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Law for the Prevention of Domestic Violence, 5751-1991

חוק למניעת אלימות במשפחה, תשנ"א-1991

Published: 1991-03-28Consolidated Hebrew text as of 2024-10-13 · Last amended 2023-08-06✓ Amendment status checked against the Knesset legislation record on 2026-09-05
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Definitions§

1.

In this Law –

"information security" – as defined in section 7 of the Privacy Protection Law, 5741-1981;

"technological supervision device" – a technological instrument or application that locates a person's whereabouts and alerts in the event of a breach of a protection order subject to conditions of technological supervision or in the event of a supervised person entering a warning range, which the Minister for National Security has approved under section 3g;

"court" – a Magistrate's Court, a Family Court, and also a religious court in respect of parties whose matters it has jurisdiction to hear;

"religious court" – a Rabbinical Court, a Sharia court, a court of a Christian community, and a Druze religious court;

"spouse" – including a common-law spouse;

"family member" – including a person who was formerly a family member, being one of the following:

(1)a spouse, a parent or a parent's spouse, a spouse's parent or the parent's spouse, a grandparent, a descendant or a descendant of a spouse, a brother or sister, a brother-in-law or sister-in-law, an uncle or aunt, a nephew or niece;
(2)a person who is responsible for the subsistence, health, education or welfare of a minor or a helpless person residing with that person, and a minor or a helpless person residing with the person responsible for that person as aforesaid;

"civilian assistance provider" – a representative of an operating company whom the head of the technological supervision unit has authorised to serve as such under section 3d;

"danger assessment" – an assessment of the risk, including the level of risk, of the existence of conduct as referred to in section 3 towards a family member for whose protection a protection order as defined in section 2 has been requested;

"operating company" – a company, one or more, with which the State has contracted for any of the following purposes:

(1)the supply, installation, operation and maintenance of a technological supervision device;
(2)the engagement of a civilian assistance provider to carry out the functions of the technological supervision unit, pursuant to the provisions of section 3c;

"helpless person" – as defined in section 368a of the Penal Law, 5737-1977;

"warning range" – the area geographically adjacent to the violation range, as determined by the court in a protection order subject to conditions of technological supervision, within which the supervised person's location is monitored pursuant to the provisions of this Law;

"violation range" – an area, locality or other specific place that the court has prohibited the supervised person from entering in a protection order subject to conditions of technological supervision, or an area in which the family member for whose protection such a protection order has been issued is located and from which the court has prohibited the supervised person in such a protection order from being within a specified distance;

"technician" – a representative of an operating company who has been authorised to serve as a technician under section 3d;

"technological supervision unit" – the unit established under section 3c(a);

"database" – the database established under section 3h(a);

"investigator" – a prison officer appointed under section 3c(c);

"monitoring officer" – a prison officer appointed to serve as a monitoring officer under section 3c(d);

"head of the unit" – a person appointed to the post of head of the technological supervision unit under section 3c(b);

"danger assessor" – a person appointed under section 6b;

"supervised person" – a person against whom a protection order subject to conditions of technological supervision has been issued;

"the Commissioner", "prison officer" and "senior prison officer" – as defined in the Prison Ordinance [New Version], 5732-1971;

"violence offence" – an offence under sections 192, 245, 246, 300 to 301c, 305, 329, 333 to 335, 345 to 348, 351, 368b, 368c, 369 to 374, 377, 380, 382(c), 427 or 428 of the Penal Law, 5737-1977;

"domestic violence offence" – a violence offence against a family member;

"statutory social worker" – any of the following:

(1)a social worker under the Youth (Care and Supervision) Law, 5720-1960;
(2)a social worker under the Protection of Helpless Persons Law, 5726-1966;
(3)a social worker for procedural matters as defined in the Welfare Law (Procedure in Matters of Minors, Mentally Ill Persons and Absentees), 5715-1955;
(4)a social worker under the Welfare Law (Treatment of Persons with Intellectual-Developmental Disabilities), 5729-1969;
(5)a social worker under the Adoption of Children Law, 5741-1981;

"protection order subject to conditions of technological supervision" – as defined in section 3b(c);

"minor" – as defined in the Legal Capacity and Guardianship Law, 5722-1962;

"authorised police officer" – a police officer whom the Inspector General of the Israel Police or a person on that officer's behalf has authorised for the purpose of approving a recommendation on a warning range and a violation range under section 3b(f);

"welfare officer" – (deleted)

"security authority" – the Israel Police, the Witness Protection Authority, the Knesset Guard as defined in the Knesset Building, Compound and Guard Law, 5728-1968, the Israel Defence Forces, the General Security Service and the Prison Service.

Protection Order§

2.
(a)A court may issue an order prohibiting a person from doing all or some of the following or imposing conditions thereon (hereinafter – a protection order):
(1)entering a dwelling in which a family member resides or being within a specified distance from that dwelling, even if the person has any right therein, or entering any other specific place where a family member stays regularly in the course of that member's daily routine, including the member's place of work, or being within a specified distance from that place;
(2)harassing a family member in any manner and in any place;
(3)acting in any manner that prevents or hinders the lawful use of property by a family member, even if the person has any right in that property;
(4)being within a specified distance from the whereabouts of a family member, knowing that the family member is in that place.
(a1)The provisions of section 3b shall apply to the issuance of a protection order under subsection (a)(1) or (4) with regard to the use of a technological supervision device.
(b)A protection order may also contain a requirement for a surety both for compliance therewith and for good behaviour, or any other provision that the court considers necessary to ensure the safety and security of a family member, and may also contain provisions regarding the arrangements required as a result of the issuance of the order.
(c)The conditions of the surety referred to in subsection (b), including its forfeiture, shall be specified in the protection order.
(c1)A court may, for special reasons to be detailed in its decision, extend the period of validity of a good behaviour surety for a period not exceeding one year from the date on which the protection order expires.
(d)(Repealed)
(e)(Repealed)
(f)(Repealed)
(g)
(1)Where a protection order has been issued for the protection of a minor, notice thereof shall be given by the court to a social worker appointed under the Youth (Care and Supervision) Law, 5720-1960;
(2)Where a protection order has been issued for the protection of a minor, the court may direct the social worker referred to in paragraph (1) to submit a written report at a time to be determined;
(3)Where a protection order has been issued for the protection of a minor as referred to in subsection (a)(1), against a person responsible for the minor, the court shall direct the social worker referred to in paragraph (1) to submit a report to the court; such a report shall be submitted within 30 days and shall include, inter alia, the social worker's position regarding the possibility of maintaining contact between the minor and the person responsible for the minor;
(4)Where the court has found, on the basis of a report referred to in paragraph (3), that maintaining contact between the minor and the person responsible for the minor against whom the protection order was issued is consistent with the minor's best interests, the court may give directions in this regard.
(h)Where a protection order as referred to in subsection (a)(1) has been issued against a person responsible for a minor, and the purpose of the order is not to protect the minor, the court may give directions regarding the maintenance of contact between the person and the minor, provided that it has found, on the basis of a report under section 6 or in another manner, that giving such directions will not involve harm to the minor; where a danger assessment under section 6a has been requested in respect of a person responsible for the minor, the court shall not issue an order for the submission of the report as aforesaid until it has received the danger assessment.
(h1)A court hearing an application for a protection order under the provisions of this Law may also issue a restraining order against a person in respect of that person's family member, pursuant to the provisions of the Prevention of Stalking Law, 5762-2001.
(i)For the purposes of this section, "person responsible for a minor" – a parent, a step-parent, a guardian, or a person in whose custody or supervision the minor is placed.

