Courts Law [Consolidated Version], 5744-1984
חוק בתי המשפט [נוסח משולב], תשמ"ד-1984
Published: 1984-08-31Consolidated Hebrew text as of 2026-09-01 · Last amended 2026-07-29✓ Amendment status checked against the Knesset legislation record on 2026-09-28
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Section E: Small Claims Courts
Authorisation of Courts [E/1]§
59.
The Minister of Justice may authorise a particular Magistrate's Court to sit as a Small Claims Court.
Jurisdiction [E/2]§
60.
(a)A Small Claims Court shall try a civil claim filed by an individual —
(1)for payment of a sum not exceeding NIS 39,900;
(2)for an order to replace or repair goods or to cancel a transaction, where the value of the goods or the repair or the amount of the transaction, as the case may be, does not exceed the sum referred to in paragraph (1),
and a counter-claim for a sum or an order as aforesaid, provided that the claims are not pursuant to a right that has been assigned or transferred and are not within the exclusive jurisdiction of another court.
(b)The court may decline to try a claim or counter-claim and transfer them to a Magistrate's Court or to the court competent to try them, as the case may be, if it found that proceedings in a Small Claims Court are unsuitable for them, or if it found that the claim was filed by a plaintiff who had already filed more than five claims in the same court in the same year.
(c)The Minister of Justice may, with the approval of the Constitution, Law and Justice Committee of the Knesset, amend the sum referred to in subsection (a).
Preservation of Right [E/3]§
61.
Nothing in section 60 shall prevent —
(1)a party from filing a claim as referred to therein in another court instead of filing it in a Small Claims Court;
(2)a defendant who filed a counter-claim in a Small Claims Court from filing a separate claim for the excess of his claim, whether in a Small Claims Court or in another court.
Evidence and Procedure [E/4]§
62.
(a)A Small Claims Court shall be entitled to admit evidence even if it would not have been admissible in another court; nothing in this provision shall derogate from the laws of witness immunity and privileged evidence.
(b)A Small Claims Court is not bound by the rules of procedure that apply in another court, and subject to rules of procedure prescribed by the Minister of Justice in respect of this Section, it shall act in the manner that appears to it to be most beneficial for a just and speedy determination.
Representation [E/6]§
63.
(a)Representation of a party in a Small Claims Court by an advocate shall be only with the leave of the court and for special reasons that shall be recorded; a party may, with the leave of the court, be represented by an organisation designated for this purpose by the Minister of Justice, and in such case the court shall allow the opposing party to be represented as it shall direct.
(b)Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a), a person may, with the approval of the Small Claims Court, represent a party in a Small Claims Court, if the party has authorised him to do so and the power of attorney has been submitted to the Small Claims Court; a person may not be represented under this subsection —
(1)if the representative is engaged in representation on a regular basis;
(2)if the representation is carried out in the ordinary course of the representative's business;
(3)if the representation is carried out for remuneration.
Appeal [E/7]§
64.
A judgment of a Small Claims Court is subject to appeal before a District Court if leave therefor has been granted by a judge of the District Court; the District Court shall hear the appeal before a single judge.
Arbitration [E/8]§
65.
(a)Where a claim has been filed in a Small Claims Court, a judge of the court may, with the consent of the parties, try the claim as an arbitrator or transfer it to another arbitrator who has agreed to try it without receiving remuneration from the parties.
(b)The provisions of the Arbitration Law, 5728-1968, except sections 23 to 29 and 31 to 35, shall apply to arbitration under this section, insofar as they are relevant, however —
(1)wherever the expression "the court" appears therein it shall be read as if it said "a judge of a Small Claims Court";
(2)an arbitration award under this section shall, except as regards appeal, have the same status as a judgment of a Small Claims Court.
(c)Nothing in this section shall derogate from an arbitration agreement between the parties.
66.§
(Repealed — תשע״ד־3)
Venue [E/5]§
67.
The Minister of Justice may prescribe by Regulations a venue for small claims that shall be the venue notwithstanding anything in any agreement between the parties.
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Public Nature of Proceedings [II/38]§
68.
(a)A court shall sit in public.
