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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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First Schedule (section 11)
1.§
Investigating and intelligence authorities:
(1)the Minister of Defence or the Prime Minister, with respect to their powers under Chapter II of the Wiretapping Law, 5739-1979;
(2)a commission of inquiry under the Commissions of Inquiry Law, 5729-1968;
(3)the Administrator as defined in the Income Tax Ordinance [New Version], and assessing officers authorised to conduct investigations under section 227 of that Ordinance, for the purpose of investigating offences they are authorised to investigate under law;
(4)the Administrator as defined in the Value Added Tax Law, 5736-1975 (hereinafter – the Value Added Tax Law) and a person authorised by him under section 109 of that Law, as well as a customs officer under the Customs Ordinance, for the purpose of investigating offences they are authorised to investigate under law;
(5)an investigator at the Securities Authority authorised for that purpose by the chairperson of the Authority as defined in the Securities Law, 5728-1968 (hereinafter – the Securities Law), for the purpose of investigating offences under that Law and offences he is authorised to investigate under law;
(6)an investigator at the Competition Authority as referred to in section 46(a) of the Economic Competition Law, 5748-1988 (hereinafter – the Economic Competition Law), for the purpose of investigating offences he is authorised to investigate under law;
(7)employees of the defence establishment authorised to conduct investigations under section 2 of the Criminal Procedure Ordinance (Testimony), for the purpose of investigating offences they are authorised to investigate under law;
(8)a State employee or an employee of a statutory authority, authorised with investigative power under the provisions of section 2 of the Criminal Procedure Ordinance (Testimony), for the purpose of investigating an offence from among the offences he is authorised to investigate under law;
(9)the inspector of the Ministry of Internal Security and the public complaints commissioner of that Ministry, for the purpose of examining a complaint or conducting an audit in matters relating to the criminal register;
(10)the head of the competent authority as referred to in section 29(a) of the Prohibition of Money Laundering Law, 5760-2000 (hereinafter – the Prohibition of Money Laundering Law), for the purpose of making a decision regarding the transfer of information from the database pursuant to section 30(b) to (c1), (e) and (f) of that Law, all in accordance with procedures to be prescribed; for the purposes of this item, information pursuant to section 30 shall be transmitted only with respect to files in which an indictment has been filed.
2.§
Bodies and office holders connected to criminal proceedings:
(1)the Attorney General and his representative, a person to whom the Attorney General has delegated his authority to stay criminal proceedings, and a prosecutor as referred to in section 12 of the Criminal Procedure Law;
(2)a military advocate, a military prosecutor;
(3)bodies and office holders listed in regulation 4a 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;
(4)a prosecutor before a disciplinary court under the Police Law, 5766-2006, and a prosecutor before a disciplinary court under the Prisons Ordinance [New Version], 5732-1971;
(5)a defendant and his defence counsel, and a detainee or his representative – with respect to information about the defendant or detainee for the purpose of proceedings he is conducting;
(6)a court or tribunal in one of the following:
(a)the disclosure is material to the subject of the proceedings;
(b)the disclosure is required for examining the credibility of a witness and a party to the proceedings has requested the disclosure;
(7)a psychiatric committee and a district psychiatrist as defined in the Treatment of Mentally Ill Persons Law, 5751-1991, and a psychiatrist requested by a court, a prosecutor or a defence counsel to examine a person who has been criminally charged;
(8)a probation officer;
(9)the superintendent of hostels under the Youth Law, with respect to minors under his supervision;
(10)a professional team, the unit for release from short sentences, a release board and a special release board under sections 11, 31a, 32 and 33 of the Conditional Release from Imprisonment Law, 5761-2001 (hereinafter – the Conditional Release Law), a person authorised by the Minister of Health to submit an opinion under section 12(a) of that Law, and also a release board under section 35 of the Youth Law;
(11)the director of the Prisoner Rehabilitation Authority (in this item – the Authority) as referred to in section 18 of the Prisoner Rehabilitation Authority Law, 5743-1983, and employees of the Authority authorised by him for that purpose, with respect to prisoners under the care of the Authority or who were under the care of the Authority in the last 5 years, for the purpose of monitoring the effectiveness of the treatment;
