Knesset Elections Law [Consolidated Version], 5729-1969

From 7 o'clock in the evening on the day preceding election day and throughout election day, there shall be no election campaigning by means of meetings, processions, loudspeakers or radio and television broadcasts.

On election day and on the day preceding it, the powers to impose a curfew under the Defence (Emergency) Regulations, 1945, shall not be exercised except with the approval of the Central Committee; this provision shall not apply in a case where, at that time, military operations are being conducted within the territory of the State.

"the Civil Defence Law" – the Civil Defence Law, 5711-1951;

"special situation on the home front" and "time of attack" – as defined in the Civil Defence Law;

"polling place" – the area of the building in which a polling box is located, including the courtyard of the building and the outer fence of the building.

The Finance Committee of the Knesset shall determine the budget of the elections committees on the proposal of the Central Committee; the State Treasury shall place the funds of this budget at the disposal of the chairperson of the Central Committee, who shall be responsible for their disbursement.

The transportation of persons entitled to vote, for the purpose of voting in elections to the Knesset, from within the bounds of one locality to another and back, shall be funded from the State Treasury through the Central Committee; it shall be carried out on transport routes and over distances to be determined by the Central Committee, and in accordance with the procedures and arrangements it shall direct; the transportation shall take place on election day, however the Central Committee may permit transportation close to election day.

An employee who has worked for an employer for at least 14 consecutive days immediately before election day, as well as an employee who has worked in initiated works for one of the public institutions for at least 14 days out of the two months before election day, shall be paid by the employer the wages that the employee would have earned with that employer on election day had the employee not rested.

"collective agreement" and "extension order" – as defined in the Collective Agreements Law, 5717-1957;

"employment contract" – as defined in section 1c of the Foreign Workers Law, 5751-1991;

"Women's Employment Law" – Women's Employment Law, 5714-1954;

"employee" – an employee who is not an Israeli citizen employed in the caregiving sector by an individual, in the hotel sector, in the catering sector, in the construction sector, in the agricultural sector or in the industrial sector.

Every complaint in connection with an act or omission under this Law is within the sole jurisdiction of the Central Committee; no court shall entertain an application for relief in connection with such an act or omission or in connection with a decision or direction of the Central Committee, of the chairperson of the Committee and his deputies, of the chairperson of the Committee, of a regional committee or of a polling committee – except in cases for which this Law contains a different provision.

The registration of a person in the register of voters shall not serve as proof of the claim, and shall not serve as a bar to denying the claim, that he is an Israeli citizen or that he is present in Israel lawfully.

Population registry offices are not obliged to issue an identity card to a person who did not apply for one at least fourteen days before election day, but a person who applied for a card up to that day – the registry office is obliged to issue it by the day before election day.

If a date among the dates specified in this Law falls on a day designated by law as a day of rest, except for Knesset election day, or on one of the days of rest within the meaning of the Law and Administration Ordinance, 5708-1948, the date shall be deferred to the first weekday after that day.

In any case where this Law prescribes that a certain act is to be performed a certain number of days before election day, the Central Committee may, if it finds sufficient reason therefor and by a majority of two-thirds of those participating in the vote, extend the time limit for that act by up to five additional days.

Section 142 or any provision in another enactment permitting the extension of time limits shall not apply to petitions and appeals under this Law.

An appeal under this Law is exempt from court fees.

The failure to post a sign as referred to in section 68a(c1) shall not prevent the conduct of the elections and shall not constitute a ground for appeal against the results of the elections under section 86.

The Minister of Justice may make procedural Regulations with respect to anything relating to petitions and appeals under this Law; if Regulations have been made concerning an administrative petition or an administrative appeal under this section, the Regulations made under the Administrative Affairs Courts Law shall not apply to that matter.

Notwithstanding the provisions of this Law or of any other law, the register of voters shall include voters whose registered address in the population registry is located in a territory held by the Israel Defence Forces, and they shall be entitled to vote at their place of residence in accordance with the provisions of this Law; the Minister of the Interior, after consulting the chairperson of the Central Committee, shall give instructions on any matter relating to the implementation of this section and on any other matter relating to the voting of voters as aforesaid; these instructions shall be brought to the attention of those concerned in such manner as the Minister of the Interior shall see fit after consulting the chairperson of the Central Committee; they do not require publication in Reshumot (Official Gazette).

In the year commencing on the fifteenth day of Heshvan 5729 (6 November 1968), the actions under sections 21(b) and 68(c) shall be taken at the time prescribed therein, but no later than 42 days before election day.

Emergency Regulations shall not have the power to amend this Law, to temporarily suspend its validity or to impose conditions upon it.

The Minister of the Interior is charged* with the implementation of this Law; all Government ministries and local authorities shall render such assistance as the Central Committee may require of them.