(b)A court may sit in camera in a particular matter, in whole or in part, if it found it necessary to do so for one of the following:
(1)for the purpose of safeguarding State security;
(2)for the purpose of preventing harm to the foreign relations of the State;
(3)for the purpose of protecting morality;
(4)for the purpose of protecting the interests of a minor or of a helpless person as defined in section 368a of the Penal Law, 5737-1977, and also a person with an intellectual disability or a person with a mental disability, as defined in the Investigation and Testimony Procedures Law (Accommodation of Persons with Intellectual or Mental Disabilities), 5766-2005 (in this Law — the Investigation and Testimony Procedures of Persons with Disabilities Law);
(5)for the purpose of protecting the interests of a complainant or an accused in a sexual offence or in an offence under the Prevention of Sexual Harassment Law, 5758-1998;
(6)(deleted)
(7)the public hearing is likely to deter a witness from testifying freely or from testifying at all.
(8)for the purpose of protecting a trade secret.
(9)for the purpose of protecting the interests of a complainant or victim in an offence under section 377a of the Penal Law, 5737-1977.
(10)for the purpose of protecting a protected witness or confidential information concerning a protected witness, a protection programme, the Witness Protection Authority, or a threatened witness, as those terms are defined in the Witness Protection Law, 5769-2008.
(11)for the purpose of protecting the interests of a victim of an offence or of a sex offender in proceedings under the Protection of the Public from the Commission of Sex Offences Law, 5766-2006.
(12)for the purpose of protecting the interests of a suspect in a hearing on an application to prohibit publication of his name under section 70(e1).
(13)for the purpose of protecting the interests of a complainant or an accused in an offence of violence against a family member as defined in the Law for the Prevention of Domestic Violence, 5751-1991.
(c)In applications for interim orders, temporary orders and other interlocutory decisions, a court may sit in camera.
(c1)During a hearing on an application for a hearing in camera, the court may, at the request of the representative of the Attorney General, deviate from the laws of evidence for reasons that shall be recorded, and admit evidence even not in the presence of a party to the hearing or his representative or without disclosing it to them, if it was persuaded that disclosure of the evidence is likely to harm State security, its foreign relations, public safety or security, or to expose confidential work methods, and that non-disclosure is preferable to disclosure for the purpose of doing justice; the court may, before making a decision under this subsection, examine the evidence and hear explanations not in the presence of the respondent and his representative.
(c2)The court shall sit in camera when a witness whose identity is confidential pursuant to a certificate of privilege issued under sections 44 or 45 of the Evidence Ordinance [New Version], 5731-1971, or pursuant to a provision of any other law, gives testimony; however, the court may, for reasons that shall be recorded, hear the matter, in whole or in part, in public.
(d)Where a court has decided to hold a hearing in camera, it may permit a person or categories of persons to be present during the hearing, in whole or in part, and may give such a direction also in a hearing under subsection (c2), for reasons that shall be recorded.
(e)Notwithstanding the provisions of section 68(a) —
(1)family matters, as defined in the Family Court Law, 5755-1995, except for claims under the Succession Law, 5725-1965 whose cause of action is not a dispute within the family, and claims under the Names Law, 5716-1956, and under the Age Determination Law, 5724-1963 — shall be heard in camera, unless the court has directed that the matter be heard, in whole or in part, in public;
(2)the Supreme Court hearing an appeal against a decision or judgment of a youth court as defined in the Youth (Adjudication, Punishment and Treatment Methods) Law, 5731-1971, and also a court hearing the detention of a minor, shall sit in camera; however, those courts may permit a person or categories of persons, including the victim of the offence being tried, to be present during the hearing, in whole or in part; for this purpose, "victim of an offence" — as defined in the Crime Victims' Rights Law, 5761-2001.
Keeping of Minutes§
68a.
(a)In a court hearing, minutes shall be kept that reflect everything said and that occurs in the hearing that is relevant to the case, including questions and remarks of the court; however, in a pre-trial hearing, a preliminary session or another preliminary hearing, the court may, with the consent of the parties, include in the minutes the main points of the hearing; the court shall determine the manner in which the minutes are recorded; in this section, "preliminary hearing" — includes a hearing in which oral evidence is not heard or the arguments of the parties are not heard and which is designed to examine the possibility of concluding the proceedings by agreed arrangement between the parties.
(b)The court may direct that words of abuse, vilification, defamation or degradation shall not be recorded in the minutes, provided that it was persuaded that there is no reason justifying their recording in the minutes.