(12)the President of the State, the Prime Minister or another Minister decided upon by the Government under section 12 of Basic Law: The President of the State, or a person authorised by them for that purpose, with respect to the power of the President under section 11(b) of that Law and section 25 of this Law;
(13)the committee for approval of defence counsel under section 317 of the Military Justice Law, the competent authority to mitigate a sentence under section 442 of that Law, and the committee for review of sentence under section 509 of that Law;
(14)a committee for review of the criminal record of a soldier chaired by the chief education officer, and the advisory committee for release from the undertaking of a soldier in regular service;
(15)the Prison Service Commissioner or a person authorised by him for that purpose – for the purpose of carrying out his functions under law, including with respect to detainees or prisoners, for the purpose of their lawful detention, and also the head of the intelligence division or his representative – for the purpose of carrying out security operations in the Prison Service;
(16)the superintendent of community service as referred to in section 51k of the Penal Law, and employees of his department authorised by him for that purpose, with respect to a defendant in respect of whom an opinion on behalf of the superintendent of community service has been requested under section 51b(b)(1) of that Law, and also with respect to a community service worker as defined in section 51a of that Law;
(17)the director of the Witness Protection Authority (in this item – the Authority) as referred to in the Witness Protection Law, 5769-2008, a senior employee of the Authority authorised by him for that purpose, an operational employee of the Authority for whom the information is required in the framework of the protection programme as referred to in that Law, or a competent body in another state that the director of the Authority has decided requires the transfer of information in the framework of the protection programme;
(18)a supervision officer and other office holders in the supervision unit designated by the Minister of Internal Security by Order, a risk assessor, a professional coordinating body, a coordinating body in a prison, a dedicated community therapist other than at an authorised centre, and also a dedicated prison therapist, as defined in the Law for Protection of the Public from the Commission of Sexual Offences, 5766-2006, for the purpose of fulfilling their functions under the provisions of that Law;
(19)the Minister of Defence, with respect to his powers under the Emergency Powers (Detentions) Law, 5739-1979, under the Powers for the Maintenance of Public Safety Law, 5765-2005, under section 14 of the Criminal Procedure Law, under section 36 of the Criminal Procedure Law (Enforcement Powers – Arrests), 5756-1996, under section 30 of the Prevention of Infiltration (Offences and Jurisdiction) Law, 5714-1954, under regulation 130 of the Defence (Emergency) Regulations, 1945, and under Section A of Chapter II and Section B of Chapter V of the Combating Terrorism Law, 5776-2016.
3.§
Bodies and office holders for whom the information is required for reasons of state security:
(1)a director general of a Government ministry or the Accountant General, or a person authorised by either of them for that purpose – with respect to an engagement by the State, where the subject matter of the engagement requires an examination for reasons of state security;
(2)the director general or security officer of a body listed in the First Schedule, the Second Schedule or the Fifth Schedule of the Law for the Regulation of Security in Public Bodies, 5758-1998 (hereinafter – the Law for the Regulation of Security in Public Bodies) – with respect to the appointment of employees or the revocation of their appointments, or with respect to the performance of work, a role or a service at that body by another person in respect of whom the information is sought, and with respect to the carrying out of security operations as set out in that Law; for the purposes of this item, information pursuant to section 30 shall be transmitted only with respect to files in which an indictment has been filed, except with respect to bodies guided by the General Security Service and the security officer of the defence establishment, pursuant to the Law for the Regulation of Security in Public Bodies, and also infrastructure bodies and border crossings guided by the Police;
(3)the Chief of the General Staff and the head of the Manpower Directorate of the Israel Defence Forces, or a person authorised by him for that purpose pursuant to Israel Defence Forces orders, in connection with manpower matters to be prescribed in the army orders.
