Knesset Elections Law [Consolidated Version], 5729-1969
חוק הבחירות לכנסת [נוסח משולב], תשכ"ט-1969
Published: 1969-04-14Last amended 2026-07-16✓ Amendment status checked against the Knesset legislation record on 2026-09-29
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Chapter I: Interpretation
Definitions§
1.
In this Law –
"voter" – a person entitled to vote for the Knesset;
"the elections" – (Repealed);
"the Central Committee" – the Central Elections Committee established under section 15(a);
"the determining date" – (Repealed);
"the determining date for the age of entitlement to vote" – (Repealed);
"regional committee" – a regional elections committee established under section 15(b);
"the Population Registry Law" – Population Registry Law, 5725-1965;
"Security Service Law" – Defence Service Law [Consolidated Version], 5746-1986;
"Reserve Service Law" – Reserve Service Law, 5768-2008;
"register extraction day" – the Thursday preceding the last day for submission of candidate lists;
"vessel" – an Israeli vessel within the meaning of the Shipping (Vessels) Law, 5720-1960;
"the population registry" – the registry maintained under the Population Registry Law;
"register of voters" – the register of voters prepared in accordance with the provisions of this Law, comprising all voters' lists;
"voters' list" – a list of persons entitled to vote for the Knesset, prepared in accordance with this Law;
"register extraction" – the derivation of the register of voters from the population registry;
"voters' register year" or "register year" – (Repealed).
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Voting Only in Accordance with Registration in the Register§
2.
The right to vote in elections to the Knesset is vested only in a person registered in the register of voters.
Who Is Aged 18§
3.
(a)For the purpose of exercising the right to vote for the Knesset, every person whose eighteenth birthday falls no later than election day shall be deemed to be 18 years of age.
(b)Where the date of birth of a person is not known, the provisions of section 12 of the Legal Capacity and Guardianship Law, 5722-1962 shall apply.
The Right to Submit a List of Candidates§
4.
A party may submit a list of candidates for the Knesset.
4a.§
(Repealed — תיקון מס' 31, 1996)
Voting for a List of Candidates§
5.
Voting shall be for lists of candidates published in accordance with section 65.
Area of Voting§
6.
Voting shall take place only within the land territory of Israel, on Israeli vessels and at Israeli diplomatic and consular missions; this provision shall not apply to voting under Chapter IX.
Attachment to a Polling Station§
7.
Every voter may vote only at the polling station to which the voters' list associated with it includes his name; this provision shall not apply to a person voting under section 68a, section 68b or under Chapters IX, X, X-A, X-B, X-C or X-D or Chapter X-C-C during the period of its validity.
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7a.§
(Repealed — תיקון מס' 45, 2003)
7b.§
(Repealed — תיקון מס' 45, 2003)
7b1.§
(Repealed — תיקון מס' 45, 2003)
7c.§
(Repealed — תיקון מס' 45, 2003)
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Electoral Districts§
8.
(a)"District", for the purpose of this section – a district determined by the Government under section 3 of the Law and Administration Ordinance, 5708-1948.
(b)For the purpose of the preparation of elections and voting, each district shall be an electoral district; however, if a district contains more than 400 polling areas, the Central Committee may determine that it shall comprise more than one electoral district, provided that each of them shall contain no fewer than 100 polling areas; a decision in this regard shall be adopted no later than the 42nd day before election day.
(c)Where the area of a settlement is situated within the boundaries of more than one district, the Central Committee shall determine the electoral district in which it shall be included.
(d)Where the Central Committee finds, no later than the 42nd day before election day, that for reasons of election administration there is justification for including a settlement in a particular electoral district, it may determine the electoral district in which it shall be included, provided that the electoral districts shall be contiguous areas.
Polling Areas§
9.
The territory of the State shall be divided into polling areas; each of the polling areas shall be designated by a number.
Extent of a Polling Area§
10.