(c)A party is entitled to receive, at the conclusion of the hearing or shortly thereafter, a copy of the minutes.
(d)A court may, upon the application of a party and after giving the other parties an opportunity to argue their contentions, correct an entry in the minutes in order to make it accurate; a party may submit an application to correct an entry in the minutes within ten days from the date on which the minutes were served on him.
(e)Pleadings and any certificate or document submitted at the hearing and admitted by the court shall be appended to the minutes and shall form part thereof, except for the purposes of subsections (b) to (d).
(f)The provisions of this section shall apply to every hearing in a court, including in the Supreme Court, unless an explicit contrary provision has been prescribed by an enactment in the same matter.
Recording of a Hearing§
68b.
(a)Where a party has requested that a hearing be recorded at his expense, the court shall permit this, unless it found that this should not be done for special reasons, provided that the hearing is documented in another reliable and accurate manner; a decision not to accede to a party's request as aforesaid shall be reasoned in writing.
(b)Where the court has ordered the recording of a hearing at a party's request, the recording shall be kept by the court, and every party shall be entitled to listen to it.
(c)A recording of the hearing under this section shall not be considered the minutes of the hearing.
Exclusion from Court [II/39]§
69.
(a)A court may prohibit a minor from being present in the court during a hearing and order his removal.
(b)A court may remove a person who is not a party from the courtroom during a hearing, if it found, for reasons that shall be recorded, that the presence of that person in the courtroom would deter a witness from testifying freely or from testifying at all.
Prohibition of Publications [II/40]§
70.
(a)A person shall not publish anything about a hearing that was held in court in camera except with the leave of the court.
(b)
(1)A person shall not photograph anyone in a courtroom and shall not publish such a photograph except with the leave of the court;
(2)Leave as referred to in paragraph (1) shall not be granted in respect of a suspect held in detention before the filing of an indictment, except for special reasons that shall be recorded and if the court was persuaded that there is a genuine public interest therein that outweighs the harm to the dignity of the suspect.
(b1)A person shall not publish a photograph that is capable of identifying a suspect held in detention before the filing of an indictment, that was taken within the precincts of the court, other than in the courtroom, unless the suspect has given his written consent thereto or the court was persuaded that the publication contains a genuine public interest that outweighs the harm to the dignity of the suspect.
(c)A person shall not, without the leave of the court, publish a publication concerning a minor as referred to in section 24(a)(1) of the Youth (Care and Supervision) Law, 5720-1960.
(c1)A person shall not publish the name or identity number of a party claiming compensation for bodily injury, except for compensation for mental anguish, unless the consent of that party was given before the publication or with the leave of the court.
(d)A court may prohibit any publication in connection with court proceedings, to the extent that it sees a need to do so for the purpose of protecting the security of a party, witness or other person whose name was mentioned in the hearing, or for the purpose of preventing a serious infringement of the privacy of one of them, for the purpose of preventing an infringement of the privacy of a person due to the disclosure of medical information about him, or for the purpose of preventing an infringement of the privacy of a person with an intellectual disability or of a person with a mental disability, as defined in the Investigation and Testimony Procedures of Persons with Disabilities Law, of one of them.
(d1)
(1)A person shall not publish the name of a suspect against whom an indictment has not yet been filed, until the expiry of 48 hours from the time the suspect appeared for interrogation or was required to appear for interrogation, or until the conclusion of the first hearing held before a judge in his matter, whichever is the earlier; for this purpose, Sabbaths and holidays shall not be counted in the reckoning of hours;
(2)Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (1), the prohibition on publication of a suspect's name shall not apply in any of the following cases:
(a)the court permitted the publication of the suspect's name due to the public interest in the publication, provided that the suspect was given an opportunity to state his contentions in the matter;
(b)an investigating authority published or requested to publish the name of the suspect, after an officer of the rank of Deputy Commissioner or above from the Investigations and Intelligence Branch of the Israel Police, or a public official responsible for the field of investigations and intelligence in another investigating authority, as the case may be, confirmed that in the circumstances of the matter, for special reasons that were recorded, both of the following were satisfied:
(1)the publication is required for the purpose of locating a suspect or a witness, apprehending a fugitive offender, warning the public of a person who may endanger it, or for another essential purpose;
(2)the delay in publication that would result from the need to obtain the approval of the court under sub-paragraph (a) is likely to frustrate the purpose of the publication referred to in sub-paragraph (1);
(c)the suspect requested publication of his name or consented to the publication of his name, provided that the request or consent was given by the suspect himself or by his representative, in writing.