4.§
Bodies appointing office holders in the public service:
(1)the Speaker of the Knesset – with respect to the election of the President of the State, and the Knesset Committee – with respect to the appointment of the State Comptroller;
(2)the Government – with respect to the appointment of office holders whose appointment is its responsibility and with respect to section 8 of the Bank of Israel Law, 5770-2010;
(3)an appointments committee under the Courts Law [Consolidated Version], 5744-1984, the Dayanim Law, 5715-1955, the Qadis Law, 5721-1961, the Druze Religious Courts Law, 5723-1962, the Execution Law, 5727-1967, and the Military Justice Law, including as applied by section 5(c) of the Law for Prosecution of Persons for Events of the October 7, 2023 Massacre (Shemini Atzeret Massacre), 5786-2026, and also a committee for the appointment of military judges to serve in military courts in the Area and the court administrator, and in respect of a military tribunal and a military court – also the secretary of the committees;
(4)the Minister of Justice, the Minister of Labour, Welfare and Social Services, the advisory committee with respect to public representatives as referred to in section 16a of the Labour Court Law, 5729-1969, and the court administrator with respect to sections 10, 11 and 15 of that Law;
(5)a Minister, director general or legal counsel of a Government ministry – with respect to appointment to a position otherwise than by way of tender made by a Minister or by the Government, or an appointment requiring the approval of the Government, except for appointments examined by the appointments examination committee; for the purposes of this item, information pursuant to section 30 of this Law shall be transmitted only with respect to files in which an indictment has been filed;
(6)the Minister of Justice, with respect to the granting of investigative powers under law;
(7)the Minister of Internal Security, with respect to the granting of powers of investigation, stoppage, arrest or search under law.
5.§
Bodies and office holders to whom the information is required for a vital public interest:
(1)The Civil Service Commissioner or a person authorised by him for that purpose – in respect of State employees; the Director of the Office of the President of the State – in respect of the employees of the Office; the Speaker of the Knesset or a person authorised by him for that purpose – in respect of the employees of the Knesset; the State Comptroller or a person authorised by him for that purpose – in respect of the employees of the State Comptroller's Office; the Prison Service Commissioner or a person authorised by him for that purpose – in respect of the employees and warders of the Prison Service – all in respect of the appointment or cancellation of an appointment, in respect of the work of employees as aforesaid, and also in respect of the work, function or service performed for any of the bodies referred to in this item by another person;
(2)The legal adviser of a local authority who is an employee of the authority – in respect of appointment by tender to positions listed in section 170(b1)(1) of the Municipalities Ordinance, and to additional office holders designated by the Minister of the Interior pursuant to section 170(b1)(2) of that Ordinance, and the legal adviser of the Ministry of the Interior – in respect of appointment by tender to the position of legal adviser of a local authority; in this item, "local authority" – as defined in the Local Authorities (Discipline) Law, 5738-1978, excluding a municipal association; for the purposes of this item, information pursuant to section 30 of this Law shall be provided only in respect of files in which an indictment has been filed;
(3)The Director of the Government Companies Authority and the Director General of a government company – in respect of the appointment of a senior official as defined in section 32(a)(4) of the Government Companies Law, 5735-1975 (hereinafter – the Government Companies Law); for the purposes of this item, information pursuant to section 30 of this Law shall be provided only in respect of files in which an indictment has been filed;
(4)The Director of the Government Companies Authority – in respect of the appointment of an auditor in a government company pursuant to sections 44 and 46 of the Government Companies Law and the appointment of a legal adviser to a government company pursuant to section 47 of that Law; for the purposes of this item, information pursuant to section 30 of this Law shall be provided only in respect of files in which an indictment has been filed;
(5)The Minister of the Interior or a person authorised by him for that purpose – in respect of the Law of Return, 5710-1950, the Citizenship Law, 5712-1952, or the Entry into Israel Law, 5712-1952;
(6)A military commander or a person authorised by him for that purpose, in respect of his powers under sections 109, 110 and 119 of the Defence (Emergency) Regulations, 1945;