A polling area shall not include more than one settlement; for this purpose, the entire area of a municipality or of a local council, other than a regional council, shall be regarded as one settlement.
Number of Voters in a Polling Area§
11.
A polling area shall not include more than 800 voters; however, the Central Committee may, on the proposal of the Minister of the Interior, increase the number in a particular polling area to up to 900.
Delimitation of Polling Areas§
12.
(a)A polling area shall be a contiguous area; however, in a particular settlement or in a part thereof in which it is impossible to delimit polling areas by designation of an area, the Central Committee may, on the proposal of the Minister of the Interior, determine that the residents of the settlement or of that part thereof, arranged in alphabetical order of their family names, shall be regarded as a polling area or as polling areas.
(b)Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a), the Central Committee may, on the proposal of the Minister of the Interior, determine special polling areas within the boundaries of a settlement for voters registered in the population registry as residents of that settlement but whose detailed address in that settlement is not registered; the chairperson of the Central Committee and his or her deputies may attach a special polling area as aforesaid to another polling area in the same settlement, no later than the 31st day before election day, even if 100 or more voters are registered in it, and notice thereof shall be published as they decide.
Determination of Polling Areas§
13.
(a)No later than the 70th day before election day, the Central Committee shall determine the boundaries of the polling areas on the basis of a proposal by the Minister of the Interior to be submitted to it no later than the 80th day before election day.
(b)The Central Committee may, no later than the 70th day before the elections, determine, on the proposal of the Minister of the Interior, a polling area for a settlement for which no polling area was determined under subsection (a), and special polling areas as referred to in section 12(b).
One Area for Election Results§
14.
For the purpose of election results, the entire territory of Israel shall be regarded as one area.
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Contact Us →Chapter IV: Elections Committees
Elections Committees§
15.
(a)For the conduct of elections, a Central Elections Committee shall be established within 60 days of the day of convening of each new Knesset; an outgoing committee shall serve until a new committee is established.
(b)In each electoral district a regional elections committee shall be established, and in each polling area – a polling committee; these committees shall act in accordance with the provisions set out in Regulations.
Composition of the Central Elections Committee§
16.
(a)The members of the Central Committee shall be representatives of the factions of the Knesset.
(b)Thirty seats on the Central Committee shall be divided as follows:
(1)for every faction that has four or more members in the Knesset, there shall be one seat for every four members of the faction;
(2)the seats remaining after the division under paragraph (1) shall be divided among the factions that participated in that division in accordance with the size of the remainders of their number of members;
(3)where two or more factions have equal remainders and there are insufficient seats for all of them, the Speaker of the Knesset shall decide between them by lot;
(4)where seats remain vacant after the division under paragraphs (1) and (2), the number of members of the Committee under this subsection shall be reduced by the number of seats that remain vacant as aforesaid.
(c)Every faction that did not attain representation under subsection (b) shall have one member on the Central Committee.
(d)Every member of the Central Committee shall have a permanent substitute.
(e)Every faction shall submit to the Speaker of the Knesset, within 50 days of the day of convening of the Knesset, a list of its representatives on the Central Committee and of their substitutes, with their family names, given names and addresses.
(f)A Minister, a Deputy Minister, a State employee – other than a teacher – and a soldier in compulsory service under the Security Service Law or in regular service of the Israel Defence Forces shall not be members, nor substitutes of members, on the Central Committee.
(g)The Central Committee is competent to act even if its membership is incomplete.
Remuneration and Reimbursement of Expenses for Members of the Central Elections Committee§
16a.
(a)The chairperson of the Central Committee may determine rules and conditions under which remuneration or reimbursement of expenses shall be paid from the budget of the Central Committee to a member of the Central Committee for participation in meetings of the Central Committee, including meetings of a part of its members as the chairperson of the Central Committee shall determine in the rules, and their rates, all with due regard to the rules prevailing with respect to remuneration and reimbursement of expenses in public committees in the State service and in councils in corporations established by law.
