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Criminal Information and Rehabilitation of Offenders Law, 5779-2019

חוק המידע הפלילי ותקנת השבים, תשע"ט-2019

Published: 2019-01-16Consolidated Hebrew text as of 2026-08-24 · Last amended 2026-07-26✓ Amendment status checked against the Knesset legislation record on 2026-09-29
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Chapter I: Definitions

Definitions§

1.

In this Law –

"Area" and "military court" – as defined in the Emergency Regulations (Judea and Samaria – Adjudication of Offences and Legal Assistance), 5727-1967, as extended in force and amended from time to time by law;

"revocation of a right" – including the suspension, forfeiture, freezing or restriction of a right;

"body conducting criminal proceedings" – an investigating authority, a prosecuting authority, and a private prosecutor;

"decision constituting a criminal registration detail" – an Order or determination pursuant to section 8(a)(2) to (4), except for an Order or determination as referred to in section 17(a);

"the Constitution Committee" – the Constitution, Law and Justice Committee of the Knesset;

"right" – including a licence, authorisation, approval, recognition, concession, benefit, certificate, permit, appointment, accreditation, registration in an official register, or employment;

"Youth Law" – the Youth (Adjudication, Punishment and Methods of Treatment) Law, 5731-1971;

"Criminal Procedure Law" – the Criminal Procedure Law [Consolidated Version], 5742-1982;

"Penal Law" – the Penal Law, 5737-1977;

"Military Justice Law" – the Military Justice Law, 5715-1955;

"criminal information" – information from the criminal register and from the police register, including a notice given pursuant to section 16a regarding the existence of a criminal registration detail in respect of a person;

"defence establishment" – as defined in the Mandatory Tenders Law, 5752-1992;

"the criminal register" – a register maintained by the Police comprising criminal registration details;

"the police register" – a register maintained by the Police comprising police registration details;

"grant of a right" – including the renewal or extension of a right;

"accompanying data" – identifying particulars of the person and additional information concerning the criminal proceedings relating to criminal registration details or police registration details, as the case may be, including the dates on which judicial decisions and other decisions pursuant to law were made;

"Police Orders" – the Israel Police Orders as defined in the Police Ordinance [New Version], 5731-1971;

"Criminal Procedure Ordinance (Testimony)" – the Criminal Procedure Ordinance (Testimony), 1927;

"criminal registration detail" – a detail from among the details enumerated in sections 8 or 9 in respect of a person and the dates thereof;

"police registration detail" – a detail from among the details enumerated in sections 27 or 28 in respect of a person;

"lapsed registration detail" – a criminal registration detail in respect of which the limitation period under this Law has elapsed;

"expunged registration detail" – a criminal registration detail in respect of which the expungement period under this Law has elapsed;

"private prosecutor" – as defined in Section B of Chapter IV of the Criminal Procedure Law;

"investigating authority" – an authority engaged in law enforcement that has investigative power under the Criminal Procedure Ordinance (Testimony) or inspection and investigative power under Section B of Chapter I of Part 5 of the Military Justice Law;

"licensing authority" – as defined in the Traffic Ordinance [New Version];

"prosecutor" – as defined in section 12 of the Criminal Procedure Law;

"the Minister" – the Minister of Justice.

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Chapter II: Principles of the Management of Criminal Information

Management of criminal information§

2.
(a)The Police shall maintain a criminal register and a police register.
(b)Notwithstanding any law, criminal registration details, police registration details and accompanying data shall be transmitted to the Police by a body conducting criminal proceedings, in the manner and at the time to be prescribed by the Minister of Justice and the Minister of Public Security; the said Ministers may prescribe bodies or registration details in respect of which the obligation shall not apply; Regulations under this subsection require approval by the Constitution Committee.
(c)Nothing in the provisions of subsection (a) shall derogate from the authority of the Police to maintain other records required for its own purposes, to which the provisions of this Law shall not apply.
(d)A body conducting criminal proceedings shall not make any use of criminal information in its possession except for the purpose of fulfilling its functions, and shall not transfer it to another, except to the Police as provided in subsection (b) and to a prosecutor.
(e)The provisions of subsection (b) shall apply to a private prosecutor only in respect of criminal registration details.

