Knesset Premises, Precincts and Guard Law, 5728-1968

In this Chapter –

"trial option", "notice of fine payment" – as defined in the Criminal Procedure Law [Consolidated Version], 5742-1982 (hereinafter – the Criminal Procedure Law);

"licensed tower", "motor vehicle" – as defined in the Traffic Ordinance [New Version] (hereinafter – the Traffic Ordinance);

"traffic offence" – as defined in the Traffic Ordinance [New Version], provided that it concerns non-compliance with a traffic sign or non-compliance with directions concerning the direction of vehicle movement, its parking or its stopping.

The Knesset Officer, or a person authorised for that purpose by the Speaker of the Knesset, may prescribe traffic and parking arrangements in the Knesset Precincts in accordance with the Traffic Ordinance [New Version], and for that purpose shall have all the powers conferred under that Ordinance upon a traffic supervisor, a police officer and the traffic sign authorities.

For the purpose of directing vehicle movement, parking or stopping in the Knesset Precincts, the Knesset Officer or a member of the Knesset Guard authorised for that purpose by the Knesset Officer, after having received appropriate training, shall have every power conferred upon a police officer under any law.

For the purposes of this Chapter, any place within the Knesset Precincts in which a motor vehicle may travel shall have the same status as a "road" as defined in the Traffic Ordinance [New Version].

The recruitment of members of the Knesset Guard to service and their conditions of service shall be as the recruitment of police officers to service and their conditions of service, with such adaptations as the Speaker of the Knesset has prescribed.

The Work and Rest Hours Law, 5711-1951 shall not apply to the employment of members of the Knesset Guard.

For the purposes of the duty of discipline and disciplinary jurisdiction, a member of the Knesset Guard shall have the same status as a police officer under the Police Law, 5766-2005 (in this section – the Police Law) and the Police Ordinance [New Version], 5731-1971 (in this section – the Police Ordinance), however the powers of the Minister of Police shall vest in the Speaker of the Knesset and the powers of the Inspector General shall vest in the Knesset Officer, all with such modifications as are required according to the matter and with such adaptations as the Speaker of the Knesset shall prescribe, and also with the following modifications in the Police Law and, in respect of paragraph (10) – in the Police Ordinance:

For the purposes of entitlement to a pension under the State Service (Pensions) Law, 5715-1955, a member of the Knesset Guard shall have the same status as a police officer, with such modifications as are required according to the matter and with such adaptations as the Speaker of the Knesset has prescribed, and the powers conferred by that Law upon the Inspector General of the Police and upon the Minister for Internal Security shall vest in the Speaker of the Knesset.

"National Insurance Law" – the National Insurance Law [Consolidated Version], 5755-1995;

"qualifying injury under the rehabilitation laws" – as defined in section 295a(a) of the National Insurance Law;

"hostile-action injury" – as defined in the Victims of Hostile Action (Pensions) Law, 5730-1970.

Members of the Knesset Guard are entitled to every privilege lawfully granted to a police officer, and the same applies to every exemption or concession from tax, fee, rates or levy to which a police officer is entitled under any law.

The following are liable to two years' imprisonment:

The following are liable to one year's imprisonment:

The following are liable to one month's imprisonment or a fine of 500 liras:

No criminal charge shall be filed against a person for an offence under this Law, and the Attorney General shall not be entitled to order the discontinuation of proceedings that have been instituted – except with the consent of the Speaker of the Knesset.

Ushers, whether they were admitted to service before the commencement of this Law or thereafter, shall, with regard to admission to service and conditions of service including the right to a pension and with regard to the duty of discipline and disciplinary adjudication, have the same status as State employees.

During sittings of the Knesset in the absence of the Speaker of the Knesset, the Chair of the sitting shall act in place of the Speaker of the Knesset for the purposes of this Law.

The Speaker of the Knesset may permit, on such conditions as he shall determine, the Central Elections Committee for the Knesset to conduct its activities, in whole or in part, in the Knesset Premises and the Precincts.

The Speaker of the Knesset is responsible for the implementation of this Law and may, with the approval of the Knesset Committee, make Regulations in respect of anything relating to its implementation.

The Knesset Buildings Immunity Law, 5712-1952 – is repealed.

A person who was appointed to be a member of the Knesset Guard under the Knesset Buildings Immunity Law, 5712-1952, and who is still in service, shall be deemed to have been appointed to be a member of the Knesset Guard under this Law, and his period of service as a guard shall be taken into account for the purposes of his right to pensions under the State Service (Pensions) Law, 5715-1955.