(b)No remuneration shall be paid to a member of the Central Committee who is a member of the Knesset, a holder of a judicial office, a State employee, an employee of a budgeted body, or who is entitled to receive remuneration from another source for his or her participation; however, reimbursement of expenses incurred for the purpose of participation in meetings may be paid to such a member, provided that he or she is not entitled to receive, from another source, reimbursement of expenses; in this paragraph, "State employee" and "employee of a budgeted body" – as defined in section 32 of the Budget Foundations Law, 5745-1985.
Chairperson and Deputies of the Central Elections Committee§
17.
(a)The chairperson of the Central Committee shall be one of the Justices of the Supreme Court elected thereto by those Justices, and shall be in addition to the members of the Committee under section 16; his or her election shall be at the request of the Speaker of the Knesset and no later than the 60th day from the day of convening of the Knesset.
(b)Where the chairperson of the Central Committee dies, resigns, or where the President of the Supreme Court determines that he or she is permanently incapacitated from fulfilling his or her duties, the Justices of the Supreme Court shall elect another Justice from among themselves to serve as chairperson of the Committee.
(c)At the time of election of the chairperson of the Central Committee, one of the Justices of the Supreme Court shall be elected by those Justices as substitute for the chairperson, and shall serve temporarily if the chairperson dies, resigns, or the President of the Supreme Court determines that the chairperson is incapacitated from fulfilling his or her duties.
(d)(Repealed).
(e)The President of the Supreme Court shall notify the Speaker of the Knesset of the results of the elections and of his or her decisions under this section.
(f)The chairperson of the Central Committee shall have deputies to be elected by the Central Committee from among its members; the number of deputies shall be four, however the Knesset Committee may increase this number to up to eight; four of the deputies shall be from the four largest factions in the Knesset, and if the number of deputies is increased as aforesaid, the Knesset Committee shall determine from which faction the additional deputies shall come.
Employees of the Central Elections Committee§
17a.
(a)
(1)Employees of the Central Committee shall have the same status as other State employees, however with respect to receiving instructions and dismissal they shall be subject to the authority of the chairperson of the Central Committee, who may authorise the Director General of the Central Committee in this regard;
(2)the chairperson of the Central Committee shall determine categories of work, functions or services in respect of which the criminal background of a person performing or providing them shall be examined.
(b)A person who has been convicted of an offence which, by reason of its nature, gravity or circumstances, renders him or her unfit, in the opinion of the chairperson of the Central Committee, to serve as an employee of the Committee, to perform a function on its behalf or to provide a service to it, shall not be employed as an employee of the Central Committee, perform a function on its behalf or provide a service to it, where the work, function or service is among the categories determined under subsection (a).
(c)
(1)A person who has a personal or business connection to a party or to a senior figure therein, a person who engages in political activity or party activity, a member of a party, or a person who engaged in such activity or was a member of a party in the five years preceding the date of presentation of candidacy, shall not be appointed as an employee of the Central Committee, and with respect to the Director General of the Central Committee – a person who engaged in such activity or was a member of a party in the seven years preceding the presentation of candidacy;
(2)an employee of the Central Committee shall not engage in political activity or party activity and shall not be a member of a party;
(3)a person who was an employee of the Central Committee shall not engage in party activity and shall not be a member of a party in the year following the end of his or her period of employment;
(4)for the purpose of this subsection –
(a)participation in a demonstration or in a gathering of a political character, or the public expression of a position on political matters, shall not in themselves be regarded as political activity;
(b)a person who has not paid membership dues to a party and has not participated in activity within its institutions shall not be regarded as a member of a party;
(5)the provisions of this subsection shall not apply to a person employed by the Central Committee only during the period close to elections or a referendum.
Remuneration for Holders of Positions§
17b.