Confidentiality of criminal information§

3.
(a)Criminal information shall be confidential and shall not be disclosed except in accordance with the provisions of this Law.
(b)No person shall demand criminal information, directly or indirectly, other than in accordance with the provisions of this Law, including by way of affidavit, declaration or written questionnaire; for this purpose, a person who has demanded criminal information as aforesaid shall not be regarded as entitled to receive it solely by reason of the fact that the person to whom the criminal information relates has consented to the disclosure of the information.

Inspection of criminal information§

4.
(a)Every person is entitled to inspect the criminal information concerning himself or herself.
(b)Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a), a police officer may permit –
(1)a parent to inspect criminal information concerning his or her minor child, or a guardian of a person who has presented a judicial order attesting to his or her appointment as aforesaid to inspect the criminal information concerning that person;
(2)inspection of criminal information concerning a person by a family member or by another person close to him or her who has received a power of attorney from him or her for that purpose, if the police officer is satisfied that the person to whom the information relates is unable to inspect the information personally, including by reason of his or her medical condition or absence from the country;
(3)inspection of criminal information concerning a person by another person accompanying him or her if the police officer is satisfied that the person to whom the information relates requires the assistance of that other person.
(c)
(1)Inspection as referred to in subsections (a) and (b) shall be carried out by displaying the criminal information to the person on a computer screen at a police station, in the manner to be prescribed by the Minister in consultation with the Minister of Public Security;
(2)No person shall photograph or make a copy of the information displayed to him or her as referred to in paragraph (1).
(d)Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (b), a police officer shall provide a printout of the criminal information to an advocate who has received a special power of attorney for that purpose from the person to whom the information relates, for the purpose of representing that person before a court, tribunal or administrative body entitled to receive criminal information under the provisions of this Law; in this subsection, "advocate" – including a trainee employed by such advocate.
(e)A person who has inspected information in accordance with the provisions of subsections (c) or (d) shall not disclose the information except to the person to whom the information relates.

Disclosure of criminal information§

5.
(a)Notwithstanding any law, criminal information shall not be disclosed except in accordance with the provisions of this Law and to the extent prescribed therein.
(b)Where a legislation contains provisions pursuant to which a body or office holder is entitled to receive criminal information, the information shall be disclosed to that body or office holder in accordance with the provisions of this Law, provided that this shall not derogate from the obligation of the recipient of the information to consider the information in accordance with the provisions of that legislation, subject to the provisions of section 36.
(c)Criminal information shall not be disclosed to a body or office holder by virtue of items 3(1) and (2), 5(1) to (4), (11), (13) to (16), (19) and (20) of the First Schedule, or by virtue of section 12 and the Second Schedule or any other legislation, unless guidelines or internal procedures have been established regarding the consideration of criminal information in connection with the grant or revocation of a right applicable to that body or office holder, regarding the retention of the information, and regarding taking into account pending cases subject solely to the provisions of section 36(d).
(d)The Minister may prescribe provisions regarding the manner of disclosure and retention of criminal information.

Notice of disclosure of criminal information§

6.
(a)A person entitled to receive criminal information concerning another person under this Law for the purpose of granting or revoking a right shall give the person to whom the information relates written notice of the disclosure of the information or of the intention to request it, shortly before submitting the request to receive the information.
(b)The obligation to give notice as referred to in subsection (a) shall not apply –
(1)to the disclosure of information to the licensing authority or to an authorised physician pursuant to section 16;
(2)if the recipient of the information has decided, in a reasoned written decision, that the notice may frustrate the purpose for which the information is disclosed, provided that once the impediment has been removed the notice shall be given;
(3)if the person to whom the information relates has consented in writing to the disclosure of the information in respect of the specific right;
(4)if the information is disclosed to bodies or office holders enumerated –
(a)in items 3(3) and 5(5), (6), (8), (9) and (10) of the First Schedule;
(b)in regulation 4a(a) of the Emergency Regulations (Judea and Samaria – Adjudication of Offences and Legal Assistance), 5727-1967, as extended in force and amended from time to time by law.