(e)A court may prohibit publication of the name of a suspect against whom an indictment has not yet been filed, or of another detail of the investigation, if this is likely to harm an investigation as required by law; where the court has so prohibited, the prohibition shall expire upon the filing of an indictment against the suspect, unless the court has determined otherwise.
(e1)
(1)A court may prohibit publication of the name of a suspect against whom an indictment has not yet been filed or of another detail of the investigation, if it found that this is likely to cause the suspect serious harm and the court was of the opinion that the prevention of the harm should be preferred over the public interest in the publication; where the court has ordered a prohibition on the publication of the name of a suspect against whom an indictment has not yet been filed, the prohibition shall expire upon the filing of an indictment against the suspect, unless the court has determined otherwise;
(2)The investigating authority shall inform a suspect who is detained and unrepresented of his right to apply to the court to prohibit the publication of his name pursuant to the provisions of this section and shall also enable him to submit an application for a prohibition on the publication of his name through it, in accordance with the form in the Fourth Schedule, and shall inform the suspect of this possibility no later than 24 hours from the time of his arrest or before he is brought before a judge — whichever is the earlier; for this purpose, Sabbaths and holidays shall not be counted in the reckoning of hours;
(3)The Minister of Justice, in consultation with the Minister for Internal Security and with the approval of the Constitution, Law and Justice Committee of the Knesset, may prescribe provisions for the implementation of paragraph (2).
(e2)For the purposes of this section —
"suspect" — a person against whom a criminal investigation has been opened;
"investigating authority" — the Israel Police or another investigating authority authorised to investigate by law;
"name of a suspect" — including any other detail capable of identifying the suspect.
(e3)
(1)A person shall not publish the name of a suspect or the name of an accused, including any other detail capable of identifying him, where the circumstances referred to in section 325(f3) of the Military Justice Law, 5715-1955, applied in his matter, and he is a Border Police officer, another police officer — in respect of operational activity for the prevention of hostile sabotage activity only — or a person who committed an offence while he was a soldier as defined in the Military Justice Law, 5715-1955, and that Law has ceased to apply to him in respect of that offence;
(2)The provisions of subsection (d1)(2) shall apply for the purposes of this subsection, with the necessary modifications, and with this modification: the provisions of subsection (d1)(2)(b) shall apply in respect of a suspect only;
(3)A prohibition on publication under this subsection shall not apply to a body that the Attorney General has authorised to do so, or to a person on behalf of that body, who transfers the name of a suspect or the name of an accused to a foreign governmental authority or a foreign judicial authority; the transfer of the name of a suspect or the name of an accused as aforesaid shall be with the consent of the investigating authority or the Chief Military Advocate, as the case may be.
(f)A person who contravenes a provision of this section, except subsection (c), is liable to imprisonment of six months; a person who contravenes the provisions of subsection (c) shall be liable as one who published a publication under section 24(a)(1) of the Youth (Care and Supervision) Law, 5720-1960.
Application Concerning Publication of a Suspect's Name§
70a.
(a)An application to prohibit the publication of a suspect's name pursuant to section 70(e) or (e1), or to permit the publication of a suspect's name pursuant to section 70(d1)(2) (in this Section – an application concerning the publication of a suspect's name), shall be submitted to a Magistrate's Court as set out below, as the case may be, and shall be heard before a single judge:
(1)an application pursuant to section 70(e) – to the Magistrate's Court in whose jurisdiction the offence to which the application relates was committed, in whole or in part, according to the suspicion, or in whose jurisdiction the unit responsible for investigating the offence within the investigating authority is located;
(2)an application pursuant to section 70(d1)(2)(a) or (e1) – to the Magistrate's Court in whose jurisdiction the suspect's place of residence is located.
(b)Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a), an application referred to in that subsection that is submitted pursuant to section 70(d1)(2)(a) or (e1) in respect of a suspect who is held in detention shall be submitted to the court hearing the detention proceedings; if detention proceedings have not yet been held – the application shall be submitted to the court competent to hear the detention pursuant to section 3(a) of the Criminal Procedure (Enforcement Powers – Arrests) Law, 5756-1996.