(7)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 pursuant to the provisions of the Law; in this subsection, "advocate" – including a trainee employed by him;
(8)A conscription officer as defined in the Security Service Law [Consolidated Version], 5746-1986, or a person authorised by him for that purpose as shall be determined in Army Orders;
(9)A scientific researcher – in such types of research, in such cases and subject to such conditions as shall be prescribed in Regulations, with the approval of the Constitution Committee;
(10)The Head of Mental Health Services in respect of the Firearms Law, 5709-1949;
(11)A regional labour inspector and a chief labour inspector, in respect of an appointment, the grant of an authorisation or a permit under the Explosives Law, and also a person appointed by the Minister for the purpose of granting a permit to import explosives pursuant to section 9 of that Law; for this purpose –
"Explosives Law" – the Explosives Law, 5714-1954;
"regional labour inspector" and "chief labour inspector" – as defined in the Labour Inspection (Organisation) Law, 5714-1954, who have been appointed as inspectors under the Explosives Law;
(12)A social worker appointed under any of the following Laws, as the case may be:
(a)the Marriage Age Law, 5710-1950;
(b)the Welfare Law (Procedure in Matters of Minors, Mentally Ill Persons and Absentees), 5715-1955;
(c)the Welfare Services Law, 5718-1958;
(d)the Youth (Care and Supervision) Law, 5720-1960;
(e)the Protection of Helpless Persons Law, 5726-1966;
(f)the Welfare Law (Care of Persons with Intellectual-Developmental Disabilities), 5729-1969;
(g)the Adoption of Children Law, 5741-1981;
(h)the Embryo Carrying Agreements Law (Approval of Agreement and Status of the Newborn), 5756-1996;
(13)The Governor of the Bank of Israel, the Supervisor of Banks, the Commissioner for Sharing of Credit Data, an employee of the Bank of Israel authorised by any of them in respect of licensing, appointment or permit, and members of the Licensing Committee – in respect of licensing and a permit pursuant to sections 4, 6, 8, 34, 34a, 36l and 36m of the Banking (Licensing) Law, 5741-1981, or in respect of licensing pursuant to sections 7(b) and 61(a) of the Credit Data Law, 5776-2016, and in respect of an appointment pursuant to sections 8d, 11a and 15c(b) of the Banking Ordinance, 1941, all in accordance with procedures to be prescribed;
(14)The Director General of the Ministry of Education (hereinafter – the Ministry), the Director of the Senior Division for Security at the Ministry or the National Security Officer of the Ministry, the Legal Adviser of the Ministry or his deputy, and the Director of the Senior Division for Teaching Personnel at the Ministry or the director of a division subordinate thereto – in respect of the grant of an employment authorisation for an education worker pursuant to section 16 of the Schools Supervision Law, 5729-1969, for the purpose of protecting the safety and security of minors;
(15)The Commissioner of Capital Markets, Insurance and Savings (hereinafter – the Commissioner of Capital Markets) as defined in the Supervision of Financial Services (Insurance) Law, 5741-1981 (hereinafter – the Insurance Supervision Law), an employee of the Capital Markets, Insurance and Savings Authority authorised by the Commissioner of Capital Markets to engage in licensing, and members of the Advisory Committee in respect of licensing an insurer pursuant to sections 17, 22 and 41j of the Insurance Supervision Law, and in respect of licensing a managing company pursuant to sections 4, 8 and 10 of the Supervision of Financial Services (Provident Funds) Law, 5765-2005 (hereinafter – the Provident Funds Supervision Law), information on office holders and business managers in the applicant corporation or, in the case of a foreign insurer – its managers and authorised persons in Israel, and also in respect of a permit pursuant to sections 32 and 33a of the Insurance Supervision Law and section 9 of the Provident Funds Supervision Law, all in accordance with procedures to be prescribed;
(16)The Supervisor of Financial Service Providers (hereinafter – the Supervisor), as defined in the Supervision of Financial Services (Regulated Financial Services) Law, 5776-2016 (hereinafter – the Financial Services Supervision Law), an employee authorised by the Supervisor to engage in licensing, and members of the Advisory Committee as defined in section 6 of the Financial Services Supervision Law, in respect of licensing a financial service provider pursuant to sections 15, 16, 25e, 25f, 25m, 25p of the Financial Services Supervision Law, information on office holders pursuant to sections 31 and 32 of the Financial Services Supervision Law, and also in respect of a permit pursuant to sections 26, 27, 28 of the Financial Services Supervision Law;