(a)Notwithstanding any law, collective agreement or agreement, the following provisions shall apply to the employment of holders of positions listed in the Schedule who are employed only on election day to the Knesset or on election day to the Knesset and the day following it consecutively:
(1)the provisions of the Work and Rest Hours Law, 5711-1951 – shall not apply;
(2)the payment determined for their employment shall be regarded as inclusive of the wage and all payments and benefits due to them for performing the work under any law, collective agreement or agreement;
(3)notwithstanding the provisions of the Wage Protection Law, 5718-1958, the date for payment of the wages of the holders of positions for the purposes of the provisions of that Law, including for the purpose of the definition "the determining date" in section 1 thereof, shall be 60 days after election day to the Knesset.
(b)Nothing in the provisions of subsection (a) shall derogate from the provisions of section 30 of the Work and Rest Hours Law, 5711-1951, with respect to the employment of holders of positions not listed in the Schedule or holders of positions listed in the Schedule who are employed during a period other than the period referred to in that subsection.
Central Elections Committee – First Meeting§
18.
The Speaker of the Knesset shall convene the Central Committee for its first meeting, to be held not later than the 15th day after the announcement in the Knesset of the composition of the Committee, and shall notify the Minister of the Interior thereof at least two days before the date of the meeting.
Regional Elections Committees – Composition§
19.
(a)The regional committees shall be appointed by the Central Committee not later than the 52nd day before election day.
(b)The number of members of each regional committee and its faction composition shall be the same as those of the Central Committee.
(c)The members of a regional committee shall have alternates, to be appointed by the Central Committee at the time of appointment of the regional committee; the number and faction composition of the alternates shall be the same as those of that regional committee.
(d)The candidates for a regional committee and their alternates shall be proposed to the Central Committee by the representatives of the factions or their alternates as referred to in section 25(a).
(e)A regional committee is competent to act even if its membership is not complete.
Regional Elections Committees – Chairperson and Deputies§
20.
(a)The chairperson of each regional committee shall be a judge appointed to that committee by the President of the Supreme Court, and shall be in addition to the members of the committee under section 19; the appointments of the chairpersons of the regional committees shall be made upon the request of the chairperson of the Central Committee not later than the 60th day after the appointment of the chairperson of the Central Committee under section 17(a); at the time of appointing a chairperson to each regional committee, the President of the Supreme Court shall also appoint an alternate for that chairperson, who shall serve temporarily if the chairperson dies or resigns, or if the chairperson of the Central Committee determines that the chairperson is prevented from fulfilling his duties.
(b)The Central Committee shall appoint for each regional committee, from among the members of that regional committee, three deputy chairpersons, having regard to the number of members of each faction on the Central Committee in proportion to the total number of members of the Central Committee, excluding the chairperson; the chairperson of the Central Committee may prescribe by rules the manner and timetables for appointing deputies as aforesaid.
Polling Committees§
21.
(a)
(1)The Central Committee shall determine, not later than the 40th day before the elections, the number of members of each polling committee and its faction composition from among the factions represented on the Central Committee, and shall also determine the factions from which the chairperson of the polling committee and the deputy chairperson shall come, provided that each polling station shall be represented by not fewer than three factions;
(2)The chairperson of the Central Committee may alter the Central Committee's determination under paragraph (1) as to the faction composition of the polling committees and the factions from which the chairperson of the polling committee and the deputy chairperson shall come, even if as a result thereof the number of representatives of each faction in each electoral district changes, provided that all of the following conditions are met:
(a)The request for alteration of the composition was made with the consent of the factions in respect of which the alteration of composition was requested;
(b)After the alteration, the polling committee shall be represented by not fewer than three factions and the balance among the factions comprising the polling station shall be maintained;
(c)After the alteration, the number of representatives of each faction on all polling committees shall not be less than the number determined by the Central Committee under paragraph (1);
(d)After the alteration, the number of representatives of each faction in each electoral district shall not change by more than 20% of the number of representatives determined by the Central Committee under paragraph (1).
