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Law for the Extension of Periods and Postponement of Dates (Temporary Provision – Swords of Iron) (Administrative Procedures, Terms of Office and Corporations), 5784-2023

חוק הארכת תקופות ודחיית מועדים (הוראת שעה – חרבות ברזל) (סדרי מינהל, תקופות כהונה ותאגידים), תשפ"ד-2023

Published: 2023-11-23Consolidated Hebrew text as of 2024-07-08 · Last amended 2024-07-04✓ Amendment status checked against the Knesset legislation record on 2026-09-28
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Chapter IV: Corporations

Section A: Companies

Postponement of the Final Date for Convening an Annual General Meeting and for Sending Financial Statements§
9.
(a)Notwithstanding the provisions of section 60 of the Companies Law, 5759-1999, the following provisions shall apply to a company whose final date for convening the annual general meeting falls within the first determining period or the second determining period:
(1)with respect to a public company and with respect to a private company that is a debenture company – the board of directors may decide that the annual general meeting shall be convened no later than four months after the final date for its convening under the provisions of section 60 of the Companies Law;
(2)with respect to a private company that is not a debenture company – the final date for convening the annual general meeting shall be four months after the final date for its convening under the provisions of section 60 of the Companies Law.
(b)In a private company to which the provisions of section 61(a) of the Companies Law apply, the provisions of subsection (a) shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to the final date for sending financial statements to the registered shareholders under the provisions of section 61(b) of that Law.
Extension of the Term of Office of an External Director or of Another Independent Director§
10.

Notwithstanding the provisions of section 245 of the Companies Law, the definition of "independent director" in section 1 of that Law and section 50b6(a) of the Securities Law, where the last day of the term of office of an external director or of another independent director falls within the first determining period or the second determining period, the board of directors may decide to extend the term of office of such a director, commencing from the date of adoption of the decision, for an additional period not exceeding four months from the end of the director's term of office, and such extension shall not be counted for the purposes of the limitation on the term of office prescribed by those provisions; for this purpose, "independent director" – includes an independent director as defined in section 50b1 of the Securities Law.

Extension of a Period Prescribed in a Decision or Extension of the Validity of an Approval§
11.
(a)Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 121(c), 267a(d) and 275(a1)(1) or (2) of the Companies Law, regulations 1(1) and 1b(b) of the Companies Regulations (Reliefs in Transactions with Interested Parties), 5760-2000, and regulation 1(c) of the Companies Regulations (Reliefs regarding the Obligation to Determine a Remuneration Policy), 5773-2013, the board of directors may extend a period prescribed in a decision or the validity of an approval given pursuant to those provisions, which expire within the first determining period or the second determining period, by an additional period not exceeding four months.
(b)Notwithstanding the provisions of section 278(b) and (c) of the Companies Law, a decision on an extension as referred to in subsection (a) shall be adopted by the members of the board of directors who have no personal interest in the decision.
Overriding the Articles of Association of the Company§
12.

The provisions of this Section shall apply notwithstanding the provisions of the articles of association of the company.

Postponement of the Date for Adopting a Decision on Winding Up for the Purpose of Exemption from a Fee§
13.

Notwithstanding the provisions of the Regulations concerning fees under sections 44(6) and 345aa of the Companies Law, the final date for adopting a special resolution for voluntary winding up under section 319 of the Companies Ordinance [New Version], 5743-1983, or under section 342x of the Companies Law, by a company that has ceased its operations, for the purpose of obtaining an exemption from the payment of an annual fee or a financial sanction imposed for non-payment thereof, shall be postponed by the postponement period as referred to in section 3.

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Section B: Partnerships

Extension of Periods and Postponement of Dates in respect of a Public Limited Partnership§
14.

Sections 9 to 12 shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to a public limited partnership as defined in section 65a(a) of the Partnerships Ordinance, with respect to the final date for convening an annual general meeting, the term of office of an external director, or a period prescribed in a decision or the validity of an approval, under sections 65ab(a), 65i, 65g, 65as(d), 65ay(e)(1) or (2), or 65ba(b) of the Partnerships Ordinance, as the case may be.

