# Indexed passage in the Constitution of Israel

- Jurisdiction: Israel (IL)
- Chapter (as indexed): Chapter Four: Miscellaneous Provisions
- Source document: Israel Constitution
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22. Law not to be affected by emergency regulations
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23. Provisions to be prescribed by Law
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24. Provisions to be prescribed under Law
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Basic Law: The State Comptroller (1988)
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1. Essence
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2. State Audit
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3. Duty to provide information
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4. Comptroller as Commissioner for Complaints
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5. Additional tasks
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6. Accountability to the Knesset
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7. Election and Term of office (Amendment 1)
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8. Qualifications (Amendment 1)
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9. Pledge of allegiance
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10. Budget
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11. Salary and emoluments
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12. Contact with Knesset and issuance of reports
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13. Removal from office (Amendment 2)
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14. Acting State Comptroller
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Basic Law: Human Dignity and Liberty (1992)
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1. Basic principles (Amendment 1)
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1A. Purpose (Amendment 1)
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2. Preservation of life, body and dignity
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3. Protection of property
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4. Protection of life, body and dignity
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5. Personal liberty
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6. Leaving and entering Israel
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7. Privacy
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8. Violation of rights (Amendment 1)
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9. Reservation regarding security forces
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10. Validity of laws
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11. Application
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12. Stability
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Basic Law: Freedom of Occupation (1994)
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1. Basic principles
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2. Purpose
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3. Freedom of occupation
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4. Violation of freedom of occupation
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5. Application
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6. Stability
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7. Entrenchment
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8. Effect of nonconforming law (Amendment 2)
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9. Repeal
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10. Provisional (Amendments 1 and 2)
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11. Amendment of Basic Law: Human Dignity and Liberty
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Basic Law: The Government (2001)
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1. What the Government is
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2. Seat of Government
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3. Confidence of the Knesset
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4. Responsibility
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5. Composition
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6. Eligibility of Ministers
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7. Assignment of task of forming Government
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8. Periods for formation of Government
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9. Re-assignment of task
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10. Assignment of task at the request of party groups
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11. Early elections in the event of failure to form a government
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12. Discontinuance of proceedings for formation of Government
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13. Formation of Government
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14. Declaration of allegiance
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15. Cooption of a Minister
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16. Acting Prime Minister
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17. Interrogation and impeachment of the Prime Minister
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18. Removal from office pursuant to an offense
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19. Resignation of Prime Minister
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20. Death or permanent incapacity of Prime Minister
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21. Prime Minister or Acting Prime Minister ceasing to function as members of Knesset
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22. Termination of tenure of Minister
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23. Termination of tenure of Minister pursuant to an offense
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24. Acting Minister
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25. Deputy Ministers
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26. Termination of service of a Deputy Minister
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27. Termination of tenure of Deputy Minister pursuant to an offense
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28. Expression of no confidence in the Government
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29. Authority to disperse the Knesset
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30. Continuity of Government
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31. Functioning of the Government
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32. Residual powers of Government
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33. Delegation of powers
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34. Assumption of powers
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35. Secrecy
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37. Regulations
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38. Declaration of a state of emergency
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39. State of emergency
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40. Declaration of war
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41. Inapplicability of emergency laws
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42. The Government and Knesset committees
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43. Change in election date
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44. Permanence of the Law
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45. Amendment of Basic Law: The Knesset - No. 30
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46. Repeal of The Basic Law: The Government
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47. Effect and applicability
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Basic Law: The Knesset (1958)
1. What the Knesset is

Structure of legislative chamber(s)
The Knesset is the parliament of the State.
2. Place of sitting
The place of sitting of the Knesset is Jerusalem.
3. Composition

Size of first chamber
The Knesset shall, upon its election, consist of one hundred and twenty members.
4. Electoral system

Secret ballot

First chamber selection
The Knesset shall be elected by general, national, direct, equal, secret and
proportional elections, in accordance with the Knesset Elections Law; this section
shall not be varied save by a majority of the members of the Knesset.
5. The right to vote

Claim of universal suffrage
Every Israel national of or over the age of eighteen years shall have the right to vote
in elections to the Knesset, unless a court has deprived him of that right by virtue of
any Law; the Elections Law shall determine the time at which a person shall be
considered to be eighteen years of age for the purpose of the exercise of the right to
vote in elections to the Knesset.
5A. The right to present a list of candidates (Amendments
19 and 21)