(a1)The chairperson of a regional committee may, in respect of the district in which that regional committee operates, alter the Central Committee's determination under subsection (a)(1) as to the faction composition of the polling committees and the factions from which the chairperson of the polling committee and the deputy chairperson shall come, and the decision of the chairperson of the Central Committee under subsection (a)(2), provided that all of the following conditions are met:
(1)The request for alteration of the composition was made with the consent of the factions in respect of which the alteration of composition was requested;
(2)After the alteration, the polling committee shall be represented by not fewer than three factions and the balance among the factions comprising the polling station shall be maintained;
(3)The number of representatives of each faction in the district in which the regional committee operates shall not change;
(4)The chairperson of the regional committee shall notify the Central Committee of its decision.
(b)The Central Committee shall transmit in writing the details of its decisions referred to in subsection (a) –
(1)to each faction – in respect of all polling committees;
(2)to each regional committee – in respect of the polling committees within its area;
(3)to each secretary of a polling committee – in respect of the polling committee on which that person serves.
(c)In accordance with the Central Committee's decisions referred to in subsection (a)(1), and with the alterations made to those decisions under subsections (a)(2) and (a1) (in this section – the final composition of the polling committees), the regional committees shall appoint the chairpersons of the polling committees.
(d)Where the final composition of a polling committee has been determined and a faction has not notified the regional committee of the names of its representatives serving as chairpersons of polling committees within a period prescribed by rules under subsection (h), the polling committee shall be constituted without representatives of that faction.
(e)Each faction shall appoint its representatives who shall serve as deputy chairpersons of polling committees and as members of a polling committee in accordance with the final composition of the polling committees, and may appoint standing alternates for each member.
(f)Each faction may, at any time, in the manner prescribed by Regulations, replace its representative on a polling committee and that representative's alternates.
(g)A person who, on election day, is aged seventeen or over is eligible to be a member of a polling committee.
(h)The chairperson of the Central Committee shall prescribe rules for the implementation of this section, including rules regarding the manner of submitting requests for alteration of the faction composition of polling committees under subsections (a)(2) and (a1), the timetables for submission and determination thereof and the manner of handling them, and regarding the manner and timetables for the appointment and transmission of details of chairpersons of polling committees and members of polling committees.
Secretary of a Polling Committee§
21a.
(a)The chairperson of the Central Committee shall appoint, after consultation with his deputies, a secretary for a polling committee, and may authorise the chairperson of a regional committee to appoint, after consultation with his own deputies, a secretary for a polling committee.
(b)No person shall be appointed as secretary unless that person has declared that he was not a member of a party, or that he took no part in activities on behalf of a party, in the three years preceding election day.
(c)(Lapsed).
(d)A person who, on election day, is aged twenty-one or over is eligible to be a secretary of a polling committee.
Replacement of Members in the Central Committee and a Regional Committee§
22.
Each faction may replace its representatives on the Central Committee and on a regional committee and their alternates by giving notice by its representative to the chairperson of the Central Committee and to the Minister of the Interior, and, in replacing a representative on a regional committee – also to the chairperson of that committee.
Notice of Composition of the Central Committee and the Regional Committees§
23.
(a)Notice of the composition of the Central Committee shall be given in the Knesset by the Speaker of the Knesset within 14 days of the date of establishment of the Central Committee and shall be published on behalf of the Knesset in Reshumot (Official Gazette) within 10 days from the day on which it was given in the Knesset.
(b)If a change occurs in the composition of the Central Committee, the chairperson of the Central Committee shall publish notice thereof in Reshumot (Official Gazette) within 10 days of the day on which he received notice of the change and as far as possible before election day; however, notice of a change in the chairperson of the Central Committee shall be published on behalf of the Knesset.
(c)Notice of the composition of the regional committees shall be published by the Central Committee in the place and manner prescribed by Regulations.
Quorum, Majority, etc. in Elections Committees§
24.