Correction of error§

7.
(a)Where it becomes apparent that an error has occurred in the registration of a criminal registration detail or a police registration detail, the Police shall correct the error in the criminal register or the police register, as the case may be.
(b)Where an error has been corrected as referred to in subsection (a), the Police shall give notice thereof to the person to whom the information relates, and to the recipient of the information – if it was that recipient who applied for the correction of the error.
(c)Nothing in the provisions of subsection (b) shall derogate from the authority of the Police to give notice to the recipient of the information even where the correction of the error did not arise from that recipient's application.

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Chapter III: The Criminal Register

Section A: Contents of the Criminal Register

Registration details in the criminal register§
8.
(a)The criminal register shall include the details enumerated below as well as accompanying data:
(1)convictions and sentences by a court or tribunal in criminal proceedings (in this section – court) in respect of felonies and misdemeanours (hereinafter – offences);
(2)Orders as detailed below issued by a court on account of an offence even if issued without conviction: probation orders, community service orders, orders regarding an undertaking to refrain from committing an offence;
(3)a determination by a court in a prosecution for an offence that the accused is unfit to stand trial or is not criminally responsible by reason of being a person suffering from a mental illness or impaired in intellectual capacity;
(4)a determination pursuant to section 24 and an Order pursuant to section 26 of the Youth Law;
(5)an amendment made to a registration detail by virtue of a pardon or by virtue of another authority pursuant to law;
(6)an amendment to the limitation or expungement period of a registration detail, by virtue of a decision of the President of the State pursuant to section 25.
(b)Registration details as referred to in subsection (a) in respect of traffic offences shall be included in the register with regard to traffic offences; the Minister, in consultation with the Minister of Public Security, shall prescribe provisions regarding the maintenance of such a register.
(c)Notwithstanding the provisions of subsections (a) and (b), details in respect of fine offences and administrative offences shall not be included in the criminal register, except in cases prescribed by the Minister with the approval of the Constitution Committee.
Criminal registration details from the Area§
9.

In addition to the registration details enumerated in section 8, the Police may include in the criminal register registration details as aforesaid, with the necessary modifications, in respect of criminal proceedings before a military court for offences under the law applicable in the Area.

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Section B: Disclosure of Information from the Criminal Register