Undertaking to Receive Treatment§

2a.
(a)Where a protection order has been issued, the court may, upon the issuance of the order or at a later date, direct the person bound by the order to give an undertaking that the person will receive treatment from a provider to be determined by the court (hereinafter in this section – an undertaking to receive treatment).
(b)A court shall not direct an undertaking to receive treatment unless a report as referred to in section 6 has been submitted to it and the court has found that the person bound by the protection order is suitable for treatment, consents to and understands its conditions and nature, and that a framework exists for treating that person.
(c)Where a court has given a direction for an undertaking to receive treatment, it shall direct that a report on the progress of the treatment be submitted to the court, at times and in the manner it shall determine.
(d)
(1)In this subsection –

"suitable treatment framework" – a treatment framework suitable for treating a person that has been budgeted within the budget remaining after budgeting the employment of recruiting and assessing social workers, out of the total budget designated for the implementation of this section in an annual budget law as defined in the Budget Foundations Law, 5745-1985 (hereinafter – annual budget law);

"recruiting and assessing social worker" – a social worker whom the Minister of Welfare and Social Security has authorised for the implementation of this subsection and whose employment has been budgeted within the budget designated for the implementation of this section in an annual budget law;

"temporary provision period" – a period commencing on the day of commencement of the Law for the Prevention of Domestic Violence (Amendment No. 18 – Temporary Provision), 5782-2021, and ending upon the expiry of five years from that date, and if extended pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (9) – until the end of the extension period;

(2)During the temporary provision period, the provisions of this subsection shall apply and the provisions of subsections (a) to (c) shall not apply;
(3)Where a protection order has been issued, the court shall direct, upon the issuance of the order or at a later date, that a professional opinion of a recruiting and assessing social worker be obtained in respect of the person bound by the order (in this subsection – the professional opinion); the professional opinion shall include an explicit reference to the suitability of the person bound by the order for treatment and to the existence of a vacancy in a suitable treatment framework or in another treatment framework matching that person's needs; the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to a protection order issued ex parte, unless the person bound by the order was duly summoned and did not appear at the hearing;
(4)Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (3), the court may, for special reasons to be recorded, refrain from directing that the professional opinion be obtained;
(5)Where the professional opinion has been submitted, the court may direct that the person bound by the protection order receive treatment within a State-sponsored framework recommended in the professional opinion, if it was found in the professional opinion that the person is suitable for treatment and that there is a vacancy in that framework;
(6)Where the court has given a direction for the receipt of treatment as referred to in paragraph (5), it shall direct that a report on the progress of the treatment be submitted to the court, at times and in the manner it shall determine; upon receipt of the report, the court may request the parties' responses, and may summon the parties in order to reconsider the protection order and its conditions;
(7)The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to a protection order issued under the provisions of section 3a;
(8)The Minister of Welfare and Social Security shall report to the Committee for the Advancement of the Status of Women and Gender Equality of the Knesset, once a year, commencing from the day of commencement of the Law for the Prevention of Domestic Violence (Amendment No. 18 – Temporary Provision), 5782-2021, on the implementation of the provisions of this subsection, including the number of persons bound by a protection order in respect of whom a professional opinion was obtained, the number of such persons who were referred to receive treatment, and the number of persons who completed a course of treatment;
(9)The Minister of Justice, with the consent of the Minister of Welfare and Social Security and the Minister of Finance and with the approval of the Committee for the Advancement of the Status of Women and Gender Equality of the Knesset, may extend, by Order, the temporary provision period by additional periods not exceeding three years in aggregate.

Prohibition on Possessing and Carrying a Weapon§

2b.

Where a protection order as referred to in section 2 has been issued, the person bound by the order shall be prohibited from possessing or carrying a weapon, including a weapon issued to that person on behalf of a security authority or any other State authority; the court shall direct, at the time of issuing the order, that the weapon of the person bound by the order be seized immediately.

Permit to Possess and Carry a Weapon§

2c.
(a)Notwithstanding the provisions of section 2b, where a protection order has been issued that does not include a prohibition as referred to in section 2(a)(1) or (4), the court may, at the request of the person bound by the order who lawfully carries or possesses a weapon, permit that person to continue to possess or carry a weapon, if it considered that this would not constitute a risk to the safety of a family member, and one of the provisions of paragraphs (1) to (3) has been fulfilled –
(1)the weapon is required for self-defence against a real danger;
(2)the weapon is used by that person in the course of employment with a special licence holder or at a proper establishment and both of the following conditions are met:
(a)the prohibition on possessing or carrying a weapon is likely to result in the termination of that person's employment or to substantially harm the continuation of that person's employment;
(b)the supervisor of the person bound by the order at the special licence holder's premises or at the proper establishment has submitted to the court a reasoned written application for the continuation of possession and carrying of the weapon by the person bound by the order;

in this paragraph –

"special licence holder" – a holder of a special licence under section 10c of the Firearms Law, 5709-1949 (hereinafter – the Firearms Law);

"proper establishment" – as defined in section 10 of the Firearms Law;