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Section C: Cooperative Societies

Extension of Periods and Postponement of Dates in respect of Cooperative Societies§
15.
(a)Notwithstanding the provisions made under section 65 of the Cooperative Societies Ordinance and the bye-laws of the society, the following provisions shall apply:
(1)where the final date for convening the first general meeting falls within the first determining period or the second determining period, that date shall be postponed by four months, but the society shall be entitled to hold elections to the organs of the society before the postponed date if the provisional management committee has so decided;
(2)where the last day of the term of office of an organ of the society falls within the first determining period or the second determining period, the term of office of that organ shall be extended by four months, but elections to that organ may be held during that period if the organ has so decided;
(3)where the final date on which an organ of the society, in which the number of members has decreased, is entitled to act falls within the first determining period or the second determining period, that organ shall be entitled to act until the expiry of four months from that date, unless the number of its members has fallen below the quorum;
(4)where the term of office of an organ of the society has ended and it has continued to serve in its capacity pursuant to the provisions made under the Cooperative Societies Ordinance, and the last day of its term of office as aforesaid falls within the first determining period or the second determining period, the term of office of that organ shall be extended by an additional four months, but elections to that organ may be held during that period if the organ has so decided.
(b)A term of office shall not be extended under this section more than once.
(c)Where the organ has decided to hold elections as referred to in subsection (a)(1), (2) or (4), the committee shall notify the members of the society and the Registrar of Cooperative Societies thereof as soon as possible after the adoption of the decision.
(d)Where the Registrar of Cooperative Societies finds, upon an application submitted to the Registrar, that owing to the special security situation the holding of elections at the date decided upon by an organ of the society would cause material harm to the right of the members of the society to vote or to be elected, or to the electoral procedures of the society, the Registrar may direct that the elections not be held at the fixed date.
(e)A decision of the Registrar of Cooperative Societies under subsection (d) may be appealed to the Administrative Affairs Court.

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Chapter V: Procedure in Administrative Tribunals

Extension of Periods and Postponement of Dates in respect of Procedure in Administrative Tribunals§

16.
(a)Notwithstanding any provision of law, where a period for lodging an appeal to an administrative tribunal listed in the Fourth Schedule (in this Chapter – the tribunal) has been prescribed by legislation, and the last day of that period (in this subsection – the original last day) falls within the first determining period or within the second determining period, the period for lodging such an appeal shall be extended by the postponement period from the original last day.
(b)Where the tribunal decided, before the publication of this Law, to extend a period for lodging an appeal, and the last day of the extended period (in this subsection – the original last day) falls within the first determining period or within the second determining period, the period for lodging such an appeal shall be extended by the postponement period from the original last day; where the decision referred to specifies a date for lodging an appeal by citing a particular calendar date (in this subsection – the original date), the original date shall be postponed by the postponement period.
(c)Notwithstanding any provision of law, where a period or date for doing a procedural act has been prescribed by legislation or fixed by the tribunal before the publication of this Law, not being a period or date as referred to in subsection (a) or (b), including a date cited as a particular calendar date, and the last day of the period or the date falls within the first determining period or within the second determining period, the period shall be extended or the date postponed in accordance with the provisions of those subsections, with the necessary modifications.
(d)Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (c), a hearing date in an appeal that falls from the date of publication of this Law until the end of the second determining period shall be postponed, and the date shall be rescheduled after the end of the second determining period.
(e)The provisions of this Section shall apply unless the tribunal orders otherwise after the publication of this Law.

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Chapter VI: Adoption of Decisions in Government Companies and in Corporations Established by Law

Adoption of Decisions on Essential Matters that Admit of No Delay§

17.
(a)
(1)Notwithstanding any provision of law and the constitutional documents as defined in the Government Companies Law, 5735-1975, during the second determining period the board of directors of a government company or a government subsidiary, or a committee of the board of directors of such a company, may adopt decisions on essential matters that admit of no delay in the course of the ordinary activity of the company, even if the number of serving directors is lower than the minimum number of directors required for the functioning of the board of directors or the committee of the board of directors, or than the quorum required for holding meetings of the board of directors or a committee of the board of directors, and even in the absence of directors who satisfy additional conditions required by law for the convening of the board of directors or a committee of the board of directors or for the adoption of a decision by either of them, provided that the decision states that the matter is essential and admits of no delay;
(2)Notice of the subject of the decision adopted as referred to in paragraph (1) shall be given to the Government Companies Authority and shall be published on the website of the Authority and of the company; the notice referred to shall state the number of directors who participated in the adoption of the decision and the quorum required for its adoption.
(b)
(1)The provisions of subsection (a) shall apply, with the necessary modifications, also to corporations established by law within the meaning of section 60a of the Government Companies Law, 5735-1975, provided that notice as referred to in subsection (a)(2) shall be given to the Minister responsible for the legislation under which the corporation was established and shall be published on the website of the Ministry headed by that Minister;
(2)A Minister responsible as referred to in paragraph (1) shall submit to the Constitution, Law and Justice Committee of the Knesset a report on notices received pursuant to that paragraph, by the 12th of Tevet 5784 (24 December 2023), and if the second determining period has been extended – also 14 days before the end of the extension period.