Direct access to criminal information§
10.
(a)The criminal register and the police register, including expunged criminal registration details, shall be open to the bodies enumerated below, and they shall be permitted to transfer criminal information among themselves, all to the extent necessary for the fulfilment of their functions:
(1)the Police, in accordance with the Police Orders;
(2)the General Security Service, in accordance with rules to be established by the Head of the General Security Service;
(3)the Military Police, in accordance with rules to be established by the Chief Military Police Officer;
(4)the Intelligence Directorate at the General Staff of the Israel Defence Forces (hereinafter – Aman), in accordance with rules to be established by the Head of Aman;
(5)the Institute for Intelligence and Special Operations, in accordance with rules to be established by the Head of the Institute for Intelligence and Special Operations;
(6)the Directorate of the Security Officer in the Defence Establishment, in accordance with rules to be established by the Security Officer in the Defence Establishment;
(7)the Police Internal Investigations Department in the Ministry of Justice, in accordance with rules to be established by the Director of the Police Internal Investigations Department;
(8)the Internal Investigations Unit in the Israel Defence Forces, in accordance with rules to be established by the Commander of the Unit.
(b)
(1)Rules pursuant to subsection (a) require approval by the Minister;
(2)Rules pursuant to subsection (a)(1) and (7) require approval by the Constitution Committee;
(3)Rules pursuant to subsection (a)(2) to (6) and (8) require approval by a joint committee of the Constitution Committee and the Foreign Affairs and Defence Committee of the Knesset, and shall not require publication in Reshumot (Official Gazette).
(c)The transfer of information among the bodies enumerated in subsection (a) is not subject to the restrictions that this Law prescribes in respect of the disclosure of information and does not require the giving of notice as referred to in sections 11 and 12.
Disclosure of information from the criminal register to bodies and office holders§
11.
(a)The Police shall disclose information from the criminal register to the bodies and office holders enumerated in the First Schedule for the purpose of fulfilling their functions, and if the Schedule specifies the purpose for which the information may be transferred – for that purpose only; for the purpose of this section, "information from the criminal register" – excluding information on expunged convictions.
(b)The General Security Service may disclose information from the criminal register to the bodies and office holders enumerated in the First Schedule for the purpose of fulfilling their functions, and if the Schedule specifies the purpose for which the information may be transferred – for that purpose only.
(c)The Military Police may disclose information from the criminal register to the bodies and office holders enumerated in items 2(2), (3), (13) and (14), 3(3) and 5(8) of the First Schedule for the purpose of fulfilling their functions, for the purposes enumerated in those items only.
(d)Aman may disclose information from the criminal register to the office holders enumerated in item 3(3) of the First Schedule for the purpose of fulfilling their functions, for the purposes enumerated in that item only.
(e)The disclosure of information from the criminal register pursuant to this section shall be upon the request of the bodies or office holders entitled to receive it and in accordance with rules to be established by the Minister in consultation with the Minister responsible for that body or office holder and with the approval of the Constitution Committee, and in respect of rules regarding subsections (b) to (d) – with the approval of a joint committee of the Constitution Committee and the Foreign Affairs and Defence Committee of the Knesset.
(f)In respect of bodies and office holders enumerated in the First Schedule in items 3(1) and (2), 4, 5(1) to (4), (11), (13) to (16), (19) and (20), and bodies and office holders prescribed pursuant to the provisions of subsection (g) to whom the information is disclosed for the purpose of granting or revoking a right, the information shall be disclosed if the applicant for the right has consented thereto and the provisions of sections 12(d) and (e) shall apply in respect of such consent; the provisions of this subsection shall not apply in respect of bodies and office holders enumerated in items 3(3) and 5(5), (6), (8), (9), (10) and (27) of the First Schedule.
(g)The Minister, in consultation with the Minister of Public Security and with the approval of the Constitution Committee, may amend the First Schedule and add to it additional bodies and office holders, provided that the Minister is satisfied that they are of the type of bodies or office holders detailed in paragraphs (1) to (5) below, and that the information is essential for the purpose of fulfilling their functions and for the purposes enumerated in that paragraph:
(1)investigating authorities – for the purpose of conducting an investigation;
(2)bodies and office holders pursuant to law connected to criminal proceedings and what derives therefrom, as well as bodies and office holders engaged in the treatment of suspects, accused persons or convicts;