(3)the person is a member of a security authority and the person's superior in the security authority has submitted to the court a reasoned written application for the continuation of possession and carrying of the weapon by the person bound by the order; in this paragraph, "superior" – one of the following:
(a)where the person bound by the order is a member of the Israel Police – a superior of the rank of Deputy Commander and above;
(b)where the person bound by the order is a member of the Knesset Guard – a superior of the rank of Deputy Guardian and above;
(c)where the person bound by the order is a member of the Israel Defence Forces – a superior who is a unit commander of the rank of Lieutenant Colonel and above;
(d)where the person bound by the order is a member of the Prison Service – a superior of the rank of Deputy Warden and above.
(e)where the person bound by the order is a member of the Witness Protection Authority – the head of the Authority or an employee of the Authority whom the head has authorised for this purpose.
(b)In respect of a person bound by an order who is a member of the regular forces or the reserve forces of the Israel Defence Forces, a unit commander of the rank of Lieutenant Colonel and above may also, on that commander's own initiative, apply to the court for permission for the person bound by a protection order as aforesaid to possess or carry a weapon, and the court may permit the person bound by the order to do so, if it considered that this would not constitute a risk to the safety of a family member.

Hearing in the Presence of Both Parties§

2d.

A hearing on an application under section 2c shall be held in the presence of both parties, provided that in an application –

(1)under section 2c(a)(2) or (3), the hearing shall also be held in the presence of a representative of the special licence holder, the proper establishment or the security authority, as the case may be;
(2)under section 2c(b), the person bound by the order shall also be summoned to the hearing.

Arrangements to Ensure the Safety of the Family Member§

2e.

Where the court has permitted the person bound by a protection order to possess or carry a weapon pursuant to the provisions of section 2c, it shall detail the reasons and shall determine in the order conditions and arrangements to ensure the safety of the family member of the person bound by the order; where the permit has been granted pursuant to an application under section 2c(a)(2) or (3) or (b), the court shall detail the steps to be taken by the special licence holder, the holder of the proper establishment or the security authority, as the case may be, which were determined with their consent to ensure compliance with the conditions and arrangements it has determined in this regard.

Transmission of Court Decisions§

2f.
(a)The court shall give notice to the following entities of a protection order it has issued under the provisions of section 2 and also of a permit it has granted under the provisions of sections 2c and 2e:
(1)the licensing officer as defined in the Firearms Law;
(2)the Israel Police;
(3)the Israel Defence Forces – if the person bound by the order is a member of the reserve forces of the Israel Defence Forces or if a weapon was issued to that person on behalf of the Israel Defence Forces or with its consent for that person to possess, including a weapon issued under an authorisation certificate as referred to in section 5b(c) of the Firearms Law;
(4)a security authority – the security authority of which the person bound by the order is a member.
(b)Without derogating from the provisions of subsection (a), where the court has issued a protection order subject to conditions of technological supervision, including a conditional protection order subject to conditions of technological supervision as defined in section 3b(h), it shall also give notice of the issuance of the order to the technological supervision unit.

Application for a Protection Order and the Conditions for Its Issuance§

3.

At the request of a family member, the Attorney General or a representative thereof, a police prosecutor or a social worker appointed under the Youth (Care and Supervision) Law, 5720-1960 or under the Protection of Helpless Persons Law, 5726-1966, the court may issue a protection order against a person if it has found that one of the following conditions has been met:

(1)shortly before the submission of the application, the person acted violently towards a family member, committed a sex offence against that member or unlawfully imprisoned that member;
(2)that person's conduct provides a reasonable basis for assuming that the person constitutes a real physical danger to a family member or is likely to commit a sex offence against that member;
(3)the person has continuously abused a family member psychologically, or has behaved in a manner that does not allow a family member to conduct a reasonable and orderly life;

for the purposes of this section, "sex offence" – an offence under Section E of Chapter X of the Penal Law, 5737-1977.

Protection Order against a Minor§

3a.
(a)An application for a protection order against a minor shall be submitted to a Family Court or to a religious court in which an assistance unit has been established under the Religious Courts Law (Assistance Units), 5771-2011, provided that the religious court is hearing the minor's matter in another proceeding within its jurisdiction.
(b)The following provisions shall apply to an application submitted by a family member:
(1)the court shall refer the applicant and the minor (in this subsection – the parties) to the assistance unit of the court;
(2)the assistance unit shall notify the court whether the parties have reached an agreement on a settlement of the dispute and shall give its recommendations in this regard;
(3)where the parties have not reached an agreement, the assistance unit shall notify the minor of the right to be represented by a lawyer at a hearing as referred to in paragraph (4), pursuant to the provisions of the Legal Aid Law, 5732-1972, unless the minor has chosen to be represented by a lawyer of that minor's own choice;
(4)where the court has found, after having considered the circumstances of the matter and the best interests of the minor who is the subject of the application, that there is a need to issue a protection order, it may, after having given the minor an opportunity to present that minor's position before it, issue a protection order; however, the court shall not issue an order under section 2(a)(1) unless it has received a written report from a social worker as defined in section 3, and provided that a suitable out-of-home placement has been found for the minor.
(c)Nothing in the provisions of this section shall derogate from the provisions of section 3a of the Youth (Care and Supervision) Law, 5720-1960, and the submission of an application for a protection order to a religious court under subsection (a) shall not confer jurisdiction on the religious court to hear matters under that Law.