First chamber selection
A list of candidates for the Knesset shall be submitted only by a party; The means of
association and registering of parties and the conditions for submitting a list of
candidates shall be determined by law.
6. The right to be elected (Amendments 8, 10, 22, and 26)

Electoral commission
a. Every Israel national who on the day of the admission of a candidates list
containing his name is twenty-one years of age or over shall have the right to be
elected to the Knesset, unless a court has deprived him of that right by virtue of
Law, or he has been sentenced, by a final judgment, to a penalty of actual
imprisonment for a term exceeding three months and on the day of submission
of the list of candidates seven years have not yet passed since the day when he
terminated his period of imprisonment, unless the chairman of the Central
Elections Committee has determined that the offence of which he has been
convicted, in accordance with the circumstances, does not bear moral turpitude.

Minimum age for first chamber

Eligibility for first chamber
b. [Annulled]
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c. A candidate for the Knesset who has been sentenced as specified in subsection
(a) and whose judgment has become final after the submission of the list of
candidates and before he has assumed tenure as a Knesset member, will be
deemed to have withdrawn from the list of candidates that includes his name, or
from his tenure in the Knesset, as relevant, unless the chairman of the Central
Elections Committee has determined that the offence of which he has been
convicted, in accordance with the circumstances, does not bear moral turpitude.
d. The determination of the chairman of the Central Elections Committee under
subsections (a) and (c) is not required if the court has stated by law that the
offence, in accordance with the circumstances, does bear moral turpitude.
e. For the purpose of this section –
• "Actual imprisonment" means the sum of all terms of actual imprisonment
the convicted person must serve in a single continuous period, even if
ordered in different sentences, including suspended sentences that have
been activated;
• "Offence" means each of the offences for which a period of actual
imprisonment has been ordered.
6A. Restriction on the candidacy of a Knesset member
seceding from his faction (Amendments 12, 21 and 36)
a. A Knesset member seceding from his faction and failing to tender his resignation
as a Knesset member in close proximity to his secession, shall not be included, in
the election for the next Knesset, in the list of candidates submitted by a party
that was represented by a faction of the outgoing Knesset; This provision does
not apply to the splitting of a faction under the conditions prescribed by law.

Eligibility for first chamber
b. For the purposes of this section –
• "Secession from a faction " - including voting in the Knesset plenum not in
accordance with the faction’s position regarding the expression of
confidence or no confidence in the government; however, such voting shall
not be deemed as secession if the Knesset member has not received any
consideration in exchange for his vote;
• "Consideration " – means directly or indirectly, by a promise or future
commitment, including the assurance of a place on a list of candidates for
the Knesset, or the appointment of the Knesset member himself or
someone else to a certain position.
7. Who shall not be a candidate (Amendments 2, 21, and
33)

Eligibility for first chamber

Outside professions of legislators
The following shall not be candidates for the Knesset:
1. the President of the State;
2. the two Chief Rabbis;
3. a judge (shofet);
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4. a judge (dayan) of a religious court;
5. the State Comptroller;
6. the Chief of the General Staff of the Defense Army of Israel;
7. rabbis and ministers of other religions, while holding paid office;
8. senior State employees and Army officers of such grades or ranks and in
such functions as shall be determined by Law.
9. policemen and prison warders of such ranks and positions as shall be
determined by law;
10. employees of corporations established by law of such ranks and positions
as shall be determined by law.
Unless they have ceased to serve in the aforementioned position or office, prior to
the date for submitting the lists of candidates for the Knesset, and if an earlier date
has been set by law prior to the set date.
7A. Prevention of participation of candidates' list
(Amendments 9, 35, and 39)
a. A candidates' list shall not participate in elections to the Knesset, and a person
shall not be a candidate for election to the Knesset, if the objects or actions of
the list or the actions of the person, expressly or by implication, include one of
the following:

Eligibility for first chamber
1. negation of the existence of the State of Israel as a Jewish and democratic
state;
2. incitement to racism;
3. support of armed struggle, by a hostile state or a terrorist organization,
against the State of Israel.

Terrorism
a1. For the purposes of this section, a candidate that was at a hostile state
unlawfully within the seven years preceding the date for submitting the
candidates' list, is deemed a person whose actions express support of armed
struggle against the State of Israel, as long as he has not proven otherwise.

