passed by the Knesset on the 2nd Cheshvan, 5737 (26th October, 1976) and published in Sefer Ha-Chukkim No. 829 of the 11th Cheshvan, 5737 (4th November, 1976), p. 2; the Bill and an Explanatory Note were pub• lished in Hatza'ot Chok No. 1252 of 5736, p. 344. *) P.G. of 1945, Suppl. I, p. 152 (English Edition); Sefer Ha-Chukkim of 5709, p. 43 — LSI vol. HI, p. 30; Sefer Ha-Chukkim of 5712, p. 296 — LSI vol. VI, p. 106; Sefer Ha-Chukkim of 5716, p. 38 — LSI vol. X, p. 32; Sefer Ha-Chukkim of 5718, p. 35 — LSI vol. XII, p. 42; Sefer Ha-Chukkim of 5727, p. 2 — LSI vol. XXI, p. 2; Sefer Ha-Chukkim of 5734, p. 144 — LSI vol. XXVIII, p. 159. (No. 2) MOTOR VEHICLES INSURANCE ORDINANCE (AMENDMENT No. 3) LAW, 5737 — 1976 * Amendment of 1. In the Motor Vehicles Insurance Ordinance (New Version), section 15. 5730 —19701). the words "or the period for which they have been holders of a licence" shall be inserted between the word "vehicle" and the word "or" in section 15 (1). YITZCHAK RABIN YEHOSHUA RABINOVITZ Prime Minister Minister of Finance EFRAYIM KATZIR President of the State * Passed by the Knesset on the 2nd Cheshvan, 5737 (26th October, 1976) and published in Sefer Ha-Chukkim No. 829 of the 11th Cheshvan, 5737 (4th November, 1976), p. 2; the Bill and an Explanatory Note were published in Hatza'ot Chok No. 1208 of 5736, p. 17. !) Dinei Medinat Yisrael (Nusach Chadash) No. 15, p. 320 — NV vol. II, p. 74; Sefer Ha-Chukkim of 5733, p. 201 — LSI vol. XXVTJ, p. 219; Sefer Ha-Chukkim of 5735, p. 234 — LSI vol. XXIX, p. 316. (No. 3) SETTLEMENT OF LABOUR DISPUTES (AMENDMENT No. 3) LAW, 5737 — 1976* 1. Sections 37C and 37D of the Settlement of Labour Disputes Addition of section Law, 5717 —19571X shall respectively be re-marked as sections 37D and 37E and the following section shall be inserted after section 37B: "Unprotected 37C. (a) A Regional Court within the meaning of -is com ,(1969־— 31to'be6dealt the Labour Courts Law, 5729^ with. petent, on the application of an employer in a public service, to declare that the employees of that employer at a particular place of employment or some of them are or have been engaged in an unprotected strike not being a complete work stop­ page; upon the court having so declared, the employees at that place of employment or some of them, as the court may prescribe^ shall only be entitled to a partial wage for the work they actually did in the period of the said strike, at a rate prescribed by the court in accordance with the circumstances of the case. (b) The Regional Court shall not entertain an application under subsection (a) in respect of a period more than six months prior to its submission. (c) Where an employee is only entitled to a partial wage, as provided in subsection (a), an amount equal to half his ordinary wage shall be regarded as the partial wage due to him so long as the court has not prescribed the rate of the * Passed by the Knesset on the 23rd Cheshvan, 5737 (16th November, 1976) and published in Sefer Ha-Chukkim No. 830 of the 3rd Kislev, 5737 (25th November, 1976); the Bill and an Explanatory Note were published in Hatza'ot Chok No. 1252 of 5736, p. 343. *) Sefer Ha-Chukkim of 5717, p. 58 — LSI vol. XI, p. 51; Sefer Ha-Chukkim of 5729, p. 216 — LSI vol. XXm, p. 235; Sefer Ha-Chukkim of 5732, p. 70 — LSI vol. XXVI, p. 77. 2) Sefer Ha-Chukkim of 5729, p. 70; LSI vol. XXIII, p. 76. partial wage as aforesaid; for the purposes of this subsection, "ordinary wage" means the aggregate of the wage components taken into .account for ,the purposes of severance pay under section 13 of the Severance Pay Law, 5723 —1963 1), less allowances payable in respect of output or effort. (d) Wage balances due to an employee from the employer or to the employer from an employee by virtue of the provisions of this section shall be paid within thirty days from the day on which the Regional Court prescribes the rate of the partial wage under subsection (a) unless the court prescribes another date of payment; any excess amount paid as aforesaid to an employee shall be regarded as an advance to which section 25 (a) (7) of the Wage Protection Law, 5718 — 1958 2), applies, provided that the amount of the deduction shall not exceed 25 per cent of the employee's wage.". Saving of laws. 2. This Law shall not derogate from but add to the powers of the Labour Court and the law which existed immediately before the coming into force of this Law. YITZCHAK RABIN MOSHE BARAM Prime Minister Minister of Labour EFRAYIM KATZIR President of the State !) Sefer Ha-Chukkim of 5723, p. 136; LSI vol. XVII, p. 161. 2) Sefer Ha-Chukkim of 5718, p. 86; LSI vol. XIII, p. 100. 6 (No. 4) CHAMBER OF ADVOCATES (AMENDMENT No. 10) LAW, 5737 — 1976 * 1. In section 29 of the Chamber of Advocates Law, 5721 — 1961 *) Amendment <rf section 29 (hereinafter referred to as "the principal Law"), the following para­ graph shall be inserted after paragraph (2): "(2A) a traffic judge appointed under Chapter Four of the Traffic Ordinance 2) whose period of membership of the Chamber and length of service as a Judge add up to not less than five years;". 2. The following chapter shall be inserted after Chapter Seven "A" Addition of ."B״of the principal Law: &vente "Chapter Seven "B": Advocates' Benefit Fund Obligatory 891. (a) If the Chamber establishes a benefit fund membership. by yirtue q{ SQCt[on 3 (5) (sucn benefi(. fund here. inafter referred to as an "Advocates' Benefit Fund"), then, notwithstanding anything provided in any law under which the Advocates' Benefit Fund is establish­ ed, every member of the Chamber shall be a member of the Advocates' Benefit Fund, provided that it is approved under section 47 of the Income Tax Ordinance8) and that its rules are approved by the Chamber and the Minister of Justice and published in Reshumot. * Passed by the Knesset on the 23rd Cheshvan, 5737 (16th November, 1976) and published in Sefer Ha-Chukkim No. 830 of the 3rd Kislev, 5737 (25th November, 1976), p. 7; the Bill and an Explanatory Note were published in Hatza'ot Chok No. 1222 of 5736, p. 148. 1) Sefer Ha-Chukkim of 5721, p. 178 — LSI vol. XV, p.