Protection Order Subject to Conditions of Technological Supervision§

3b.
(a)In a protection order under section 2(a)(1), the court may include a provision concerning the use of a technological supervision device, if the conditions under subsection (c) are met; such a protection order shall be issued after the consent of the family member for whose protection the order is issued to the use of the supervision device has been obtained and that person has received an explanation of the supervision device, its effectiveness and the collection of information about that person, and if the order is issued for the protection of a family member who is a minor – also the conditions under subsection (g).
(b)The court shall not issue a protection order under section 2(a)(4) unless the order is for the protection of a family member who is not a minor or a helpless person and the conditions under subsection (c) are met and the court has included in such an order a provision concerning the use of a technological supervision device in respect of the supervised person and in respect of the family member for whose protection the order is issued; such a protection order shall be issued after the consent of the family member for whose protection the order is issued to the use of the supervision device, including that person's consent to the monitoring of that person's location, has been obtained and that person has received an explanation of the supervision device, its effectiveness and the collection of information about that person.
(c)The following are the conditions for issuing a protection order that includes a provision for the use of a technological supervision device, as referred to in subsection (a) or (b) (in this Law – a protection order subject to conditions of technological supervision):
(1)the court is satisfied that the use of a technological supervision device is required, in the circumstances of the matter, for the purpose of protecting the family member, due to a real apprehension of a breach of the protection order or due to a high risk posed by the person against whom the order is issued or requested, towards the family member for whose protection the order is issued or requested;
(2)the person against whom an order subject to conditions of technological supervision is requested has previously been convicted of a violence offence or an offence that, by reason of its nature, gravity and circumstances, justifies the imposition of supervision, and an indictment has been filed against that person for such offences or a previous protection order issued against that person has been breached; for this purpose, a person against whom an indictment has been filed and in whose case the circumstances of section 15(a) or (b) of the Treatment of Mental Patients Law, 5751-1991, apply shall also be regarded as such;
(3)a danger assessment has been received under section 6a or a previous danger assessment concerning the person against whom the protection order is issued or requested has been brought before the court; however, a danger assessment prepared at the initiative of any of the parties or of persons acting on their behalf, at their choice, shall not be brought before the court.
(d)The court shall issue a protection order subject to conditions of technological supervision after weighing the harm to the privacy and freedom of movement of the person against whom the order is issued or requested against the danger posed to the welfare of the family member for whose protection the order is issued or requested and the possible harm to that person and to that person's daily routine if the order is not issued, and after finding that the purpose of using a technological supervision device cannot be achieved by another means that causes lesser harm.
(e)Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (c), if the court is satisfied, on the basis of the evidence brought before it, that there is a high and real danger to the life of the family member for whose protection a protection order is issued or requested, it may issue a protection order subject to conditions of technological supervision, for special reasons to be recorded, even if one or more of the conditions referred to in subsection (c)(2) and (3) have not been met.
(f)In a hearing for the issuance of a protection order subject to conditions of technological supervision, the technological supervision unit shall give notice to the court, within five days from the date on which the court requested it, regarding all of the following:
(1)the availability of a technological supervision device;
(2)the existence of a technological feasibility for the use of such a device in the circumstances of the matter;
(3)the recommendation of the Israel Police, approved by a competent police officer, regarding the violation range and the warning range; the court may give the technological supervision unit special instructions regarding the considerations that the Israel Police shall weigh in this regard, in order to take into account the needs of the person against whom the protection order is issued or requested and the family member for whose protection the order is issued or requested.
(g)Without derogating from the provisions of section 2(g), a protection order as referred to in subsection (a) that is issued for the protection of a family member who is a minor shall be issued subject to the following conditions:
(1)the technological supervision device shall be operated in respect of the minor's place of residence or another place as the court shall direct;
(2)the consent of the minor's parent or guardian, who is not the supervised person, has been obtained, and if the minor has attained the age of 14 years – that minor's consent to the order has also been obtained; however, the court may direct the use of a technological supervision device even without the consent of the minor, that minor's parent or guardian, in special circumstances to be recorded.
(h)If the court considers that the conditions for issuing a protection order subject to conditions of technological supervision are met but no technological supervision device is available, it may direct the issuance of a conditional protection order subject to conditions of technological supervision, and shall clarify to the parties the meaning of the order; when a technological supervision device becomes available, the technological supervision unit shall notify the parties accordingly, in accordance with the provisions to be prescribed by the Minister for National Security in Regulations.
(i)In a protection order subject to conditions of technological supervision, the court shall direct what the violation range and the warning range are in respect of the prohibitions included in the order, and shall clarify to the supervised person the meaning of the order, its conditions and the consequences of breaching it, including that person's obligation to wear the technological supervision device in accordance with the provisions of the order and that person's obligation to cooperate with the technological supervision unit, and shall clarify the meaning of that person's failure to cooperate.
(j)Where an application has been submitted to extend the validity of a protection order subject to conditions of technological supervision, the court may direct the submission of an additional danger assessment under section 6a or the submission of an additional notice from the technological supervision unit under subsection (f), if it finds that the update is required in order to make a decision in the matter before it, inter alia due to a change in circumstances.
(k)The provisions of this section shall not apply to a protection order against a minor.
(l)
(1)The court shall receive from the technological supervision unit periodic reports on the number of available technological devices out of the quota of technological devices prescribed under section 3j, if such a quota has been prescribed, in a manner to be determined between the Administration of Courts and the Israel Prison Service;
(2)The court shall receive from the Ministry of Welfare and Social Affairs periodic reports on the number of available danger assessments out of the quota prescribed under section 6d, if such a quota has been prescribed, in a manner to be determined between the Administration of Courts and the Ministry of Welfare and Social Affairs.

Establishment of the Technological Supervision Unit and Appointment of Position Holders in the Unit§

3c.
(a)A technological supervision unit shall be established within the Israel Prison Service, which shall carry out the following functions and any other function imposed upon it under this Law:
(1)monitoring the location of a supervised person by means of the technological supervision device used pursuant to a protection order subject to conditions of technological supervision;
(2)monitoring the location of the family member for whose protection a protection order subject to conditions of technological supervision has been issued, by means of the technological supervision device used pursuant to such an order;
(3)preventing a breach of a protection order subject to conditions of technological supervision, by means of warning the supervised person, conducting an inquiry with that person, and in appropriate cases – summoning a police force in accordance with a procedure to be prescribed;
(4)protecting the family member for whose protection a protection order subject to conditions of technological supervision has been issued and warning that person of an apprehension of a breach of the order, and in appropriate cases – summoning a police force or a civilian assistance provider to that person's location, or both, depending on the circumstances of the matter;
(5)establishing and administering a database as referred to in section 3h.
(b)The Minister for National Security shall appoint a senior prison officer to serve as the head of the technological supervision unit; the head of the unit shall be responsible for operating the unit, for authorising technicians and a civilian assistance provider in accordance with the provisions of section 3d, and for carrying out oversight and supervision operations over the operation of the technological supervision and over the activities of the operating company.
(c)The Commissioner may appoint, from among the prison officers of the Israel Prison Service, investigators for the purposes of this Law; an investigator shall be in contact with a supervised person and with the family member for whose protection a protection order subject to conditions of technological supervision has been issued, during the period of validity of the order, and shall conduct an inquiry following an indication received from a technological supervision device, in accordance with the provisions of section 3e(a); for the purpose of providing an explanation regarding the operating mechanism of the technological supervision device and the supervision requirements, the investigator may enter the place of residence of the supervised person and of the family member for whose protection the protection order subject to conditions of technological supervision has been issued, and may also summon them to a place to be determined, all in coordination with them and with their consent.
(d)The Commissioner may appoint, from among the prison officers of the Israel Prison Service, monitoring officers for the purposes of this Law, who shall carry out the following actions:
(1)monitoring alerts on the control centre screen of the technological supervision unit at the stage of a supervised person entering the warning range or the violation range, and acting in accordance with the provisions of section 3e(b), following an indication received from a technological supervision device;
(2)receiving communications addressed to the technological supervision unit, including receiving distress calls from a family member for whose protection a protection order subject to conditions of technological supervision has been issued;
(3)monitoring indications and communications relating to the technological supervision device, including those relating to malfunctions, and documenting all of these.
(e)For the purpose of carrying out their functions under this Law, the head of the unit, an investigator or a monitoring officer shall undergo appropriate training in the field of the powers vested in them, and shall meet additional qualification conditions, all as the Minister for National Security shall prescribe.