(c)Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, the Minister of Justice may, with the approval of the Constitution, Law and Justice Committee of the Knesset, prescribe special provisions concerning the court that shall have local jurisdiction to hear an application concerning the publication of a suspect's name after regular court hours.
Parties to an Application Concerning Publication of a Suspect's Name§
70b.
(a)The respondents in applications concerning the publication of a suspect's name as set out in the paragraphs below shall be as specified alongside them:
(1)in an application to permit the publication of a suspect's name pursuant to section 70(d1)(2)(a) – the suspect;
(2)in an application to cancel a prohibition on the publication of a suspect's name pursuant to section 70c – the suspect and any other party that was a party to the proceedings on the application to prohibit the publication of the suspect's name pursuant to section 70(e) or (e1).
(b)Nothing in the provisions of subsection (a) shall prevent the joinder of additional respondents or applicants in the applications set out in that subsection.
(c)An investigating authority shall not be a party to proceedings on an application by a suspect to prohibit the publication of the suspect's name pursuant to section 70(e1), unless it so requests.
Application to Cancel a Publication Prohibition§
70c.
(a)Where a court has ordered a publication prohibition pursuant to section 70(d), (e) or (e1), any person interested in the cancellation of the prohibition, including a media outlet, may submit to the court that issued the order an application for its cancellation; the cancellation application shall be heard before a single judge.
(b)Where the applicant for cancellation referred to in subsection (a) was a party to the application for the publication prohibition, the applicant must show new circumstances that justify the cancellation application; for this purpose, "new circumstances" – includes the time that has elapsed since the publication prohibition order was made.
Appeal against a Decision Concerning Publication§
70d.
(a)The decisions listed below are appealable within seven days, and the appellate court shall hear the appeal before a single judge:
(1)a publication prohibition pursuant to section 70(d), (e) or (e1);
(2)permission to publish pursuant to section 70(a), (b), (b1), (c) or (d1)(2)(a), or permission to photograph pursuant to section 70(b);
(3)cancellation of a publication prohibition pursuant to section 70c.
(b)A decision of a District Court on appeal against a decision referred to in paragraphs (1) to (3) of subsection (a) is appealable with leave to the Supreme Court within seven days; the Supreme Court shall hear the application for leave to appeal before a single judge and may dismiss it in limine without a hearing in the presence of the parties; if leave to appeal is granted, the Supreme Court shall hear the appeal before a single judge.
(c)A court that has given a decision referred to in paragraphs (1) to (3) of subsection (a), or a court hearing an appeal or an application for leave to appeal referred to in subsection (a) or (b), may order a stay of execution of the decision being appealed or sought to be appealed against, for a period it shall determine and on such conditions as it sees fit.
Regulations Concerning Publication Prohibition§
70e.
The Minister of Justice may, with the approval of the Constitution, Law and Justice Committee of the Knesset, prescribe the manner of submitting to the court an application to prohibit or to permit the publication of a suspect's name pursuant to the provisions of sections 70 to 70d, and the procedures for hearing the application.
Prevention of Harm to Criminal Proceedings§
71.
(a)A person shall not publish anything concerning a criminal matter pending before a court with the intent to influence the course of the trial or its outcome, and foreseeing the said influence as a near-certain possibility is equivalent to an intent to influence, all provided that the publication is capable of influencing as aforesaid.
(b)For the purposes of this section, "a criminal matter pending before a court" – from the time an application for a detention order or a charge sheet is submitted to the court in that matter, whichever is earlier, until the prosecutor decides not to file a charge sheet, and if a charge sheet has been filed – until the conclusion of the proceedings.
(c)The publication prohibition does not apply to the publication in good faith of a report of something said or that occurred at a public sitting of a court.
(d)A person who contravenes the provisions of this section is liable to one year's imprisonment.
Prohibition of Disturbance [b/42]§
72.
(a)Where a person, during court proceedings, commits in the courtroom, in a judge's chambers or in the vicinity of the place of proceedings any of the following acts, the court may order the person's removal, and may, after having warned the person to refrain from causing a disturbance and the person has not heeded the warning, punish the person on the spot by imprisonment of up to three months or by a fine:
(1)behaves in a violent, threatening, unruly or disgraceful manner;
(2)makes noise in order to express agreement or disagreement with a judicial act or a decision of a court;
(3)threatens a court officer or otherwise obstructs the officer in the performance of duties;
(4)otherwise disrupts the proceedings of the court.