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Chapter VII: Miscellaneous Provisions

Extension of the Second Determining Period§

18.

The Prime Minister, with the approval of the Government and the approval of the Constitution, Law and Justice Committee of the Knesset, may, by Order, extend the second determining period by additional periods not exceeding three months each, if satisfied that special circumstances exist that justify doing so by reason of the special security situation, provided that the total duration of the extension under this subsection does not exceed nine months; an extension under this Section may be either generally or in respect of particular matters under this Law.

Extension of the Postponement Period§

19.

The Minister of Justice, with the approval of the Prime Minister and the approval of the Constitution, Law and Justice Committee of the Knesset, may, by Order, extend the postponement period by additional periods, if satisfied that special circumstances exist that justify doing so by reason of the special security situation, provided that the total duration of the extension under this Section does not exceed two months; an extension under this Section may be either generally or in respect of particular matters under this Law.

Duty of a Public Authority to Act with Appropriate Promptness§

20.

Nothing in the provisions of this Law shall derogate from the duty of a public authority to act with appropriate promptness, in accordance with the circumstances of the matter.

Savings Provisions§

21.

Nothing in the provisions of this Law shall derogate from any provision of any other law that extends periods or postpones dates or enables this to be done.

Limitations on Application§

22.

The provisions of this Law shall not apply to periods and dates in respect of which legislation was prescribed during the first determining period or the second determining period, except for legislation listed in the Fifth Schedule, nor to periods and dates in proceedings before instances in respect of which the following legislation was prescribed:

(1)Courts and Execution Offices Regulations (Procedural Rules in a Special State of Emergency), 5751-1991;
(2)Labour Court Regulations (Procedural Rules in a Special State of Emergency), 5751-1991;
(3)Entry into Israel Regulations (Procedural Rules in a Special State of Emergency before an Appeals Tribunal), 5780-2020;
(4)Dayanim Regulations (Procedural Rules in Rabbinical Courts during a Special State of Emergency) (Temporary Provision), 5784-2023;
(5)Druze Religious Courts Regulations (Procedural Rules in Druze Religious Courts during a Special State of Emergency), 5780-2020;
(6)Qadis Regulations (Procedural Rules in Sharia Courts during a Special State of Emergency), 5780-2020;
(7)Elections Directives (Methods of Campaigning) (Procedural Rules in Applications and Appeals), 5775-2015.

Amendment of the Schedules§

23.
(a)The Minister of Justice, with the consent of the Minister responsible for the legislation in respect of which the amendment is made and with the approval of the Constitution, Law and Justice Committee of the Knesset, may, by Order, amend the First Schedule and the Fifth Schedule.
(b)
(1)The Minister responsible for the legislation in respect of which the amendment is made may, by Order, amend the Second Schedule; notice of such an amendment, together with an explanatory statement, shall be given to the Constitution, Law and Justice Committee of the Knesset and shall be published on the website of the Ministry headed by that Minister;
(2)Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (1), the addition of an item to the Second Schedule that is also listed in the First Schedule requires also the approval of the Constitution, Law and Justice Committee of the Knesset.
(c)The Minister of Justice, with the consent of the Minister responsible for the legislation in respect of which the amendment is made, may, by Order, remove provisions from the Third Schedule, and may also, with the consent of such a Minister and with the approval of the Constitution, Law and Justice Committee of the Knesset, add provisions to that Schedule.
(d)The Minister of Justice, with the consent of the Minister responsible for the legislation under which the administrative tribunal is established or empowered, may, by Order, amend the Fourth Schedule.

Implementation§

24.

The Minister of Justice is responsible for the implementation of this Law.

Amendment No. 139 to the Administrative Affairs Courts Law§

25.

In the Administrative Affairs Courts Law, 5760-2000, in the Second Schedule, in item 1, at the end thereof shall come "or pursuant to section 15(d) of the Law for the Extension of Periods and Postponement of Dates (Temporary Provision – Swords of Iron) (Administrative Procedures, Terms of Office and Corporations), 5784-2023".