Authorisation of Representatives of an Operating Company and Their Functions§

3d.
(a)The head of the unit may authorise representatives of an operating company in order to engage their assistance in carrying out the functions of the unit under section 3c, as set out below:
(1)in respect of a representative who is a technician – the installation of a technological supervision device, including examining the existence of a feasibility for its installation, examining the proper functioning of the device, its repair and replacement; for the purpose of carrying out that person's function, the technician may enter the place of residence of the supervised person and of the family member for whose protection the protection order subject to conditions of technological supervision has been issued, and may also summon them to a place to be determined for the purpose of installing the technological device at any reasonable time and with prior coordination;
(2)in respect of a representative who is a civilian assistance provider – arriving at the location of the family member for whose protection a protection order subject to conditions of technological supervision has been issued, with the aim of assisting that person to enter a safe place.
(b)No person shall be authorised as a technician or as a civilian assistance provider unless all of the following apply to that person:
(1)that person is an Israeli citizen or resident of Israel;
(2)that person has not been convicted of an offence that, by reason of its nature, gravity or circumstances, that person is not, in the opinion of the head of the unit, fit to serve as a position holder as aforesaid, and no indictment has been filed against that person for such an offence;
(3)that person has undergone appropriate training in the field of the powers vested in that person under this Law as directed by the head of the unit, including in the field of domestic violence and the preservation of privacy and human dignity;
(4)that person is not liable to find themselves, directly or indirectly, in a position of conflict of interest between the performance of that person's function under this section and a personal interest of that person or another function of that person; for this purpose –

"personal interest" – including a personal interest of a relative or an interest of a body in which any of these or a relative of any of these are directors or responsible employees, or an interest of a body in which any of them holds a share in the share capital, a right to receive profits, a right to appoint a director or a voting right;

"relative" – a spouse, parent, grandparent, a parent's spouse, child, brother or sister, or another person dependent on that person, and also a spouse or child of any of them.

(c)The Minister for National Security may prescribe additional requirements to those set out in subsection (b), regarding education, experience or further training, and may prescribe different requirements for different functions.
(d)Upon the authorisation of a technician or a civilian assistance provider, the head of the unit shall bring to their knowledge the duty of confidentiality under section 11b, and they shall sign an undertaking to maintain the confidentiality of information in accordance with that duty.
(e)A technician or a civilian assistance provider shall not deal, within the scope of that person's function, with a matter the handling of which would cause that person to find themselves in a position of conflict of interest, as referred to in subsection (b)(4).
(f)A technician and a civilian assistance provider shall act on behalf of the head of the unit, in accordance with that person's guidelines and instructions and under that person's supervision, and shall not exercise a power that involves the exercise of discretion vested in the head of the unit and that person's staff under the provisions of this Law.
(g)The head of the unit may revoke an authorisation granted to a representative of an operating company, after giving that representative an opportunity to state that person's arguments, if any of the following apply:
(1)the authorisation was granted on the basis of false or erroneous information;
(2)a condition of the conditions for granting the authorisation under subsection (b) or (c) has ceased to be met;
(3)that person has breached an instruction or guideline of the head of the unit under subsection (f);
(4)that person has conducted themselves in a manner unbecoming their function or has been negligent in their function.

Indication from a Technological Supervision Device§

3e.
(a)Where an indication is received from a technological supervision device attesting to a technical malfunction in such a device or to a supervised person entering a warning range, an investigator may, for the purpose of preventing a breach of the protection order subject to conditions of technological supervision –
(1)require the supervised person to provide that person's name and address, and to present to the investigator an identity card or other official document identifying that person;
(2)require the supervised person to provide any information or document that may contain information relating to that person's compliance with or breach of the conditions of the order, including by clarifying with that person that person's whereabouts; in this paragraph, "document" – including a printout as defined in the Computers Law, 5755-1995;
(3)enter the location of the supervised person, who is within the warning range or at the site of the technical malfunction, provided that the investigator shall not enter a place used for residential purposes except with the consent of the occupier.
(b)Where an indication is received from a technological supervision device that a supervised person has entered a warning range, the monitoring officer shall act as set out below, all in accordance with the procedure prescribed under section 3f:
(1)shall notify the supervised person of that person's entry into the warning range and warn that person against breaching the protection order subject to conditions of technological supervision;
(2)shall notify the family member for whose protection a protection order subject to conditions of technological supervision has been issued of the need to enter a safe place, and shall notify a civilian assistance provider to arrive at the location of that family member;
(3)shall update the Israel Police, to the extent required.
(c)Where an indication is received from a technological supervision device that a supervised person has entered the violation range, the monitoring officer shall notify the Israel Police accordingly.

Instructions to Position Holders in the Technological Supervision Unit and to Representatives of an Operating Company§

3f.

The head of the unit shall prescribe in a procedure the manner of operation of position holders in the technological supervision unit and in the operating company and the documentation of their actions, and shall in particular prescribe provisions regarding the manner of establishing contact with a supervised person or with the family member for whose protection a protection order subject to conditions of technological supervision has been issued.

Approval of a Technological Supervision Device§

3g.

The Minister for National Security, on the recommendation of the professional elements in the Ministry for National Security and the Israel Prison Service, shall approve an instrument or application as a technological supervision device, if the harm it causes to the rights of supervised persons does not exceed what is required for the purpose of protecting family members for whose protection a protection order subject to conditions of technological supervision has been issued, and it is of a sufficient level of reliability.