(b)In respect of a punishment imposed pursuant to subsection (a), the court shall immediately give written notice to the President of the Supreme Court; the President, or another judge of the Supreme Court designated by the President for that purpose, may, after summoning the convicted person if that person so requests, cancel the punishment or reduce it.
(c)This section shall not apply to a person who, in that same matter, is subject to disciplinary adjudication pursuant to the Bar Association Law and who is present in the courtroom in the course of performing professional duties.
Enforcement of Compliance and Punishment for Non-Compliance [b/42a]§
73.
(a)Where a person who has been summoned to testify has not appeared, or who has been ordered to produce a document has not produced it, the court or the Registrar may –
(1)order that the person be brought before the court; the provisions of section 73a shall apply to such an order;
(2)impose on the person, even in the person's absence, half the fine referred to in section 40(2) of the Penal Law, 5737-1977, and if the person has been summoned or ordered again and has not appeared or has not produced the document – imprisonment not exceeding one month or a fine as referred to in section 40(2) of that Law.
(b)Where imprisonment or a fine has been imposed on a person pursuant to subsection (a) in that person's absence, the court or the Registrar may, on the person's application, reconsider the imprisonment or fine it imposed, reduce them or cancel them, and shall cancel them if satisfied that the applicant failed to appear or to produce the document for reasons beyond that person's control.
(c)In respect of a decision to impose imprisonment or a fine pursuant to subsection (a) and in respect of a decision pursuant to subsection (b), the court or the Registrar shall immediately give written notice to the President of the appellate court, and the President or another judge of the appellate court may cancel the order or reduce it.
(d)Where the court has grounds to believe that a person who has been summoned to testify or ordered to produce a document will not appear or will not produce the document, the court or the Registrar may –
(1)require the person to give a guarantee, and if the person does not give a guarantee – order the person's arrest; the Minister of Justice shall prescribe by Regulations, with the approval of the Constitution, Law and Justice Committee of the Knesset, provisions that shall apply to the requirement to give a guarantee, its conditions and its consequences;
(2)make any order it sees fit for the purpose of ensuring appearance or production of the document, including the deposit of a passport and a prohibition on leaving the country.
Production Order§
73a.
(a)Where the court or the Registrar has ordered pursuant to section 73(a)(1) that a person be brought before it, the production order shall be made in writing and shall set out the name of the person ordered to be brought (hereinafter – the person to be produced) and a summary of the facts forming the basis for making the order.
(b)In a production order the court or the Registrar may direct a police officer to release the person to be produced on a guarantee, as specified in the order; a guarantee bond given before the officer shall be transferred to the court or the Registrar that issued the order; the Regulations made pursuant to section 73(d)(1) shall apply to the guarantee.
(c)A production order shall be executed by a police officer or by a person named by the court or the Registrar in the order, and may be executed in any place and at any time.
(d)The person executing a production order shall inform the person to be produced of the order at the time of execution and shall deliver to that person a copy of it, as well as a witness summons or a copy thereof, or an order for the production of documents or a copy thereof, as the case may be.
(e)The person executing a production order may, while holding the order –
(1)enter any place where there are reasonable grounds to believe the person to be produced is present;
(2)use reasonable force against a person or property to the extent necessary to execute the order.
(f)A person arrested pursuant to a production order who has not been released pursuant to subsection (b) shall be brought before the court or the Registrar, who shall order the person's detention or release on a guarantee.
Reconsideration and Appeal§
73b.
Where a decision on detention has been given pursuant to sections 73(d) or 73a(f), the parties may –
(1)apply to the court, or if the detention order was made by a Registrar – to the Registrar, for reconsideration of the decision it gave, including a decision pursuant to this paragraph, if new facts have been discovered or circumstances have changed and this may alter the previous decision;
(2)appeal against a decision on an application for reconsideration, before the appellate court, which shall hear the appeal before a single judge.
Finality of Decisions [b/43]§
74.
Without derogating from the provisions of section 72(b), decisions of a court pursuant to sections 68, 69 and 72 are not subject to further proceedings of any kind.
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