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First Schedule (Section 2(c))

(1)regulations 1c, 3a(a)(1)(b) and (b)(1), 3b(b), 10a(f)(1) and (g), 12(c), 12a, 24d(a)(1) and (2) and 40e(3) of the Mandatory Tenders Regulations, 5753-1993;
(2)regulation 5(e) of the Mandatory Tenders (Obligation of Industrial Cooperation) Regulations, 5767-2007;
(3)sections 42b(c) and 58a of the State Service (Pensions) Law [Consolidated Version], 5730-1970;
(4)regulations 5, 6 and 8 of the State Service (Pensions) (Registration of Judgment Details for the Division of Pension Savings) Regulations, 5778-2018;
(5)sections 47b(c) and 62a of the Regular Service in the Israel Defence Forces (Pensions) Law [Consolidated Version], 5745-1985;
(6)the Treatment of Mentally Ill Persons Law, 5751-1991;
(7)the Penal Law, 5737-1977;
(8)section 14 of the Youth (Adjudication, Punishment and Modes of Treatment) Law, 5731-1971;
(9)the General Security Service Law, 5762-2002;
(10)the Counter-Terrorism Law, 5776-2016, and the Regulations, rules and Orders prescribed thereunder;
(11)the Unlawful Combatants Imprisonment Law, 5762-2002;
(12)the Wiretapping Law, 5739-1979;
(13)the Emergency Powers (Detentions) Law, 5739-1979;
(14)the Inclusion of Biometric Identification Means and Biometric Identification Data in Identification Documents and in a Database Law, 5770-2009;
(15)the Reserve Service Law, 5768-2008;
(16)the Security Service Law [Consolidated Version], 5746-1986;
(17)the Military Justice Law, 5715-1955, and army orders as defined in that Law;
(18)the Adoption of Children Law, 5741-1981;
(19)the Patents Law, 5727-1967, except for section 64o(c);
(20)the Patents (Authority Procedures, Rules of Procedure, Documents and Fees) Regulations, 5728-1968, except for regulation 124(a);
(21)the Patents (Implementation of the Patent Cooperation Treaty) Regulations, 5756-1996;
(22)the Trade Marks Ordinance [New Version], 5732-1972;
(23)the Trade Marks Rules, 1940;
(24)the Trade Marks (Implementation of the Madrid Protocol) Regulations, 5767-2007;
(25)the Appellation of Origin and Geographical Indications Protection Law, 5725-1965;
(26)the Designs Law, 5777-2017;
(27)the Designs Regulations, 5779-2019;
(28)the Designs (Implementation of the Hague Agreement) Regulations, 5780-2019;
(29)the Specimens Regulations;
(30)the Work Safety Ordinance [New Version], 5730-1970, and the Regulations and Orders prescribed thereunder;
(31)the Labour Inspection (Organisation) Law, 5714-1954, and the Regulations and Orders prescribed thereunder;
(32)regulation 4 of the Employment of Employees by Manpower Contractors (Application for a Licence) Regulations, 5756-1996;
(33)the Emergency Labour Service Law, 5727-1967;
(34)regulations 6 and 14 of the Emergency Labour Service (Rules of Procedure in Labour Service Committees) Regulations, 5732-1972;
(35)the Supplier Payment Ethics Law, 5777-2017;
(36)a tax as defined in the Tax Laws Amendment (Exchange of Information between Tax Authorities) Law, 5727-1967, including the Tax Collection Ordinance, the Taxes (Late Payment Penalty) Law, 5741-1980, the Tax Set-Off Law, 5740-1980, the Law for the Encouragement of Capital Investments, 5719-1959, the Law for the Encouragement of Capital Investment in Agriculture, 5741-1980, the Natural Resources Profits Taxation Law, 5771-2011, the Law for the Increase of the Rate of Participation in the Labour Force and the Reduction of Social Gaps (Work Grant), 5768-2007, the Customs Ordinance [New Version], the Tobacco Ordinance [New Version], the Intoxicating Liquors (Manufacture and Sale) Ordinance [New Version], the Denatured Spirits Ordinance [New Version], and the Customs Agents Law, 5725-1964;
(37)sections 8d(f), 8e(a) and (b), 15ag(c), 15al(c)(1), 17(e), 47b(a) and 47e(b) of the Law for the Encouragement of Research, Development and Technological Innovation in Industry, 5744-1984;
(38)the Industry Encouragement (Taxes) Law, 5729-1969;
(39)the Law for the Encouragement of Knowledge-Intensive Industry (Temporary Provision), 5783-2023;
(40)the Commodities and Services Price Supervision Law, 5756-1996, and the Orders prescribed thereunder;
(41)the Supervision of Commodities and Services Law, 5718-1957, and the Orders prescribed thereunder;
(42)the Property Tax and Compensation Fund Law, 5721-1961;
