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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Second Schedule (section 12)

Third Schedule (sections 11(f) and 12(d))

I, the undersigned, ___________ Identity No. __________ hereby give my consent to the Israel Police providing information about me from the criminal register, as well as information on pending files, in accordance with the provisions of the Criminal Information and Rehabilitation of Offenders Law, 5779-2019 (hereinafter – the Law) to ___________ (name of the body entitled to receive the information as set out in the First Schedule or the Second Schedule to the Law), for the purpose of ________________ (details of the purposes of providing the information pursuant to the Law).

It is clarified that this consent of mine also applies to the provision of criminal information to the aforementioned body from time to time for the purpose of periodic monitoring of changes that have occurred in the criminal information about me.

I have been informed that pursuant to the Law I am entitled to inspect, at a police station, the records maintained in my name in the criminal register and in the police register.

It is hereby clarified to me that insofar as there is a record against me as aforesaid, this does not necessarily entail the denial of the right or the position, and I am entitled to attach information regarding my rehabilitation or personal circumstances so that it may be taken into account when my application is being considered, in accordance with the criteria prescribed by the Law.

I am aware that by this consent, I waive receipt of a notice of the provision of the information, all subject to the provisions of the Law.

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Date: _____________		Signature: ____________________

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Fourth Schedule (section 14)

(1)Purchase Tax (Goods and Services) Law, 5712-1952;

(2)Income Tax Ordinance [New Version];

(3)Customs Ordinance;

(4)Value Added Tax Law;

(5)Currency Control Law, 5738-1978, in respect of an offence committed before its repeal;

(6)Sections 290 to 297, 383 to 393 and 414 to 438 of the Penal Law, 5737-1977;

(7)Securities Law;

(8)Economic Competition Law;

(9)Prohibition of Money Laundering Law;

(10)Fighting Criminal Organisations Law, 5763-2003.

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Fifth Schedule (section 15(c)(3))

(1)Interpol (Interpol – International Criminal Police Organization) and the police forces affiliated with it;

(2)Europol (Europol – European Criminal Police Organization) and the police forces affiliated with it;

(3)A federal or state police force, as well as a district or municipal police force acting by virtue of law;

(4)A prosecuting authority of a state or of a body listed in this Schedule;

(5)A state authority or agency for criminal law enforcement;

(6)Border police and immigration authority;

(7)A state authority or agency for non-criminal law enforcement;

(8)A witness protection authority;

(9)An international organisation for criminal law enforcement.

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Sixth Schedule (section 31)

(1)The President of the State, for the purpose of examining applications pursuant to section 25;

(2)The Attorney General, a person to whom the Attorney General has delegated his authority to stay criminal proceedings, a prosecutor as defined in section 12 of the Criminal Procedure Law, and a representative of the Attorney General where the disclosure of a police registration detail is material to the conduct of the legal proceedings being managed by him, for the purpose of performing their functions;

(3)A probation officer, for the purpose of performing his function;

(4)A defence counsel – in respect of information concerning an accused or suspect whom he is representing, for the purpose of proceedings being conducted by him;

(5)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;

(6)The Director of the Witness Protection Authority (in this item – the Authority) as defined in the Witness Protection Law, 5769-2008 (the Law for the Protection of Witnesses, 5769-2008), a senior employee of the Authority authorised by him for that purpose, and an operational employee of the Authority to whom the information is required within the framework of the protection programme, as defined in that Law, or an authorised body in another state which the Director of the Authority has decided requires the transfer of information to it within the framework of the protection programme;

(7)A supervision officer and other office holders in the supervision unit designated by the Minister for Internal Security by Order, a risk assessor, an appropriate professional coordinator, a prison coordinator, a community-dedicated therapist except at an authorised centre, and a prison-dedicated therapist, as defined in the Protection of the Public against the Commission of Sex Offences Law, 5766-2006, for the purpose of performing their functions pursuant to the provisions of that Law;

(8)A military advocate and a military prosecutor, for the purpose of performing their function, where the disclosure of a police registration detail is material to the conduct of legal proceedings by them;

(9)The Chief of the General Staff and the Head of the Manpower Directorate of the Israel Defence Forces, or a person authorised by either of them for that purpose in accordance with Army Orders, in respect of positions of special sensitivity, as shall be determined in Army Orders;

(10)A chief labour inspector in respect of an appointment, the grant of an authorisation or a permit under the Explosives Law; for this purpose –

"Explosives Law" – the Explosives Law, 5714-1954;

"chief labour inspector" – as defined in the Labour Inspection (Organisation) Law, 5714-1954, who has been appointed as an inspector under the Explosives Law;

(11)The Prison Service Commissioner or an officer in the Prison Service authorised by him for that purpose, in respect of warders in the Prison Service, for the purpose of an appointment or cancellation of an appointment and also in respect of work;

(12)The Prison Service Commissioner or a person acting on his behalf in respect of the lawful custody of prisoners, as well as a professional team pursuant to sections 11 and 12 of the Conditional Release from Imprisonment Law, in respect of the conditional release of prisoners serving a sentence of imprisonment for an offence listed in the Schedule to that Law;

(13)A court or tribunal – in legal proceedings that are not criminal proceedings where the disclosure of information from the police register is material to the subject of the hearing, and also in detention proceedings pursuant to section 13 of the Criminal Procedure Law (Enforcement Powers – Arrests), 5756-1996, and a military court in detention proceedings pursuant to section 240 of the Military Justice Law;

(14)The bodies listed in item 4(3) or (4) of the First Schedule, in respect of appointments as referred to in that item;

(15)The bodies listed in item 5(12) or (4) of the First Schedule, in respect of the performance of their function.

(16)The body listed in item 5(25) of the First Schedule in respect of the grant of an exemption as referred to in that item.

(17)The body listed in item 5(26) of the First Schedule in respect of the matter referred to in that item.

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