(17)The person responsible for traineeship matters at the Israel Bar Association, for the purpose of making a decision regarding registration of a trainee and regarding membership of the Israel Bar Association pursuant to sections 27, 44, 51 and 52 of the Bar Association Law, 5721-1961; for the purposes of this item, information pursuant to section 30 shall be provided only in respect of files in which an indictment has been filed;
(18)An inspector appointed for that purpose pursuant to section 7(a) of the Supervision of Hostels Law, 5725-1965, the person in charge of hostels pursuant to the Youth (Adjudication, Punishment and Methods of Treatment) Law, 5731-1971, and also the person in charge pursuant to the Supervision of Day Care Centres for Toddlers Law, 5779-2018 – all for the purpose of protecting the safety and security of minors and other helpless persons in the frameworks under their supervision;
(19)The person in charge of foster care licensing as defined in the Foster Care for Children Law, 5776-2016, in respect of determining the fitness of foster carers as defined in that Law;
(20)The committee for the appointment of honorary consuls at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs – in respect of approving the appointment of an honorary consul of a foreign state;
(21)The Chairperson of the Israel Securities Authority, the members of the Authority appointed pursuant to section 3 of the Securities Law, and an employee of the Israel Securities Authority authorised to engage in licensing – in respect of licensing an adviser, marketer or portfolio manager that is a corporation, pursuant to sections 7(d), 8(c) and 10a(1) of the Regulation of Investment Advice, Investment Marketing and Portfolio Management Law, 5755-1995, and in respect of a trading arena licence pursuant to sections 44m, 44w, 44x and 44z of the Securities Law, information on the controlling shareholder and office holders of the applicant corporation, and a controlling shareholder in each of them, all in accordance with procedures to be prescribed;
(22)The Chairperson of the Israel Securities Authority, an employee of the Israel Securities Authority authorised to engage in licensing, and members of the licensing committee appointed pursuant to section 12a of the Joint Investments in Trust Law, 5754-1994, in respect of the approval of a trustee for a fund, the approval of a fund manager and the grant of a control permit for a fund manager pursuant to sections 9, 10a, 13, 15, 23b and 23d of that Law, information on a controlling shareholder and an office holder in the applicant corporation, the controlling shareholder in each of them and a person who participates in making decisions relating to the management of a fund under the management of the fund manager, all in accordance with procedures to be prescribed.
(23)The Chairperson of the Israel Securities Authority, the members of the Authority appointed pursuant to section 3 of the Securities Law and an employee of the Israel Securities Authority authorised to engage in licensing – in respect of licensing a financial information service provider and granting a control permit pursuant to sections 4(b), 7, 9 and 11(a)(2) of the Financial Information Service Law, 5782-2021, and information on the controlling shareholder and senior office holders in the applicant corporation, and on senior office holders of the controlling shareholder, all in accordance with procedures to be prescribed.
(24)The Chairperson of the Israel Securities Authority, the members of the Authority appointed pursuant to section 3 of the Securities Law and an employee of the Israel Securities Authority authorised to engage in licensing – in respect of licensing a payment company and basic initiator and granting a control permit pursuant to sections 4, 7, 10 and 12 of the Regulation of Engagement in Payment Services and Payment Initiation Law, 5783-2023, and information on the controlling shareholder and senior office holders in the applicant corporation, and on senior office holders of the controlling shareholder, all in accordance with procedures to be prescribed.
(25)An expert committee pursuant to section 5 of the Prevention of Employment in Certain Institutions of Persons Convicted of Violence against Children and Helpless Persons Law, 5783-2023, for the purpose of granting an exemption from the prohibition pursuant to that section.
(26)A risk assessor as defined in the Law for the Prevention of Domestic Violence, 5751-1991, for the purpose of performing his function pursuant to the provisions of that Law.
(27)The National Insurance Institute – for the purpose of implementing the provisions of sections 326 and 326a of the National Insurance Law [Consolidated Version], 5755-1995 and sections 3c, 5(d) and 6(e) of the Income Support Law, 5741-1980.
6.§
Where an office holder listed in this Schedule has authorised another person to receive information, by virtue of his power under this Schedule, a notice to that effect shall be published in Reshumot (Official Gazette).
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