(43)regulation 3(a) of the Dairy Sector Planning (Transfer of Production Quotas of Cooperative Producers in the Cattle Sector) Regulations, 5775-2015;
(44)section 9 of the Class Actions Law, 5766-2006;
(45)regulation 6 of the Supervision of the Export of Animals and Animal Produce (Poultry Products) Regulations, 5737-1976;
(46)regulation 4(c) of the Animal Diseases (Regulation of the Movement of Animals in Israel) Regulations, 5742-1982;
(47)regulation 8(b) and (c) of the Supervision of the Export of Animals and Animal Produce (Fish, Ostriches, Honey and Milk and their Products and Egg Products) Regulations, 5758-1998;
(48)section 4(3) of the Rabies Ordinance;
(49)regulations 14(a), (d) and (e) and 15(a) of the Dog Supervision Regulation Regulations, 5765-2005;
(50)section 7(b)(2) of the Non-Ionising Radiation Law, 5766-2006;
(51)regulation 4 of the Prevention of Sea Pollution from Land-Based Sources Regulations, 5750-1990;
(52)section 25a of the Clean Air Law, 5768-2008;
(53)sections 20(e) and 23(a1)(2) and (a2) of the Business Licensing Law, 5728-1968;
(54)sections 12, 13 and 15 of the Infrastructure for Transportation and Storage of Oil by an Operating Entity Law, 5777-2017;
(55)the Natural Gas Sector Law, 5762-2002, and the Regulations prescribed thereunder;
(56)the Execution Law, 5727-1967, and the Regulations prescribed thereunder;
(57)the Insolvency and Economic Rehabilitation Law, 5778-2018, and the Regulations prescribed thereunder;
(58)the Extension of Periods Law, 5735-1974;
(59)the Import and Export Ordinance [New Version], 5739-1979, and the Orders prescribed thereunder, except for section 3(c)(2) of the Free Import Order, 5774-2014, with respect to the competent authority in the Ministry of Transport and Road Safety, and dates for the grant of a licence under section 5 of the Personal Import Order, 5779-2019, with respect to the competent authority for import in the Ministry of Transport and Road Safety;
(60)the Electricity Sector Law, 5756-1996, and the Regulations and rules prescribed thereunder;
(61)the Electricity Law, 5714-1954, and the Regulations and rules prescribed thereunder, except for regulations 4 and 5(a) of the Electricity (Licences) Regulations, 5745-1985;
(62)sections 188(b1), 196(b), 198a(d) and 248b and the Second Schedule to the Municipalities Ordinance;
(63)section 13f of the Local Councils Ordinance;
(64)the Third Schedule and section 3(15) of the Fourth Schedule to the Local Councils Order, 5711-1950;
(65)Chapter VII and section 3(15) of the Second Schedule to the Local Councils (Regional Councils) Order, 5718-1958;
(66)regulation 3(15) of the Municipalities (Tenders) Regulations, 5748-1987;
(67)section 4(b) of the Political Parties Law, 5752-1992;
(68)regulations 5(c) and 10 of the Political Parties (Registration and Reporting) Regulations, 5753-1993;
(69)sections 62, 176(b) and (c), 200(b) and 290(j) opening passage and Section C of Chapter VII of the Public Health Protection Law (Food), 5776-2015;
(70)the Planning and Construction Law, 5725-1965;
(71)the Public Health (Sanitary Quality of Drinking Water and Drinking Water Installations) Regulations, 5773-2013;
(72)the Law for the Promotion of Construction in Preferred Housing Complexes (Temporary Provision), 5774-2014;
(73)the Gas (Safety and Licensing) Law, 5749-1989, with respect to an administrative decision of an inspection body or a provider of streaming services;
(74)the Oil Law, 5712-1952, and the Regulations prescribed thereunder;
(75)the Conditional Release from Imprisonment Law, 5761-2001;
(76)the Economic Assistance Programme Law (New Coronavirus) (Temporary Provision), 5780-2020;
(77)the Business Assistance Grant Law on account of the Economic Impact of the Spread of the Omicron Variant of the New Coronavirus (Temporary Provision), 5782-2022;
(78)regulation 8 of the Welfare (Treatment of Persons with Intellectual Disabilities) Regulations, 5736-1975;
(79)the Collective Agreements (Registration) Regulations, 5717-1957;
(80)section 21 of the Regulation Principles Law, 5782-2021;
(81)the Government Law, 5761-2001;
(82)the Knesset Law, 5754-1994;
(83)the Elections to the Knesset Law [Consolidated Version], 5729-1969, and the Regulations, directives and rules prescribed thereunder, except for section 79a(a1) of that Law.

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