Eligibility for first chamber
b. The decision of the Central Elections Committee that a candidate is prevented
from participating in the elections requires the affirmation of the Supreme
Court of Israel.

Electoral commission

Supreme court powers
c. A candidate will make a declaration for the purposes of this section.
d. Particulars regarding the hearing at the Central Elections Committee and at the
Supreme Court of Israel, as well as regarding a declaration under subsection (c)
shall be prescribed by law.
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8. Term of office of the Knesset

Term length for first chamber
The term of office of the Knesset shall be four years from the day on which it is
elected.
9. Date of elections (Amendment 1)

Scheduling of elections
The elections to the Knesset shall take place on the third Tuesday of the month of
Cheshvan in the year in which the tenure of the outgoing Knesset ends, But if the
year which preceded that year was a leap year, the elections shall take place on the
first Tuesday of that month.
9A. Extending the Knesset's term (Amendment 15)
a. The Knesset shall not extend its term except by law passed by a majority of
eighty members of the Knesset and only if special circumstances exist that
prevent holding the elections at their proper time; the period of extension shall
not exceed the time necessary due to the aforementioned circumstances; the
election date shall be fixed by the aforementioned law.
b. Without prejudice to the provisions of section 34, the Knesset may, by a
resolution passed by the majority of its members, advance the date of elections
fixed under subsection (a), provided that the new date is no earlier than the date
fixed for Knesset elections under section 9.
10. Election day to be a day of rest
Election Day shall be a day of rest, but transport services and other public services
shall function normally.
11. Publication of election results (Amendment 20)
The results of the elections shall he published in “Reshumot” within eight days from
Election Day.
12. Convening of the Knesset (Amendment 37)
The Knesset shall convene for its first meeting, after the election results are
published, within fourteen days of Election Day on the date fixed by law, unless an
earlier date is prescribed by law due to a rest day, holiday, festival day, memorial day,
or due to proximity to one of them, or due to the intermediate days of certain Jewish
festivals.
13. Amendments 27, and 37
[Annulled]
14. The opening meeting (Amendment 23)
The procedures of the opening meeting shall be prescribed by law and shall express
the character of the State of Israel and its heritage.
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15. Declaration of allegiance by members of the Knesset
(Amendment 23)
a. A Knesset member shall make a declaration of allegiance; the declaration shall
read as follows:
"I pledge myself to bear allegiance to the State of Israel and faithfully to
discharge my mandate in the Knesset."
b. Procedures for the declarations shall be prescribed by law.
16. Failure to make declaration
Where the Chairman of the Knesset has called upon a member of the Knesset to
make his declaration of allegiance and the member has not done so, the member
shall not enjoy the rights of a member of the Knesset so long as he has not made the
declaration.
16A. Failure to make declaration due to dual citizenship
(Amendment 22)

Eligibility for first chamber
Has the Knesset member been the holder of an additional non-Israeli citizenship, and
the laws of the country whose citizenship he holds permit his release from such
citizenship, he shall not declare allegiance until after he has done everything
required on his part to be released from such citizenship, and he shall not enjoy the
rights of a Knesset member until he makes his declaration.
17. Immunity of Knesset members

Immunity of legislators
The members of the Knesset shall have immunity; particulars shall be prescribed by
Law.
18. Immunity of Knesset buildings
The building of the Knesset shall have immunity; particulars shall be prescribed by
Law.
19. Procedure and rules
The Knesset shall itself prescribe its procedure; in so far as such procedure has not
been prescribed by Law, the Knesset shall prescribe it by its Rules; so long as the
procedure has not been prescribed as aforesaid, the Knesset shall follow its accepted
practice and routine
20. Chairman and Vice-Chairmen (Amendments 24, 27, 34
and 37)

Leader of first chamber
a. The Knesset shall elect from among its members a Chairman and
Vice-Chairmen. Until the Chairman is elected, the most senior Knesset member
who is not the Prime Minister, a Minister or Deputy Minister, shall serve as
Interim Chairman. In this section, "senior" means the one whose term of office in
the Knesset is the longest, consecutively or non-consecutively, and among those
with equal seniority - the oldest.
b. The Knesset may, in its Rules, set restrictions on the election of a Knesset
member to serve as Chairman or Vice-Chairman.
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c. The Knesset may, by a resolution passed by a majority of its members, suspend
the Chairman or a Vice-Chairman or set restrictions on their post; particulars to
be set by law.
d. The Knesset may, by a resolution passed by a majority of its members or by a
larger majority as may be prescribed by law, to remove from post the Chairman
or a Vice-Chairman; particulars to be set by law.
20A. Acting Chairman and Interim Chairman of Knesset
(Amendments 4, 24 and 27)