Database§

3h.
(a)The technological supervision unit shall establish and administer a database that shall include information received from technological supervision devices concerning location data attesting to a breach of a protection order subject to conditions of technological supervision or to an entry into a warning range, only.
(b)The database shall be confidential; no information from it shall be transmitted except pursuant to this Law, and it shall not be connected to a computer communications network, except to a computer communications network maintained by the Israel Prison Service.
(c)No access to the database shall be permitted, except to an authorised access holder designated under section 13(c)(2), and subject to the provisions of this section.
(d)No use shall be made of information in the database except for the following purposes, all to an extent not exceeding what is required in the circumstances of the matter:
(1)ensuring the existence of a protection order subject to conditions of technological supervision or proving its breach, or the issuance or extension of a protection order, in proceedings under this Law only;
(2)criminal proceedings against the supervised person for the breach of a protection order subject to conditions of technological supervision or a suspicion of such a breach, for the commission of a domestic violence offence, or another offence against the family member for whose protection the order was issued, while breaching the order, or against a minor for whom that person is responsible, or on suspicion of the commission of any of those offences;
(3)examining the proper functioning of a technological supervision device, maintaining the database, carrying out repairs and adding technological additions and updates;
(4)conducting an analysis of the data stored in the database, provided that no information that could lead to the identification of a person shall be transferred from the database;
(5)a use to which the person to whom the information relates has given consent;
(6)use by the technological supervision unit or the Israel Police, for the purpose of defence in legal proceedings in respect of carrying out their functions pursuant to law.
(e)No use shall be made of information in the database against a family member for whose protection a protection order subject to conditions of technological supervision has been issued.
(f)The information in the database shall be retained for the minimum period required for the purpose of implementing the provisions of this Law regarding protection orders subject to conditions of technological supervision, as the Minister of Justice shall prescribe in Regulations.
(g)Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (c), where access to the database is required for the purpose of maintenance, repairs, adding additions or technological updates, access to the database for that purpose shall also be permitted to professionals approved in advance by the head of the information security branch of the Israel Prison Service or a person acting on that person's behalf.

Information Security§

3i.

The technological supervision device, the information received from it into the database as referred to in section 3h(a), and the communication between the technological supervision device and the database, shall be secured at a high level of security pursuant to the Privacy Protection Law, 5741-1981.

Quota of Technological Supervision Devices§

3j.

The Minister for National Security, with the consent of the Minister of Finance, after consultation with the Minister of Justice and with the approval of the National Security Committee of the Knesset, shall prescribe by Order a maximum number of technological supervision devices that may be directed for use under this Law, which shall be higher than the maximum number prescribed in the previous quota, if such a quota has been prescribed.

Procedure§

4.
(a)The court may issue a protection order ex parte; where an order has been issued ex parte, the hearing in the presence of both parties shall take place as soon as possible and not later than seven days from the date of the issuance of the order.
(b)Where a hearing as referred to in subsection (a) has been scheduled, the court may extend the validity of the order as referred to in section 5, revoke it or make amendments to it, even if the person bound by the order did not appear at the hearing.
(c)Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a), an order as referred to in section 3(3) and a protection order subject to conditions of technological supervision under section 3b shall be issued only in the presence of both parties, unless the respondent has been duly summoned and did not appear at the hearing.
(d)The court shall not reject an application for the issuance of a protection order except after affording the applicant or that person's counsel an opportunity to present arguments orally, unless it considers that exceptional circumstances exist and for reasons to be recorded.

Period of validity§

5.
(a)The validity of a protection order shall not exceed three months; the court may extend the validity of the order from time to time, provided that the total period does not exceed six months; however, for special reasons to be set out in its decision, the court may extend the validity of the order for a total period not exceeding one year, and also, for special reasons as aforesaid, the court may extend the validity of a protection order for a total period not exceeding one additional year.
(a1)Where a protection order has been issued subject to conditions of technological supervision under section 3b(e), without a danger assessment having been brought before the court, the condition of technological supervision shall remain in force for a period not exceeding ten days, and the court may extend the condition for one additional period not exceeding six days; if a danger assessment is received within the said periods and the court considers that the conditions of section 3b(c)(1) are fulfilled, it may order the extension of the order for a period not exceeding three months, and the provisions of subsection (a) shall apply.
(b)The prohibition on carrying and possessing a weapon as referred to in section 2b shall continue to remain in force even after the expiry of the protection order, for as long as it has not been revoked by the court on the application of the person bound by the order, and in respect of a person who belongs to the regular forces or the reserve forces of the Israel Defence Forces, also on the application of a unit commander of the rank of lieutenant colonel and above; the hearing on an application under this subsection shall be held in the presence of both parties; the person bound by the order shall also be summoned to a hearing on the application of a unit commander as aforesaid.
(c)Conditions and arrangements under which the carrying and possession of a weapon have been permitted as referred to in section 2e shall remain in force for as long as they have not been revoked by the court on the application of the person bound by the order, and in respect of a person who belongs to the regular forces or the reserve forces of the Israel Defence Forces, also on the application of a unit commander of the rank of lieutenant colonel and above; the hearing on an application under this subsection shall be held in the presence of both parties as referred to in subsection (b).
(d)Where a hearing has been held on an application to revoke the prohibition or to revoke the conditions and arrangements under subsections (b) or (c), the court shall not hear a repeat application on these matters unless six months have elapsed from the date of the decision in the previous hearing.
(e)
(1)Where the court has granted an application to revoke the prohibition or to revoke the conditions and arrangements under subsections (b) or (c), the weapon shall not be returned to the person bound by the order except upon the presentation of a valid licence obtained under the Firearms Law, if such a licence is required for the purpose of carrying or possessing the weapon;
(2)The revocation by the court of the prohibition on carrying or possessing a weapon under this section shall not derogate from the authority of the licensing official under section 12 of the Firearms Law.

Report§

6.

For the purpose of proceedings under section 4(b) or section 5(b) or (c), the court may order a social worker as defined in section 2(g)(1) or in section 3, as the case may be, to prepare a written report by a date to be determined on any matter connected with the issuance of a protection order, and the provisions of the Welfare Law (Procedure in Matters of Minors, Mentally Ill Persons and Absentees), 5715-1955, shall apply, with the necessary modifications, to its preparation, even if the report was requested in respect of a person not included in that Law.

