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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Chapter IV: Miscellaneous Provisions

Transfer of Powers [b/45]§

107.

(a)Every administrative power and every power to make procedural regulations that were conferred on the Chief Justice are vested in the Minister of Justice.

(b)Every judicial power conferred on the Chief Justice is vested in the President of the Supreme Court and the Deputy President of the Supreme Court.

Procedural Regulations [b/46, b/8(d), b/9(d)]§

108.

(a)The Minister of Justice may, by procedural regulations, regulate procedure and practice before courts, registrars and execution offices, to the extent not prescribed by law, including —

(1)all matters relating to appeals, further hearings and retrials under Chapter II, including the procedures for applications for a further hearing and a retrial and the time limits for their submission;

(2)the extension of time limits for doing anything in procedure or practice, even if prescribed by legislation;

(3)the imposition of costs, their assessment and the determination of a scale of legal fees that a court or registrar may award for acts performed before it;

(4)the determination of the rates of payments that a court or registrar may impose on a party to civil proceedings for the recording of the transcript of the hearing, whether manually or by recording device or by other means (hereinafter — the payments), including —

(1)the categories of proceedings in which the payments may be imposed;

(2)the methods of collecting the payments;

(3)the times of imposition of the payments, with the possibility of imposing them before the proceedings, during the proceedings or upon their conclusion, and also of varying, upon the conclusion of the proceedings, a decision previously given in this regard;

(4)taking into account the financial means of the party;

(5)the determination of a special fee to be designated for the funding of the recording of transcripts as referred to in paragraph (4), to be paid by a party to civil proceedings in the manner to be prescribed by regulations.

(b)Regulations under subsection (a)(4) and (5) require the approval of the Constitution, Law and Justice Committee of the Knesset.

Appointment of an Expert on Behalf of the Court§

108a.

(a)In regulations under section 108, the Minister of Justice may, with the approval of the Constitution, Law and Justice Committee of the Knesset, prescribe provisions regarding the appointment of an expert on behalf of the court at the request of the plaintiff, for the purpose of providing a written opinion on the medical condition of a plaintiff in a civil action arising from a sexual offence committed against him by the defendant in respect of which the defendant was convicted.

(b)Where the court has appointed an expert on its behalf in accordance with regulations under subsection (a), no party shall be entitled to adduce additional expert evidence on the matter in question except with the leave of the court for special reasons to be recorded.

(c)In this section —

"sexual offence" means an offence listed in Section E of Chapter X of the Penal Law, 5737-1977, except for an offence under section 352 of that Law;

"civil action" means a civil action ancillary to a criminal conviction as referred to in section 77, or a civil proceeding in which a final judgment in criminal proceedings has been admitted in evidence under section 42a of the Evidence Ordinance [New Version], 5731-1971.

Implementation and Regulations [sh/28 opening b/47 opening r/22 opening t/10]§

109.

The Minister of Justice is charged with the implementation of this Law and may make regulations for its implementation.

Savings Provisions [b/49]§

110.

This Law does not derogate from any other law —

(1)dealing with other courts or other tribunals;

(2)excluding certain matters from the jurisdiction of the courts dealt with in this Law, or conferring additional matters on their jurisdiction;

(3)prescribing for a court a particular composition or particular procedure for hearing certain matters;

(4)denying a right of appeal or making it subject to conditions.

Transitional Provisions [sh/27(a), b/50(c)]§

111.

(a)A person who served as a judge on the eve of the commencement of the Judges Law, 5713-1953, shall be deemed to have been appointed under this Law.

(b)A registrar who served on the eve of the commencement of the Courts Law, 5717-1957, shall be deemed to have been appointed under this Law.

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First Schedule (Section 37)

Part 1

1.§

Offences under the following sections of the Penal Law, 5737-1977:

100; 102; 106; 108; 111 except in circumstances in which the punishment is life imprisonment; 112; 114; 115; 144; 144f; 157; 165; 169; 203; 214(b2); 245 and 246 in the circumstances described in section 249a; 259(1); 290; 301b(c); 301c; 302; 327; 329; 330 to 332a; 333 in the circumstances described in section 335; 336; 348(b); 369 to 375; 376b; 377a(a)(5); 390; 402 to 404; 406 and 407 in the circumstances described in section 408; 413k; 448; 450; 454; 456.

2.§

An offence under section 117(a) of the Knesset Elections Law [Consolidated Version], 5729-1969.

3.§

An offence under section 89 of the Postal Law, 5746-1986.

4.§

Offences under section 209 of the Customs Ordinance.

5.§

An offence under the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance [New Version], 5733-1973.

6.§

An offence under section 3 of the Fight Against Criminal Organisations Law, 5763-2003.

7.§

An offence under section 3 of the Prohibition of Money Laundering Law, 5760-2000.

8.§

(Repealed)

9.§

An offence under section 4 of the Prevention of Infiltration (Offences and Jurisdiction) Law, 5714-1954, except in circumstances in which the punishment is life imprisonment, and an offence under section 8 of that Law.

10.§

(Repealed)

11.§

(Repealed)

12.§

An offence under section 113 of the Shipping (Mariners) Law, 5733-1973.

13.§

An offence under section 64a(c) of the Traffic Ordinance [New Version].

14.§

Offences under sections 21, 30 and 31 of the Combating Terrorism Law, 5776-2016, and offences under sections 329 and 448 of the Penal Law, 5737-1977, that constitute an act of terrorism, to which the provisions of section 37 of the Combating Terrorism Law, 5776-2016 apply.

