Local Authorities (Elections Financing) Law, 5753-1993
חוק הרשויות המקומיות (מימון בחירות), תשנ"ג-1993
Published: 1993-07-30Consolidated Hebrew text as of 2025-10-03 · Last amended 2026-03-31✓ Amendment status checked against the Knesset legislation record on 2026-09-28
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Definitions§
1.
In this Law –
"Elections Law" – the Local Authorities (Elections) Law, 5725-1965;
"Direct Election Law" – the Local Authorities (Election of Head of Authority and His Deputies and Their Tenure) Law, 5735-1975;
"Regional Councils Law" – the Regional Councils (Election of Head of Council) Law, 5748-1988;
"Regional Councils Order" – the Local Councils (Regional Councils) Order, 5718-1958;
"the Elections" – the elections held pursuant to the Elections Law and pursuant to the Direct Election Law for every council of a local authority and for the head of authority, including new elections, repeat elections and special elections for the head of authority, and also elections for the head of a regional council including repeat elections and special elections for the head of a regional council, pursuant to the Regional Councils Law;
"candidate for head of regional council" – a candidate for head of a regional council pursuant to the Regional Councils Law, including a candidate in special elections for head of a regional council;
"faction" – a faction in the council of the local authority in which elections are to be held and which has been approved as a faction as stated in section 25(a) of the Elections Law;
"parent faction" – any of the following:
(1)a faction of the Knesset;
(2)a party;
"party" – a party as defined in section 1 of the Elections Law;
"daughter faction" – a faction that has submitted, within 14 days after the determining date, a written notice to the Minister of the Interior stating that it is a daughter faction in the council of a local authority and identifying its parent faction; that notice shall bear the confirmation of the representative of the parent faction in the Knesset; a parent faction may have more than one daughter faction;
"list" – a list of candidates in elections to a municipal council or to a local council, excluding a regional council, which is not a faction;
"daughter list" – a list submitted on behalf of a parent faction in a local authority;
"election period" – the period from the determining date until election day, and in the case of a faction or list whose candidate participates in repeat elections, or a candidate for head of a regional council participating in repeat elections, or a candidate in special elections for head of authority – until the day of the repeat elections; for the purposes of new elections, the election period shall also include the period from the day on which the judgment ordering the holding of new elections became final until the day of the new elections;
"repeat elections" – elections pursuant to sections 9(b) and 9a(a) of the Direct Election Law, or pursuant to section 210 of the Regional Councils Order;
"new elections" – elections pursuant to section 73 of the Elections Law, including as applied by section 7(b) of the Direct Election Law;
"candidate in new elections" – (Lapsed);
"special elections for head of authority" – elections for head of a local authority pursuant to section 24a of the Direct Election Law;
"special elections for head of regional council" – elections for head of a regional council pursuant to section 6f of the Regional Councils Law;
"expenditure" – expenditure of a faction or list – including a parent faction – for the organisation of its activities, for campaigning and public relations or for maintaining organisational and ideological contact with the public, including obligations in respect of such expenditure;
"election expenditure" – the special expenditure of a faction or list – including a parent faction of a candidate for head of a regional council and of a candidate in special elections for head of authority – incurred in the election campaign, during the election period or for the benefit of the elections, including obligations in respect of such expenditure;
"current expenditure" – expenditure of a faction and of a list that has won a mandate, excluding election expenditure;
"the determining date" – any of the following:
(1)in elections pursuant to the Elections Law or pursuant to the Direct Election Law – the sixty-sixth day before election day, and in a local authority in which no elected council is in office – the day on which the Minister appointed an elections committee pursuant to section 26 of the Elections Law; however, in special elections for head of authority the determining date shall be the day on which the cause for holding those elections arose;
(2)in elections pursuant to the Regional Councils Law – the seventieth day before election day; however, in special elections for head of a regional council the determining date shall be the day on which the cause for holding those elections arose;
"the Minister" – the Minister of the Interior;
"index" – the consumer price index published from time to time by the Central Bureau of Statistics.
Financing of election expenditure§
2.
Every faction, every list, every candidate for head of a regional council and every candidate in special elections for head of authority is entitled to financing of their election expenditure from the State Treasury, in accordance with the provisions of this Law.
The unit of calculation§
3.
The unit of calculation shall be NIS 56 per person entitled to vote.
Update of the unit of calculation§
4.
(a)In this section –
"the basic index" – the index most recently published before the 3rd of Tevet 5777 (1 January 2017), and if the public committee referred to in section 4a decided to increase the amount of the unit of calculation pursuant to that section – the index most recently published before the day on which that decision was made;
"the new index" – the index most recently published before the determining date.
(b)If the new index has risen compared with the basic index, the unit of calculation shall be updated in accordance with the rate of change in the index.