Leader of first chamber
a. Whenever the Chairman of the Knesset leaves the territory of the State, a
Vice-Chairman shall serve as Acting Chairman until his return.
b. Whenever the Chairman of the Knesset notifies the House Committee, or if the
House Committee decides, that for reasons of health the Chairman of the
Knesset is temporarily unable to carry out his functions, or the Chairman
announces that he is temporarily unable to perform his duties and the House
Committee acknowledges his announcement, a Vice-Chairman shall serve as
Acting Chairman until the Chairman notifies the House Committee or until the
House Committee decides that the Chairman is no longer unable to carry out his
functions.

Legislative committees
c. When the post of Chairman of the Knesset has fallen vacant - because the
Chairman has resigned or has died or because the House Committee has
decided that for reasons of health he is permanently unable to carry out his
functions - a Vice-Chairman shall serve as Interim Chairman until the Knesset
elects a new Chairman.
c1.
1. If the Chairman of the Knesset is suspended from his post by a decision
under Section 20(c), a Vice-Chairman shall serve as Acting Chairman until
the suspension is lifted or until the election of a new Chairman, as relevant.
2. If the Chairman of the Knesset is removed from his post by a decision under
Section 20(d), a Vice-Chairman shall serve as Acting Chairman until the
election of a new Chairman.
d. The Vice-Chairman who is to serve as Acting Chairman or Interim Chairman of
the Knesset shall be elected in that behalf by the House Committee.
e. During his tenure as Acting Chairman or Interim Chairman of the Knesset, the
Vice-Chairman shall serve in every capacity assigned to the Chairman of the
Knesset by law, shall carry out every function imposed upon the Chairman of the
Knesset by law and shall exercise every power vested in the Chairman of the
Knesset by law.
f. The provisions of this section shall also apply, mutatis mutandis, if the
circumstances envisaged in subsection (a), (b), (c) or (c1) with regard to the
Chairman of the Knesset exist with regard to a Vice-Chairman who is serving as
Acting Chairman or Interim Chairman.
21. Committees (Amendments 13, 14, 16, and 28)

Legislative committees
a. The Knesset shall elect from among its members permanent committees, and it
may elect from among its members committees for specific matters; the
functions, powers and procedure of the committees shall, in so far as they are
not prescribed by Law, be prescribed by the Rules.

Standing committees
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b. The Rules may prescribe provisions concerning the committees’ authority to
summon an office holder or a functionary of the Civil Service, municipal
authority, religious council, corporation established by law or government
corporation, and to oblige him to provide information on the activity of the body
in which he serves, unless such disclosure entails a violation of a law, or of a
professional duty or an obligation of trust to which he is bound by law, and he
shall be assured the rights of a witness before a court; the summon shall be
issued under the auspices of the relevant Minister or with his knowledge, and
for someone who is not in the Civil Service under the auspices of the head of the
body in which the invitee serves; However, the appointed Minister or the head
of the body in which the invitee serves may inform the committee that he
himself will appear in place of the invitee.
c. [Annulled]
21A. Knesset supervision of secondary legislation
(Amendment 30)

Legislative committees
a. Regulations enacted by a Minister whose violation entails criminal punishment
shall not enter into force, unless they have been approved prior to publication
by a committees of the Knesset committees responsible for that matter; should
the committee fail to approve or reject the regulations within 45 days of
receiving the regulations, the regulations will be deemed approved.
b. The provisions of this subsection do not prejudice the provisions of any Basic
Law or other law regarding regulations.
22. Commissions of inquiry

Legislative oversight of the executive
The Knesset may appoint commissions of inquiry - either by empowering one of the
permanent committees in that behalf or by electing a commission from among its
members - to investigate matters designated by the Knesset; the powers and
functions of a commission of inquiry shall be prescribed by the Knesset; every
commission of inquiry shall include also representatives of factions which do not
participate in the Government, in accordance with the relative strength of the
factions in the Knesset.
23. Government member who is not a member of the
Knesset