15.§

An offence under section 52(b)(3) of the Prisons Ordinance [New Version], 5732-1971.

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Part 2

Appeals under sections 52(b), 55 and 60 of the Traffic Ordinance [New Version].

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Second Schedule (Section 51)

Part 1

1.§

Offences under the Penal Law, 5737-1977, prescribed in Section E of Chapter IX and in sections 392, 393, 415, 423 and 424.

2.§

An offence under section 3(b)(1) of the Prohibition on Money Laundering Law, 5760-2000.

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Part 2

Offences under the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance [New Version], 5733-1973.

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Third Schedule (Section 55)

1.§

Business Licensing Law, 5728-1968.

2.§

Israel's Fallen Remembrance Day Law, 5723-1963.

3.§

Holocaust and Heroism Remembrance Day Law, 5719-1959.

4.§

Abatement of Nuisances Law, 5721-1961.

s3i4a.§

Clean Air Law, 5768-2008.

5.§

Public Health Ordinance, 1940.

6.§

Public Health Protection (Food) Law, 5776-2015.

7.§

Chapter III of the Civil Defence Law, 5711-1951.

8.§

Municipalities Ordinance (Water Supply), 1936.

9.§

Regulation of Bathing Places Law, 5724-1964.

10.§

Compulsory Education Law, 5709-1949.

11.§

Public Safety Law, 5723-1962.

12.§

Local Authorities (Sewerage) Law, 5722-1962.

13.§

(Repealed)

14.§

Rabies Ordinance.

15.§

Sections 195, 196 and 490 of the Penal Law, 5737-1977 and sections 265 and 266 of the said Law – in respect of a seal affixed by virtue of the Business Licensing Law, 5728-1968.

16.§

Smoking Restriction in Public Places Law, 5743-1983.

17.§

Mines Ordinance.

18.§

Keep Israel Tidy Law, 5744-1984.

19.§

Emergency Regulations (Security of Educational Institutions), 5734-1974.

20.§

Haifa Conservation Regulations (Carmel Slope), 1943.

21.§

Traffic Regulations (Traffic Arrangements and Security in the Carmelit in Haifa), 5721-1961.

22.§

Animal Diseases Regulations (Slaughter of Livestock), 5724-1964.

23.§

Commodities and Services Supervision Order (Minced Meat), 5736-1975.

s3i23a.§

Passover Law (Prohibition of Chametz), 5746-1986.

24.§

Local Authorities (Temporary Use of Vacant Lots) Law, 5747-1987.

25.§

Public Buildings (Drinking Water Facilities) Law, 5747-1986.

26.§

Recyclable Waste Collection and Removal Law, 5753-1993.

27.§

Contractors Registration for Civil Engineering Works Law, 5729-1969.

28.§

Water Law, 5719-1959.

29.§

Dog Supervision Regulation Law, 5763-2002.

30.§

Prohibition of Driving a Vehicle on the Seashore Law, 5757-1997.

31.§

Animal Diseases Regulations (Poultry Slaughterhouses), 5720-1960.

32.§

Roads (Signposting) Law, 5726-1966.

33.§

Hazardous Substances Law, 5753-1993, in respect of offences under sections 15 and 16b.

34.§

Animal Welfare (Protection of Animals) Law, 5754-1994.

35.§

Beverage Container Deposit Law, 5759-1999, in respect of offences under section 18(a)(3) and under section 19 in respect of the offences referred to in this item.

36.§

Tyre Disposal and Recycling Law, 5767-2007, in respect of offences under section 15(a)(1), (3) and (4), under section 15(a)(5) of that Law — in respect of registration under section 9(b), and under section 16 in respect of the offences referred to in this item.

37.§

Forests Ordinance.

38.§

Plant Protection Law, 5716-1956.

39.§

Coastal Environment Protection Law, 5764-2004.

40.§

Non-Ionising Radiation Law, 5766-2006.

41.§

Packaging Treatment Regulation Law, 5771-2011, in respect of offences under section 31(a)(1) or (2), (b)(2) and (c)(2), as well as offences under section 32 of that Law in respect of the said offences.

42.§

Section 27a1 of the Traffic Ordinance [New Version].

43.§

Law for the Streamlining of Municipal Supervision and Enforcement in Local Authorities (Traffic), 5776-2016.

44.§

(Repealed)

45.§

(Repealed)

46.§

Special Powers to Combat the Novel Coronavirus (Temporary Provision) Law, 5780-2020.

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Fourth Schedule (Section 70)

Application for a Publication Ban

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Courts Law [Consolidated Version], 5744-1984

Chapter IV: Miscellaneous Provisions

Transfer of Powers [b/45]§Cite ✦

Procedural Regulations [b/46, b/8(d), b/9(d)]§Cite ✦

Appointment of an Expert on Behalf of the Court§Cite ✦

Implementation and Regulations [sh/28 opening b/47 opening r/22 opening t/10]§Cite ✦

Savings Provisions [b/49]§Cite ✦

Transitional Provisions [sh/27(a), b/50(c)]§Cite ✦

First Schedule (Section 37)

Part 1

Part 2

Second Schedule (Section 51)

Part 1

Part 2

Third Schedule (Section 55)

Fourth Schedule (Section 70)

Transfer of Powers [b/45]§

Procedural Regulations [b/46, b/8(d), b/9(d)]§

Appointment of an Expert on Behalf of the Court§

Implementation and Regulations [sh/28 opening b/47 opening r/22 opening t/10]§

Savings Provisions [b/49]§

Transitional Provisions [sh/27(a), b/50(c)]§