(3)bodies and office holders for whom the information is required for reasons of State security, for the purpose of appointing employees or in respect of performing work, a function or a service in such a body;
(4)entities appointing office holders in the public service whose nature of function and scope of responsibility justify the disclosure of information pursuant to this section for the purpose of such appointment;
(5)bodies or office holders for whom the information is required for the reasons detailed in paragraphs (1), (2) or (3) of section 12(c), provided that there is a concern of significant harm to a vital public interest if the information is not disclosed to those bodies or office holders and the scope and intensity of the possible harm are at a particularly high level that justifies the disclosure of information to a broader extent than that disclosed pursuant to section 12.
Disclosure of information from the criminal register for the purpose of granting or revoking a right§
12.
(a)The Police shall disclose information from the criminal register concerning an applicant for a right or a holder of a right to a person authorised to receive it under the Second Schedule, under other legislation, or for the purpose of a tender pursuant to section 14, if the applicant for the right or the holder of the right has given consent thereto in respect of the specific right; for the purpose of this section, "information from the criminal register" – excluding information on lapsed or expunged registration details.
(b)
(1)The information referred to in subsection (a) shall be disclosed to the bodies and office holders as provided in the empowering legislation only for the purposes enumerated therein, or as provided in the Second Schedule only for the purposes enumerated therein;
(2)Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (1), if legislation empowers the consideration of criminal information for the purpose of examining the eligibility of an applicant for a right to receive a right, or of a holder of a right to hold a right, or for the purpose of examining the revocation of a right, the said authorisation shall be regarded as authorisation to consider criminal information for all the said purposes, as well as for the purpose of renewing a right, conducting a periodic review of eligibility to hold a right, and making a decision regarding the institution of disciplinary proceedings on account of a criminal offence.
(c)The entitlement of bodies or office holders to receive information from the criminal register for the purpose of granting or revoking a right shall be established in legislation if the receipt of the information is justified in accordance with one or more of the following purposes, unless another proper purpose justifying it is established in that legislation:
(1)the information is required by the body or office holder for the purpose of protecting minors and helpless persons;
(2)the information is required by the body or office holder in respect of engaging in a profession or appointment to a position involving fiduciary or special trust relations;
(3)the information is required by the body or office holder for the purpose of preventing harm to a person's body or health or for the purpose of protecting a vital public interest.
(d)Consent as referred to in subsection (a) shall be given in writing in accordance with the form set out in the Third Schedule and shall be retained by the applicant for the information in the manner and for the period to be prescribed by the Minister by Regulations.
(e)Where an applicant for a right or a holder of a right has given consent to the disclosure of information from the criminal register concerning him or her as referred to in subsection (a), no further consent shall be required from that person for the disclosure of information as aforesaid in respect of the same right for the purpose of a periodic review of eligibility to hold the right, revocation of the right, its suspension, restriction or renewal, or for the purpose of making a decision regarding the institution of disciplinary proceedings on account of a criminal offence.
(f)The Minister, in consultation with the Minister of Public Security, may, by Order –
(1)amend Part 1 of the Second Schedule and add to it bodies and office holders established in legislation in accordance with the conditions referred to in subsection (c);
(2)with the approval of the Constitution Committee, for special reasons – amend Part 2 of the Second Schedule and add to it bodies and office holders for whom the information is required for the reasons detailed in paragraphs (1), (2) or (3) of subsection (c), if the grant of the right for which the information is requested is not pursuant to legislation.
(g)Nothing in the provisions of subsections (e) and (f)(1) shall prevent the disclosure of information from the criminal register to a body or office holder entitled pursuant to legislation to receive the information, even if it has not yet been added to Part 1 of the Second Schedule as referred to in subsection (f)(1).
(h)A provision in legislation conferring authority to disclose criminal information to a body or office holder, which is not prescribed as requiring approval by the Knesset or by one of its committees, shall require approval by the Constitution Committee.
Disclosure of information from the criminal register for the purpose of holding office§
13.