Danger assessment§

6a.
(a)Without derogating from the powers of the court under this Law, if the court finds that the conditions of section 3b(c)(1) and (2) appear to be fulfilled, or that the circumstances of section 3b(e) are present and no danger assessment in respect of the person against whom the protection order is sought has yet been presented to the court, and the court has sought to examine the possibility of issuing a protection order subject to conditions of technological supervision, the court shall direct that a danger assessor carry out a danger assessment of the person against whom the protection order has been issued or is sought; where the court has so directed, the danger assessor shall submit the danger assessment to the court within ten days of the date of the direction as aforesaid, or at a later date as directed by the court.
(b)A direction under subsection (a) to obtain a danger assessment shall be given subject to there being a vacant quota for the provision of a danger assessment, in accordance with the quota determined under section 6d, if determined.
(c)Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a), where the court has issued a protection order subject to conditions of technological supervision under section 3b(e), a danger assessor shall carry out a danger assessment as referred to in subsection (a) and submit it to the court within ten days of the date on which the order was issued; the court may extend the period for submission of the danger assessment by six additional days.
(d)The court shall clarify to the parties the requirement to appear before the danger assessor in accordance with the time, place and manner to be determined by the danger assessor, and their obligation to co-operate with the danger assessor; if the person against whom the order is sought or has been issued fails to appear as aforesaid, the danger assessor shall notify the court accordingly, and a presumption shall arise that the person poses a high danger to the family member for whose protection the order is sought or has been issued, unless the court is satisfied otherwise in the circumstances of the case.
(e)The court may decide whether to provide the parties with a copy of the findings of the danger assessment, and may decide not to provide them, in whole or in part, to any of the parties, for reasons to be recorded, or to provide them at a later date.
(f)The court may request from the danger assessor who conducted the danger assessment a clarification or supplement to the contents thereof.
(g)A danger assessment submitted to the court shall not be used except for the purposes of this Law, and shall not be admitted as evidence in any other legal proceeding, except in applications for the issuance of a protection order under this Law.
(h)Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (g), a danger assessor may transfer information to a statutory social worker, to a probation officer as defined in the Probation Ordinance [New Version], 5729-1969, and to a recruiting and assessing social worker as defined in section 2a, who shall be entitled to use the information, all for the purpose of carrying out their functions under law, in connection with a specific person or that person's minor children, and to the extent not exceeding what is required.
(i)Where the court has received a danger assessment as referred to in subsection (a), the provisions of section 26(a) of the Evidence Ordinance [New Version], 5731-1971, shall apply.

Appointment of danger assessor, revocation and suspension of appointment§

6b.
(a)For the purpose of conducting danger assessments, the Minister of Welfare and Social Security (in this section – the Minister) shall appoint danger assessors, provided that they shall be State employees whose function is to conduct danger assessments; the Minister shall prescribe by Regulations threshold conditions for the appointment of danger assessors, including arrangements for conflicts of interest and requirements as to the absence of a criminal and disciplinary record; the Minister may also prescribe by Regulations provisions concerning the qualifications and expertise required of a danger assessor, including expertise in the field of domestic violence, education and training, professional experience, continuing education and examinations.
(b)No person shall be appointed as a danger assessor unless that person holds training and skills in assessment and treatment in the field of domestic violence, all as prescribed by the Minister by Regulations.
(c)The Minister may revoke the appointment of a danger assessor if a condition of the conditions for appointment has ceased to be fulfilled in respect of that person, including if the danger assessor has been convicted of a criminal offence or a disciplinary offence, or if there are other circumstances by reason of which that person is not fit to be a danger assessor.
(d)The Minister may suspend the appointment of a danger assessor if criminal or disciplinary proceedings are pending against the danger assessor and the Minister has found that in the circumstances of the case that person is not fit to serve as a danger assessor.
(e)A decision of the Minister concerning revocation or suspension under this section shall not be given unless the danger assessor has been given an opportunity to state that person's arguments.

Power of danger assessor to receive information§

6c.

Notwithstanding the provisions of any law and subject to the provisions under this section, for the purpose of conducting a danger assessment as referred to in section 6a, a danger assessor may receive information as detailed below, if the information is in connection with the family member against whom the protection order has been issued or is sought, and a person in possession of such information is obliged to provide it as soon as possible upon the demand of the danger assessor:

(1)information as referred to in the Criminal Information and Rehabilitation of Offenders Law, 5779-2019;
(2)indictments, verdicts, sentencing decisions and transcripts in proceedings against the person against whom the protection order has been issued or is sought in respect of domestic violence offences, as well as documents required for the danger assessment and relating to proceedings before a parole board as defined in the Conditional Release from Imprisonment Law, 5761-2001, or a sentence review committee as defined in Chapter II of the Military Justice Law, 5715-1955;
(3)protection orders, and anti-stalking orders issued under the Prevention of Stalking Law, 5762-2001, that have been issued in respect of the person against whom the protection order has been issued or is sought, and information on violations thereof, including information on violations of a protection order subject to conditions of technological supervision;
(4)social reports prepared under any law, including a report from a statutory social worker and any information on other social matters, probation service reports, except for reports concerning the condition of a victim of an offence as referred to in section 187 of the Criminal Procedure Law [Consolidated Version], 5742-1982;
(5)prior danger assessments conducted in respect of the person against whom the protection order has been issued or is sought, including the assessment of that person's dangerousness conducted during that person's imprisonment, and a danger assessment under the Protection of the Public from the Commission of Sex Offences Law, 5766-2006;
(6)medical information as defined in the Patients' Rights Law, 5756-1996, required for the danger assessment.

Quota of danger assessments§

6d.

The Minister of Welfare and Social Security, with the consent of the Minister of Finance, in consultation with the Minister of Justice and with the approval of the National Security Committee of the Knesset, may prescribe by Order a quota of the maximum number of danger assessments that may be transmitted to the court in any year, provided that it shall not be less than the quota prescribed in the preceding year, and may also prescribe in the said manner a quota from within the said quota, for a specific period, of danger assessments for the purpose of a decision concerning a protection order subject to conditions of technological supervision.