(a)The legal quorum at a meeting of the Central Committee and of a regional committee shall be one third of the members of the committee, including the chairperson or a deputy chairperson, provided that all members of the committee were summoned to the meeting as referred to in subsection (a1); if such a quorum is not present after one hour from the time set for the commencement of the meeting, the meeting shall be lawful with any number of those present, provided that the chairperson of the committee is present; if the chairperson of the committee is not present, the meeting shall be lawful if at least half of the members of the committee are present.
(a1)A summons to a meeting for the purposes of subsection (a) shall be given at least 24 hours in advance; on the two days before election day, a summons to a meeting shall be by personal summons or by telephone, telegram or facsimile, at least one hour in advance; on election day and until the summation of results, preparation of the minutes and transfer of election material to the Central Committee or to the regional committee, the committee shall operate continuously.
(b)Decisions of the Central Committee, of a regional committee and of a polling committee shall be adopted by a majority of votes of those participating in the vote; if the votes are equal, the chairperson of the meeting may cast the deciding vote.
(c)An alternate of a member may participate in meetings of the committee as a member in the absence of the committee member.
(d)At meetings of the Central Committee, of the regional committees and of the polling committees, one representative of each list of candidates published in accordance with section 65 that is not represented on that committee may be present as observers only.
(e)(Repealed).
(f)(Repealed).
(g)In matters in respect of which authority or a function has been conferred on the chairperson of the Central Committee together with his deputies, the provisions of subsections (a) and (b) relating to the Central Committee shall apply to them, with the necessary modifications.
(h)(Repealed).
(i)
(1)A meeting of a polling committee shall be lawful with any number of members present, provided that the secretary of the committee is also present; however, at the time of counting of votes, the meeting shall be lawful if representatives of at least two factions are present in addition to the secretary; if only one member is present, the counting of votes shall not take place even if the secretary is present, until a member of the polling committee appointed under subsection (i1) arrives.
(2)If the chairperson of the polling committee and the deputy chairperson are absent from a meeting of the polling committee, the eldest among the members shall fulfil the functions of the chairperson of the committee until the chairperson of the committee or the deputy chairperson arrives.
(i1)If the chairperson of a regional committee finds that a polling station has not been opened at the time referred to in section 72(a) due to the absence of members of the polling committee or the secretary of the committee, or that only one member was present on the polling committee or that there was a need to replace the secretary, the chairperson of the regional committee shall appoint a member of the polling committee or a secretary, as the case may be, in accordance with instructions to be given by the chairperson of the Central Committee together with his deputies; a member of the polling committee or a secretary shall be appointed from among those who were found suitable to be appointed as secretaries to polling committees in accordance with the provisions of section 21a.
(i2)Where a secretary has been appointed under subsection (i1) or where there was a need to replace a secretary under that subsection, the chairperson of a regional committee may, so long as the counting of votes has not commenced, decide, notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (i), that, until a secretary arrives, the meeting shall be lawful even in the absence of a secretary; having so decided, the chairperson shall give instructions to the chairperson of the polling committee regarding the operation of the committee until a secretary arrives.
(j)In the absence of the chairperson of a polling committee, the deputy chairperson shall take that person's place for the duration of the absence.
(k)Decisions of a polling committee shall be adopted by a majority of votes of those participating in the vote; if the votes are equal, the chairperson of the meeting shall cast the deciding vote.
Holding Meetings by Visual Conference§
24a.
(a)Where the Central Committee or a regional committee is required to hold a meeting, it may be held by way of visual conference if one of the following conditions is met:
(1)The chairperson of the committee, having considered among other things the subject matter of the meeting, so ordered, unless a set number of committee members objected;
(2)All members of the committee consented thereto; such consent may also be to the effect that only some of the participants in the meeting shall participate by way of visual conference.
(b)Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a), a deliberation on a matter of a request to approve or refuse to approve the participation of a candidate or list of candidates in the Knesset elections shall not be held by way of visual conference, and the provisions of subsection (d) shall apply.