Where legislation prescribes disqualification from holding public office by reason of a criminal record, the Police shall disclose information from the criminal register, excluding information on lapsed or expunged registration details, concerning a person who holds or is intended to hold that office, to a person whom the Attorney General has approved for that purpose, for special reasons to be recorded, after being satisfied that the applicant has a justified interest in receiving the information, if that applicant has not been empowered by legislation to take into account the criminal record of a person who holds or is intended to hold the public office.

Disclosure of Information from the Criminal Register for the Purpose of a Tender§
14.
(a)The Police shall disclose to a public body information from the criminal register concerning offences under the enactments listed in the Fourth Schedule, for the purpose of entering into a contract for the execution of a transaction in goods within the framework of a tender, if the person to whom the information relates has given consent thereto; in this section –

"public body" – the State, a local authority, or a body listed in section 2(a) of the Mandatory Tenders Law, 5752-1992;

"information from the criminal register" – excluding information concerning registration details that have lapsed or have been expunged.

(b)Information as referred to in subsection (a) shall be disclosed in respect of the tenderer, the controlling shareholders, and the relevant office holders in the tendering body.
(c)The Police shall disclose to a public body information from the criminal register for the purpose of entering into a contract that includes the execution of work or the procurement of services within the framework of a tender as referred to in subsection (a), in respect of the tenderer, the controlling shareholders, and the relevant office holders in the tendering body, and also in respect of a service provider or a person executing the work that is the subject of the contract – if they have given their consent thereto, in the manner and to the extent that the Minister of Justice shall prescribe with the consent of the Minister of Finance, and in respect of a contract of the defence establishment – the Minister of Justice with the consent of the Minister of Defence; Regulations made under this section require approval by the Constitution Committee.
(d)Information under this section shall be disclosed to the Accountant General or to the accountant of the relevant Government ministry or body, and in respect of a local authority or a corporation – to their legal counsel, and also to the tenders committee deliberating on the tender in respect of which the information was provided.
(e)The provisions of sections 5, 36 and 39 to 41 shall apply to a body that receives information under this section.
Disclosure of Information from the Criminal Register to a Foreign State or to a Body Outside Israel§
15.
(a)Where a person requires information from the criminal register concerning himself for the purpose of obtaining a right in a foreign state, the information shall be disclosed, at the request of the person, to the grantor of the right through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs or the representation of the foreign state in Israel or in another manner as the Police shall direct in procedures; for the purposes of this subsection, "information from the criminal register" – excluding information concerning registration details that have lapsed or have been expunged.
(b)Where information is disclosed pursuant to subsection (a), it shall be used only for the purpose of transmitting it to the grantor of the right in the foreign state.
(c)The Police may disclose information from the criminal register to a foreign state or to a body outside Israel listed below, for the purpose of fulfilling its functions, whether on its own initiative or pursuant to a reasoned request from the state or the body:
(1)a foreign authority to which the State has undertaken to disclose information within the framework of an agreement or convention;
(2)a foreign competent authority as defined in the Legal Assistance between States Law, 5758-1998, and a body from among the bodies listed in the First Schedule to that Law;
(3)a body outside Israel listed in the Fifth Schedule;

for the purposes of this subsection, "information from the criminal register" – excluding information concerning registration details that have been expunged.

(d)In special cases, with the approval of a senior police officer of the rank of Deputy Commissioner and above, the Police may disclose, in accordance with the provisions of subsection (c), also police registration details as referred to in section 27(2) and (3).
(e)The disclosure of information pursuant to subsection (c) shall be made conditional by the Police on the fulfilment of the following conditions:
(1)the use of the information shall be for the purpose of fulfilling the functions of the body receiving the information and only for the purpose of maintaining public peace and security, unless a police officer of the rank of Deputy Superintendent and above has approved use for another purpose;
(2)the information shall not be transferred to another party within the receiving state or receiving organisation, unless a police officer of the rank of Deputy Superintendent and above has approved the transfer thereof; however, the information may be transferred without such approval to other parties within the receiving state or receiving organisation for the purpose of the continued handling of the investigation, proceeding, or file for which the information was provided;
(3)the information shall not be transferred to another state or to another international organisation, unless a police officer of the rank of Deputy Superintendent and above has approved the transfer thereof to a body from among the bodies referred to in subsection (c).
(f)Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (e), the transfer of criminal information pursuant to an agreement or memorandum as referred to in section 11p3 of the Criminal Procedure Law (Enforcement Powers – Body Search and Taking of Identification Means), 5756-1996 (in this subsection – the Body Search Law), in respect of a person in relation to whose identification datum associated with him the conditions referred to in subsection (d)(3) of that section have been met, the provisions of subsection (h) of that section shall apply; for this purpose, "identification datum" – a datum produced from fingerprints as defined in the Body Search Law.
Disclosure of Information from the Criminal Register for the Purpose of Driving Licensing§
16.
(a)The Police shall disclose to the licensing authority, upon its demand or on the Police's own initiative, from time to time, information from the criminal register concerning each of the following:
(1)an applicant for a licence or permit to drive a public vehicle or the holder of such a licence or permit, an ambulance, a fire engine, a first-aid motorcycle, and a rescue vehicle;
(2)an applicant for a licence or permit to serve as a school owner, a certified instructor, or a professional manager as defined in regulation 170 of the Traffic Regulations, or the holder of such a licence or permit;
(3)an applicant for a trade licence under regulation 292a of the Traffic Regulations or the holder of such a licence;
(4)a person who has committed a traffic offence or an offence relating to the use of a dangerous drug or the possession of a dangerous drug for the purpose of using it, or an offence under section 79(a) or 133 of the Military Justice Law where the offence was committed in connection with a vehicle;
(5)an applicant for a driving licence or the holder of a driving licence, in respect of whom a certified physician is of the opinion that, by reason of his criminal record, a medical certificate for driving under regulation 194 of the Traffic Regulations should not be granted to him, or to whom such a certificate has been granted and the certified physician has prescribed conditions and restrictions therein;
(6)an applicant for a certificate;

for the purposes of this section, "information from the criminal register" – excluding information concerning registration details that have lapsed or have been expunged.