Breach of order§

7.
(a)(Repealed)
(b)Where a complaint has been filed with the police concerning a breach of a protection order that includes a prohibition under section 2(a)(1) or (4), or where an alert has been received from a technological supervision device concerning a breach of a protection order subject to conditions of technological supervision in accordance with a report transmitted by the technological supervision unit to the Israel Police, a police officer may arrest the person in breach; a decision not to arrest the person in breach shall be given by the commanding officer, in writing with reasons, and in that officer's absence – by that officer's substitute; for this purpose, "the commanding officer" – the officer in command of investigations at the police station.
(c)It shall not be a good defence for a person who has breached a protection order that the family members did not insist on its observance or on the activation of the provisions of the Law in respect of the breach.
(d)Where a protection order subject to conditions of technological supervision has been breached, the technological supervision unit shall submit a report thereon to the court and shall attach documentation attesting to the breach; where the court has received a report on a breach of a protection order as aforesaid and the protection order is still in force, the court may request the response of the parties or set a hearing in order to examine the protection order, its conditions and the need for its extension.
(e)Where a court decision has been given for the detention of the supervised person, the technological supervision unit shall notify the court of the detention of the supervised person and of the removal of the technological supervision device for the period of that person's lawful custody; upon release from lawful custody, and if the protection order subject to conditions of technological supervision is still in force, the technological supervision unit shall install the technological device on the body of the person bound by the order.

Law of evidence§

8.
(a)In proceedings under this Law, the provisions of sections 3 and 4 of the Evidence Ordinance [New Version], 5731-1971, shall not apply.
(b)The provisions of section 8 of the Family Court Law, 5755-1995, shall apply to a Magistrate's Court hearing a suit under this Law.

Methods of service§

9.

Court documents and orders under this Law shall be served by a court clerk, or by a person authorised in writing by the court or the Administrator of Courts; however, a family member of a party to the proceedings or any person acting on that party's behalf shall not be so authorised, except for that party's lawyer if the lawyer has consented thereto.

Jurisdiction§

10.

In proceedings under this Law, a court shall not refrain from hearing or granting relief in a matter solely on the ground that the matter is being heard in other proceedings, that a plea of lack of territorial jurisdiction has been raised, or that a person has waived that person's right under law.

Costs and compensation for vexatious application§

11.

Where the court has dismissed an application for the issuance of a protection order and has determined that it is vexatious, the court may impose on the person who applied for the protection order any or all of the following:

(1)costs in favour of the State and the aggrieved party, at such rate as it sees fit;
(2)appropriate compensation to the person harmed by the submission of the application.

Duty of notification§

11a.
(a)In this section –

"social services department" – as defined in the Welfare Services Law, 5718-1958;

"offence" – an offence under sections 329, 333 to 335, 345 to 348, 377, 380 and 382(c) of the Penal Law, 5737-1977.

(b)A physician, nurse, education worker, social worker, police officer, psychologist, clinical criminologist, person practising a paramedical profession, lawyer, clergyman or rabbinical pleader, who, by reason of treatment or advice given to a person in the framework of that person's practice of a profession or function, had reasonable grounds to believe that an offence was recently committed against that person (in this section – the patient) by that person's spouse or by a person who was formerly that person's spouse, shall notify the patient that the patient may apply to a police station, to a social services department or to a centre for the treatment and prevention of domestic violence on behalf of the social services department, and shall provide the patient with the address and telephone number of the aforesaid places nearest to the patient's place of residence.
(c)The responsible Minister, in consultation with the Minister of Justice and with the approval of the Committee for the Advancement of the Status of Women of the Knesset, shall prescribe provisions for the implementation of subsection (b) and for the documentation of acts performed for its implementation; in this subsection, "the responsible Minister" –
(1)in respect of physicians, nurses, psychologists, social workers in the health system, clinical criminologists and persons practising paramedical professions – the Minister of Health;
(2)in respect of education workers – the Minister of Education;
(3)in respect of social workers, except for social workers in the health system – the Minister of Labour and Welfare;
(4)in respect of police officers – the Minister for Internal Security;
(5)in respect of clergymen and rabbinical pleaders – the Minister for Religious Affairs.
(d)The National Council of the Bar Association, with the approval of the Minister of Justice and the Committee for the Advancement of the Status of Women of the Knesset, shall make rules for the implementation of subsection (b) and for the documentation of acts performed for its implementation in respect of lawyers.

Duty of confidentiality§

11b.

A person who has received information under the provisions of this Law in the course of carrying out that person's function or in the course of that person's work shall keep it confidential, shall not disclose it to another and shall not make any use thereof, except in accordance with the provisions of this Law or pursuant to a court order; a person who contravenes the provisions of this section is liable to three years' imprisonment.

Savings provisions§

12.

The provisions of this Law are in addition to the provisions of any law and shall not derogate therefrom.

Implementation and regulations§

13.
(a)The Minister of Justice is responsible for the implementation of this Law and may make Regulations concerning anything relating to its implementation.
(b)The Minister for Religious Affairs, with the consent of the Minister of Justice, shall make Regulations, as have been made under subsection (a), for every religious court, with the necessary adaptations.
(c)Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) –
(1)the Minister for National Security is responsible for the implementation of sections 3c to 3g and 3i, and may, with the consent of the Minister of Justice, make Regulations for the implementation of sections 3c to 3g;
(2)the Minister of Justice, with the consent of the Minister for National Security and with the approval of the National Security Committee of the Knesset, may make Regulations under section 3h, including in respect of the manner of storing and safeguarding information in the database, the manner of oversight of operations performed therein, persons authorised to access the information contained in the database where access to the database is required for the fulfilment of their functions, and the restrictions to apply to them having regard to the sensitivity and scope of the information;
(3)the Minister of Welfare and Social Security is responsible for the implementation of sections 6a to 6d, and may, with the consent of the Minister of Justice, make Regulations for their implementation.

Amendment of the Youth (Care and Supervision) Law§

14.

In the Youth (Care and Supervision) Law, 5720-1960, after section 3 the following shall be inserted:

"Protection order

3a. A court hearing the matter of a minor may, if it sees fit, issue a protection order under the Law for the Prevention of Domestic Violence, 5751-1991".

Amendment of the Criminal Procedure Law§

15.

In the Criminal Procedure Law [Consolidated Version], 5742-1982, in section 44, at the end thereof, the following shall be inserted: "the court may also issue a protection order as referred to in the Law for the Prevention of Domestic Violence, 5751-1991".

Commencement§

16.

This Law shall commence ninety days from the date of its publication.

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חוק למניעת אלימות במשפחה, תשנ"א-1991

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