(c)The unit of calculation as updated pursuant to subsection (b) shall be rounded to the nearest whole New Israeli Shekel.
Increase of the unit of calculation§
4a.
The public committee referred to in section 1a of the Parties Financing Law, 5733-1973 (hereinafter – the public committee) is authorised to increase the amount of the unit of calculation; without derogating from the generality of the authority vested in it as aforesaid, in advance of the date of holding general elections as referred to in section 4 of the Elections Law and no later than one year before that date, the public committee shall examine and decide whether to increase the amount of the unit of calculation and by how much; if the public committee decided to increase the amount of the unit of calculation pursuant to this section, a notice shall be published in Reshumot (Official Gazette) of the increased amount of the unit of calculation.
The total financing§
5.
In elections for all local authorities, the total financing shall be the product of the unit of calculation multiplied by the number of persons entitled to vote in all the local authorities in which the elections are to be held.
The financing amount in a local authority§
6.
(a)The election financing amount shall be calculated separately for each local authority and shall be the product of the unit of calculation multiplied by the number of persons entitled to vote in that local authority.
(b)For a local authority in which the number of persons entitled to vote does not exceed 2,000, an additional amount shall be added to the financing amount in respect of it as follows:
(1)if the number of persons entitled to vote in it is up to 1,000, the additional amount shall be 50% of the financing amount referred to in subsection (a);
(2)if the number of persons entitled to vote in it is from 1,001 to 2,000, the additional amount shall be 20% of the financing amount referred to in subsection (a).
(b1)For a local authority in which new elections to the council are held, an additional amount shall be added to the financing amount in respect of it as follows:
(1)if the new elections were held within one year of the day of the elections following which the decision to hold new elections was made (in this section – the first elections), the additional amount shall be 65% of the new financing amount; if the new elections were held in a specific polling zone only, the additional amount shall be 65% of the new financing amount had the first elections been held in that same polling zone; in this section, "new financing amount" – the product of the unit of calculation as at the day on which the Minister set the date of the new elections, multiplied by the number of persons entitled to vote in that local authority in the first elections;
(2)if the new elections were held more than one year after the day of the first elections, the additional amount shall be the new financing amount; if the new elections were held in a specific polling zone only, the additional amount shall be the new financing amount had the first elections been held in that same polling zone.
(b2)For a local authority in which new elections are held for the head of authority only, the financing amount in respect of it shall be as follows:
(1)if the new elections were held within one year of the day of the first elections, the financing amount shall be 65% of the new financing amount; if the new elections were held in a specific polling zone only, the financing amount shall be 65% of the new financing amount had the first elections been held in that same polling zone;
(2)if the new elections were held more than one year after the day of the first elections, the financing amount shall be the new financing amount; if the new elections were held in a specific polling zone only, the financing amount shall be the new financing amount had the first elections been held in that same polling zone.
(c)For the purposes of sections 3, 5 and this section, the number of persons entitled to vote in a local authority is the number of voters included in the electoral register of that local authority.
The financing amount for a faction, a list, a candidate in special elections and a candidate for head of regional council§
7.
(a)The financing amount that every faction or list in a particular local authority is entitled to receive shall be one of the financing amounts as set out in paragraphs (1) to (3) below, and if it was entitled to financing as aforesaid and a candidate on its behalf is a candidate for head of authority in elections pursuant to section 3 of the Direct Election Law, it shall also be entitled to receive a financing amount that is one of the financing amounts as set out in paragraphs (4) to (6) below:
(1)a faction or list that won at least one mandate – the financing amount pursuant to section 6 divided by the number of council members elected in that authority, multiplied by the number of representatives of the faction or list who were elected;
(2)a faction or list that did not win a single mandate but won more than 50% of the measure referred to in section 67(3) of the Elections Law – 60% of the quotient obtained by dividing the financing amount pursuant to section 6 by the number of council members elected in that authority;
(3)a faction or list of which at least one third of the council members who were elected and are serving on its behalf at the end of seven months from election day are women – 115% of the financing amount referred to in paragraph (1);
(4)the candidate for head of authority was elected – 9.5% of the financing amount pursuant to section 6, but if the elected candidate received more than 60% of the valid votes – one sixth of the amount whose ratio to the financing amount pursuant to section 6 is the ratio between the number of valid votes received by him and the total number of valid votes cast for candidates for head of authority, but not more than the amount to which he would have been entitled had the candidate received 80% of the valid votes;
(5)the candidate won no less than 25% of the valid votes of the voters – one sixth of the amount whose ratio to the financing amount pursuant to section 6 is the ratio between the number of valid votes received by the candidate and the total number of valid votes cast for candidates for head of authority;
(6)sole candidate – 9.5% of the financing amount pursuant to section 6.