Establishment of cabinet/ministers
A member of the Government who is not a member of the Knesset shall, as to
everything relating to the Knesset, have the same status as a member of the
Government who is a member of the Knesset, except that he shall not have the right
to vote.
24. Quorum (Amendment 6)

Quorum for legislative sessions
The Knesset shall hold debates and pass decisions whatever the number of members
present, save as otherwise provided by Law.
25. Majority
Save as otherwise provided by Law, the Knesset shall pass its decisions by a majority
of those participating in the voting - those abstaining not being reckoned as
participating - and the voting procedure shall be prescribed by the Rules.
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26. Meetings
The meetings of the Knesset shall be held at its place of sitting: Provided that in
special circumstances the Chairman of the Knesset may, in consultation with the
Vice-Chairmen, convene the Knesset elsewhere. The meetings of the Knesset shall
take place on workdays.
27. Publicity of meetings (Amendment 17)

Public or private sessions
The Knesset shall sit in public.
28. Publication (Amendment 17)

Publication of deliberations
The publication of proceedings taken and utterances made at an open meeting is not
restricted and does not entail any criminal or civil liability.
29. Amendment 17
[Annulled]
30. Amendment 17
[Annulled]
31. Sessions (Amendments 5 and 29)

Length of legislative sessions
Orders concerning the periods of Knesset sessions and the convening of the Knesset
out of session shall be prescribed by law.
32. Amendment 31
[Annulled]
33. Amendments 25, 27, and 29
[Annulled]
34. Dissolution of the Knesset (Amendment 15)

Dismissal of the legislature
The Knesset shall not decide to dissolve itself before the expiration of its term of
office save by adopting a Law for that purpose passed by a majority of the members
of the Knesset.
35. Date of elections after dissolution of the Knesset
(Amendment 30)
The Law concerning the dissolution of the Knesset shall contain a provision as to the
date of the elections to the next Knesset, which shall be no later than five months
from the day the law is passed.
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36. Term of office of the Knesset after dissolution

Term length for first chamber
If the Knesset decides to dissolve itself, the term of office of the next Knesset shall
run until the month of Cheshvan next following the termination of four years from
the day of its election.
36A. Dispersion due to failure to adopt budget
(Amendment 30)

Budget bills

Dismissal of the legislature
a. Non-adoption of the Budget Law within three months subsequent to the
beginning of the fiscal year will be considered to be a Knesset decision on its
dispersion, prior to the completion of its term of service, on the day following
the end of this period (hereafter: the determining date), and early elections will
be held on the last Tuesday before the end of 90 days of the determining date,
unless the Knesset decides by a majority vote of its members, within five days of
the determining date, that because of the proximity of the date of elections to a
holiday, festival day or memorial day, to postpone the elections to a date no later
than 100 days from the determining date.
b. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a), should the President of the
State begin procedures to form a new Government under section 30 of The
Basic Law: The Government, or should a law be adopted to disperse the Knesset,
or should elections to the Knesset be held, after the date for submission of the
Draft Budget under section 3 of The Basic Law: The State Economy and before
the passage of three months from the beginning of the fiscal year, the
determining day under subsection (a), shall be three months from the beginning
of the fiscal year or 45 days from the constitution of the Government, whichever
is later.
37. Continuity of the Knesset
The outgoing Knesset shall continue to hold office until the convening of the
incoming Knesset.
38. Extension of validity of enactments
Any enactment due to expire during the last two months of the term of office of the
outgoing Knesset or within four months after the Knesset has decided to dissolve
itself or during the first three months of the term of office of the incoming Knesset
shall continue in force until the expiration of the said three months.
39. Remuneration of members of the Knesset

Compensation of legislators
The members of the Knesset shall receive a remuneration as provided by Law.
40. Resignation of member of the Knesset
A member of the Knesset may resign his office; resignation shall be by personal
presentation of a letter of resignation by the resigning member to the Chairman of
the Knesset or, if the member is unable to present the letter of resignation
personally, by transmission thereof in the manner prescribed by the Rules; the letter
of resignation shall be signed on the day of the presentation or transmission.
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41. Consequences of resignation
If a member of the Knesset tenders his resignation, his membership of the Knesset
shall cease forty-eight hours after the letter of resignation reaches the Chairman of
the Knesset, unless the member withdraws resignation before then.
42. Termination of tenure or candidacy (Amendment 33)