(c)A committee meeting shall be held by way of visual conference only if it is possible for all members of the committee and all persons whose summons to the committee is required to view the meeting and all its participants by means of a screen, to hear all the participants in the meeting and what takes place therein in real time, and to make their positions heard.
(d)Where a committee meeting is held in the presence of the members of the committee and those whose summons to the committee is required, the chairperson of the committee may permit any of them who so requests to participate in the meeting of the committee by way of visual conference.
(e)A decision at a meeting under this section shall be adopted after every committee member has been given the opportunity to participate in the deliberation and to vote; a vote at such a meeting shall be by name, unless the chairperson of the committee decides otherwise.
(f)If a participant in a meeting considers that, by reason of the holding and conduct of the meeting by way of visual conference, his right to participate in the meeting or to hear or make heard his position has been impaired, or that the conditions under this section have not been fulfilled, he may demand that the matter be recorded in the minutes.
(g)The provisions of section 24(a) to (g) shall apply to a committee meeting under this section.
(h)A summons to a meeting held by way of visual conference under this section shall state that the meeting will be held in the said manner and shall set out instructions regarding participation in the meeting.
(i)For the purposes of this section, "visual conference" – communication between several centres enabling the transmission of image and sound in real time.
Determination of Knesset Factions§
25.
(a)For the purposes of establishing the Central Committee, a list of candidates from which members were elected to the Knesset shall be regarded as a faction, and the number of members of the faction shall be the number of candidates elected; the representative of the list of candidates and that person's alternate shall be the representative of the faction and that person's alternate.
(a1)Where a faction in the Knesset is formed as a result of a split or merger of factions as referred to in section 60 of the Knesset Law, 5754-1994, the faction shall notify the Knesset Committee in writing, at the time of the split or merger, of who its representative and alternate are, and notice thereof shall be published in Reshumot (Official Gazette) on behalf of the Knesset and transmitted to the chairperson of the Central Committee.
(b)Each faction may, at any time, by written notice to the Speaker of the Knesset, replace its representatives and their alternates; the notice shall be delivered by the representative of the faction or that person's alternate, unless a majority of the members of the faction have notified otherwise; notice of the representatives of the factions and their alternates and of every change thereto shall be published in Reshumot (Official Gazette) on behalf of the Knesset and transmitted to the chairperson of the Central Committee.
(b1)to (b7) (Repealed).
(c)Where the faction composition of the Knesset changes, or the name of a faction or the number of its members changes, and the Knesset Committee has approved the change, the faction composition of all elections committees, or the name of the faction, shall change accordingly; however –
(1)if the change in faction composition was the merger of two or more Knesset factions and this change took place after the 49th day before election day, the faction composition of polling committees in which fewer than three factions remain represented as a result of the said change shall change; the chairperson of the Central Committee, in consultation with his deputies, shall re-determine the faction composition of the polling committees;
(2)if the change in faction composition was a split and this change took place after the appointment of the members of the regional committees, the change shall not bring about a change in the faction composition of the Central Committee, the regional committees and the polling committees; the faction that remains without representation as a result of the change shall have one member with an advisory vote on the Central Committee and on the regional committees.
(d)For the purposes of the lists of candidates, any change in the faction composition of the Knesset that occurred and was approved as aforesaid up to two days before the expiry of the time limit for submitting those lists shall be taken into account.
(e)(Repealed).
Authority to Conduct Transactions§
25a.
For the purposes of the activity of the Elections Committee, the chairperson of the Central Committee, or an employee of the Central Committee authorised by the chairperson, together with the accountant of the Central Committee or a senior employee in the accounts department of the Central Committee authorised thereto by the chairperson, is authorised to represent the Government in transactions as referred to in sections 4 and 5 of the State Assets Law, 5711-1951, other than transactions in real property, and to sign on behalf of the State documents relating to such transactions; authorisations granted under this section shall be published in Reshumot (Official Gazette).
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