(a1)The financing amount that every candidate for head of a regional council is entitled to receive shall be one of the following:
(1)the candidate was elected as head of the regional council – 60% of the financing amount pursuant to section 6, but if the elected candidate received more than 60% of the valid votes – an amount whose ratio to the financing amount pursuant to section 6 is the ratio between the number of valid votes received by him and the total number of valid votes cast for candidates for head of the regional council;
(2)the candidate won no less than 20% of the valid votes of the voters – an amount whose ratio to the financing amount pursuant to section 6 is the ratio between the number of valid votes received by the candidate and the total number of valid votes cast for candidates for head of the regional council;
(3)sole candidate – 60% of the financing amount pursuant to section 6.
(a2)The financing amount that every candidate in special elections for head of authority or in new elections for head of authority only is entitled to receive is as stated in subsection (a1), with the necessary modifications.
(b)The financing amount due to a faction, a list, a candidate for head of a regional council or a candidate in special elections for head of authority pursuant to subsection (a), (a1) or (a2), as the case may be, shall be paid to them as follows:
(1)an amount equivalent to 85% of the amount due pursuant to subsection (a), excluding (a)(3), (a1) or (a2), as the case may be, less the advance payment made pursuant to section 10, shall be paid within 20 days of the day of publication of the election results as referred to in section 71 of the Elections Law or in section 218 of the Regional Councils Order; however, if an appeal was lodged against the election results pursuant to section 72 of the Elections Law or pursuant to section 222 of the Regional Councils Order, the said amount shall be paid within 20 days of the day of the giving of the final judgment in the elections appeal, provided that the court did not order the holding of new elections;
(1a)notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (1), if an appeal was lodged against a judgment in an elections appeal as referred to in that paragraph, the appellate court may, at the request of a faction, list or candidate, as the case may be, order that the amount referred to in that paragraph, in whole or in part, be paid before the judgment becomes final;
(2)subject to the provisions of section 23(c) to (e), an amount equivalent to the remaining 15% shall be paid immediately after the State Comptroller has submitted a favourable report pursuant to section 23(a);
(3)if a faction or list has met the eligibility conditions pursuant to subsection (a)(3), the difference between 85% of the amount to which it is entitled pursuant to subsection (a)(3) and the amount paid to it pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be paid to it at the time referred to in paragraph (2).
(c)If the election expenditure of a faction, a list, a candidate for head of a regional council or a candidate in special elections for head of authority or in new elections for head of authority only is lower than the amounts due to them pursuant to this Law, the balance shall be returned to the State Treasury.
(d)If new elections are held, the results of the elections shall be regarded for the purposes of this Law as the results of the new elections only.
Joint list of candidates§
8.
(a)If a single list of candidates was submitted pursuant to section 35(g) of the Elections Law by two or more of the bodies listed in that section (in this Law – a joint list), the representatives of the factions or parties concerned (in this section and in sections 8a and 8b – the factions) shall notify the Minister in a joint letter, at the time of submission of the list, of the identity of the factions comprising the joint list and of the ratio of division between them according to which the provisions of this Law shall apply in respect of those factions as set out in section 8a (hereinafter – the ratio of division), with respect to every matter set out in that section; it shall not be possible to alter the ratio of division after the said notice.
(b)With respect to the ratio of division, the difference in percentages between the rate of a particular faction's share in the financing amount and the rate of its share in the permitted election expenditure amount shall not exceed 40.
(c)If the factions comprising the joint list did not notify the Minister of a ratio of division as referred to in subsection (a), or notified a ratio of division that does not accord with the provisions of subsection (b), the ratio of division for every matter as set out in section 8a shall be in equal proportion for each of the factions.
Application of the provisions of the Law to a joint list§
8a.
Where a joint list has been submitted, the provisions of this Law shall apply in respect of each of the factions comprising the list separately, in accordance with the arrangements applicable to it, with the following modifications:
(1)the financing amount that the joint list is entitled to receive pursuant to section 7 or 9, as the case may be, shall be divided among the factions according to the ratio of division with respect to that matter;
(2)the permitted election expenditure amount for the joint list pursuant to section 15 shall be calculated in respect of each faction according to the ratio of division with respect to that matter, and each of the factions shall not incur expenditure exceeding the amount equal to its share in the permitted expenditure amount; the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply if all the factions comprising the joint list are parent factions, and the provisions of section 26(g) shall apply;
(3)entitlement to an advance payment pursuant to section 10 shall be calculated separately in respect of each of the factions as follows:
(a)in respect of a faction that is not a parent faction – an amount equal to its share for that matter according to the ratio of division out of the advance payment due to the joint list pursuant to section 10(a);
(b)in respect of a faction that is a parent faction – according to its election pursuant to section 10(c); if the faction elected to receive an advance payment pursuant to section 10(c)(1), the advance payment shall be an amount equal to its share for that matter according to the ratio of division out of the advance payment due to the joint list pursuant to section 10(a) or (b), as the case may be;
(4)the deduction of the advance payment amount from the payment due pursuant to section 7 or 9, and if the payment is less than the advance payment amount – the collection of the shortfall, shall be carried out in respect of each of the factions separately, in accordance with the arrangements applicable to it;
(5)the accounts and financial report referred to in section 22(a) shall be submitted separately by each of the factions and shall relate to its income and expenditure both in the period before the submission of the joint list and in the period after its submission;
(6)if the State Comptroller considers that an expenditure relating to a joint list cannot be attributed to any of the factions comprising it, there shall be attributed to each of the factions in the report that he is required to submit pursuant to section 23 an amount equal to its share in the permitted expenditure amount according to the ratio of division, unless the factions notified the Minister in a letter as referred to in section 8(a) of a different ratio of division with respect to that matter.