Removal of individual legislators
If a member of the Knesset, or a candidate to the Knesset, is elected or appointed to
one of the posts the holders of which are debarred from being candidates for the
Knesset, his membership of the Knesset or his candidacy to the Knesset, as relevant,
shall cease upon his election or appointment to one of the above positions; For this
purpose, "a candidate for the Knesset" – means one whose name is included in the
candidates’ list for the Knesset, from the day the list is submitted until the day of the
beginning of his tenure as a member of the Knesset.
42A. Knesset member who has been convicted
(Amendments 7, 18, 26, and 32)

Attorney general

Removal of individual legislators
a. Should a Knesset member be convicted, by final judgment, of a criminal offence,
and the court, by its own initiative or at the request of the Attorney-General has
stated that the offence carry moral turpitude, his membership of the Knesset
shall end on the day the judgment becomes final, no matter if the offence was
committed when he was a member of that same Knesset, a member of a
previous Knesset, or before he was a member of the Knesset.
b. Subsection (a) shall apply also to a Knesset member whose judgment became
final after he began to serve as a member of the Knesset; the request of the
Attorney-General in accordance with subsection (a) may be submitted as long as
the judgment has not become final; the request shall be submitted to the court
that handed the judgment, and if an appeal has been filed, to the court of appeal.
42B. Suspension (Amendments 7, 26 and 38)

Removal of individual legislators
a. Where a Knesset member has been convicted of a criminal offence, and the
court, by its own initiative or at the request of the Attorney-General has stated
that the offence carry moral turpitude, he shall be suspended from office as a
Knesset member from the day the court’s judgment was handed and until the
time when the judgment becomes final.
b. Where a Knesset member has been convicted of a criminal offence and
sentenced to imprisonment, he shall be suspended from his office as a Knesset
member for the period during which he is undergoing his penalty of
imprisonment.
b1. The orders of this section shall also apply to a Knesset member who has been
convicted of an offence as stated in Subsection (a) or (b) before becoming a
Knesset member.
43. Replacement of Knesset member (Amendment 7)

Replacement of legislators
a. If the seat of a member of the Knesset falls vacant, it shall be filled by the
candidate who, in the list of candidates which included the name of the late
member, figured immediately after the last of the elected candidates.
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b. Where a person's membership of the Knesset has been suspended under section
42B, his seat shall become vacant for the period of the suspension and his place
shall be taken by the candidate referred to in subsection (a). If he resumes his
seat, the last of the list of candidates who became a Knesset member shall cease
to hold office, but his right to become again a Knesset member thereafter, by
virtue of the provision of subsection (a), shall not be affected thereby.
44. Law not to be affected by emergency regulations

Emergency provisions
Notwithstanding the provision of any other law, this Law cannot be varied,
suspended, or made subject to conditions, by emergency regulations.
45. Entrenched sections

Constitution amendment procedure
Section 44, or this section, shall not be varied save by a majority of eighty members
of the Knesset.
45A. Application of entrenchment (Amendment 15)

Constitution amendment procedure
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## What this means (mechanical reading aid, not legal advice)

- The index files it under the chapter heading “Chapter Four: Miscellaneous Provisions”.
- The passage runs to about 9,244 words.
- Read plainly, it mentions privacy, search and seizure — it protects privacy or limits searching a person, their home or their communications (the words used: “Privacy”); it mentions assembly and association — it protects gathering together or joining a group, union or party (the words used: “association”); it mentions property — it addresses property, possession, or taking property compulsorily (the words used: “property”); it mentions equality and non-discrimination — it requires equal treatment or forbids discrimination (the words used: “equal”); it mentions pay and pensions — it sets pay, salary, allowance or pension terms (the words used: “Salary”).
- **Caveat:** The index holds no article number for this record. Cite the passage itself rather than a section number.
- **Caveat:** This index row contains 134 separately numbered sections, so it is a chapter-length passage rather than one provision. Cite the passage, and treat any single section number as unverified.

> This is a mechanical reading aid generated from the text above by matching words in it. It is not legal advice, not a lawyer’s interpretation, and not a substitute for the provision itself.

## How to cite this

Constitution of Israel, passage filed under chapter “Chapter Four: Miscellaneous Provisions”, Portable Lawyer, https://www.portablelaw.com/provision/b9e87471-afd0-4d28-9c8d-36e35fe1af42 (accessed 27 September 2026).

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