(b)The disclosure of information from the register pursuant to subsection (a)(1) to (3) and (6) requires the consent of the applicant, and the provisions of section 12(d) and (e) shall apply in this regard, with the necessary modifications.
(c)The Police shall disclose to the certified physician or to the appeals committee information from the criminal register concerning an applicant for a driving licence or the holder of a driving licence who is to be examined by a certified physician for the purpose of granting a medical certificate for driving under regulation 194 of the Traffic Regulations.
(d)In this section –

"first-aid motorcycle", "ambulance", "rescue vehicle", and "fire engine" – as defined in the Traffic Regulations;

"appeals committee" – as defined in section 55a of the Traffic Ordinance [New Version];

"dangerous drug" – as defined in the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance [New Version], 5733-1973;

"traffic offence" – an offence listed in section 25(a) of the Traffic Ordinance [New Version] and an offence under section 338(a)(1) of the Penal Law, 5737-1977;

"public vehicle" – as defined in the Traffic Ordinance [New Version];

"certified physician" – a physician as defined in section 55a of the Traffic Ordinance [New Version];

"certificate" – as defined in the Traffic Regulations, excluding a driving licence and a licence or permit as referred to in subsection (a)(1) to (3);

"Traffic Regulations" – the Traffic Regulations, 5721-1961.

Disclosure of Information from the Criminal Register for the Purpose of Employment in respect of Offences under the Counter-Terrorism Law§
16a.
(a)An employer may request from the Police, for the purpose of employing an adult, a notice stating whether or not that adult has a criminal registration detail for a serious terrorist offence or for an offence under section 24 of the Counter-Terrorism Law, provided that the candidate has given the employer written consent thereto in a form to be prescribed in Regulations under subsection (g); in this section –

"Counter-Terrorism Law" – the Counter-Terrorism Law, 5776-2016;

"serious terrorist offence" – an offence listed in paragraph (1) of the definition of "serious terrorist offence" in the Counter-Terrorism Law, and also an offence in respect of which the court determined in its judgment that it constitutes an act of terrorism, pursuant to section 37(d) of that Law.

(b)In a request as referred to in subsection (a), the employer shall declare that he is an employer requesting the information for the purpose of employing the candidate and that he has received the candidate's consent as referred to in that subsection, all in the manner to be prescribed in Regulations under subsection (g).
(c)A notice from the Police as referred to in subsection (a), to the effect that a person has a criminal registration detail as referred to in that subsection, shall be given if the criminal registration detail in respect of him was recorded while he was an adult and has not yet lapsed, and if there is no such criminal registration detail in respect of that person – it shall be stated that he has no such registration detail.
(d)Where an employer has received a notice from the Police regarding the existence of a criminal registration detail of a person pursuant to subsection (c), he shall afford that person the opportunity to provide information concerning the nature of the offences, his personal circumstances, and his rehabilitation, before deciding whether to employ him or to reject his candidacy.
(e)An employer shall not photograph or make a copy of the information disclosed to him under this section, shall not disclose such information to another, and shall not use it for any purpose other than that stated in subsection (a).
(f)Where information has been disclosed pursuant to a request made under this section, the Police shall maintain a record of the particulars of the employer and of the persons in respect of whom information was requested, as shall be prescribed in Regulations under subsection (g); such a record shall be retained for seven years from the date of disclosure of the information.
(g)The Minister of Justice and the Minister for National Security, in consultation with the Minister responsible for the Digital Communication with Public Bodies Law, 5778-2018, shall prescribe provisions for the implementation of this section, including provisions concerning the manner of submitting the request under subsections (a) and (b), the disclosure of information from the Police to the employer, the retention of the consent form by the employer, and the record referred to in subsection (f), and they may prescribe in the said manner provisions concerning information to be displayed to a person who is a candidate for employment regarding a request submitted by an employer in his respect under subsection (a), in a secure online governmental system, if that person has registered with the system.

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