Prohibition on transfer of funds§
8b.
Factions comprising a joint list shall not transfer funds to one another in any manner whatsoever, except by way of granting a loan or guarantee whose validity shall not extend beyond two months after the elections; the funds of a loan that was granted or a guarantee that was called upon shall be returned in full to the faction that provided them no later than the end of two months after the elections; if the loan funds or the called-upon guarantee were not returned by that date, they shall be regarded as prohibited expenditure in respect of the faction that provided the loan or guarantee, and as receipt of a prohibited donation in respect of the faction to which they were provided.
Financing of repeat elections§
9.
(a)If repeat elections were held pursuant to section 9(b) of the Direct Election Law, an additional amount shall be paid to each of the factions or lists whose candidate participates in those elections, in the amount of 120% of the amount due in respect of one elected council member.
(b)If repeat elections were held as referred to in section 9a(a) of the Direct Election Law, an additional amount shall be paid to the faction or list whose candidate participates in those elections, in the amount of half of the amount due in respect of one elected council member.
(b1)The financing amount that a candidate for head of a regional council in repeat elections is entitled to receive is a percentage of the financing amount for repeat elections for head of a regional council equal to the percentage of valid votes received by the candidate out of all the valid votes cast in the repeat elections as aforesaid; however, a sole candidate in repeat elections shall be entitled to receive 60% of the financing amount for repeat elections for head of a regional council; for this purpose, "financing amount for repeat elections for head of a regional council" – half of the financing amount pursuant to section 6.
(b2)The financing amount that a candidate in special elections for head of authority is entitled to receive in repeat elections is as stated in subsection (b1), with the necessary modifications.
(c)Immediately after the publication of the results of the repeat elections, an amount equivalent to 85% of the amount due pursuant to subsections (a) to (b2) shall be paid to the faction, list, candidate for head of a regional council or candidate in special elections for head of authority.
(d)Subject to section 23(c) to (e), an amount equivalent to the remaining 15% shall be paid immediately after the State Comptroller has submitted a favourable report pursuant to section 23(a).
Advances§
10.
(a)A faction is entitled to receive from the State Treasury, within seven days after it has given the Minister notice as stated in section 11(a), an advance for election financing in the amount of 60% of the financing sum that would have been due to it under section 7(a)(1) had it won a number of mandates equal to the number of its members in the outgoing council on the determining date, and in the case of new elections – an advance in the amount of 80% of that sum.
(b)A list is entitled to receive an advance at the rate stated in subsection (a), as though it were a faction holding one mandate in the outgoing council.
(c)A parent faction is entitled to receive from the State Treasury an advance that is one of the following, at its election:
(1)an advance as stated in subsections (a) and (b); or
(2)a sum in the amount of 60% of the sum whose ratio to the total financing sum, as stated in section 5, is equal to the ratio between the number of members of the parent faction on the determining date and the total number of members of the Knesset, and in the case of new elections – a sum in the amount of 80% of that sum;
and it may choose one alternative first and thereafter the other alternative, according to the higher sum.
(d)The Speaker of the Knesset shall notify the Minister of the factional composition of the Knesset and of the number of Knesset members of each party, on the determining date.
(e)A candidate for head of a regional council or a candidate in special elections for head of authority, as the case may be, is entitled to receive from the State Treasury, within 7 days after giving the Minister notice as stated in section 12a, an advance for election financing at the rate of 10% of the financing sum fixed in section 6.
Conditions for Payment to a Faction§
11.
(a)A precondition for the payment of sums pursuant to sections 7, 9 and 10 is that within the period from the seventh day after the determining date until the fifth day before election day, the faction has given the Minister –
(1)notice of the number of its members as at the determining date, their names and the names of the faction's representative and his alternate as appointed pursuant to section 25(a) of the Elections Law; the notice shall be signed by the faction's representative or his alternate and a copy thereof shall also be sent to the head of the local authority;
(2)notice of the names of not fewer than two and not more than eight representatives who shall be authorised to act on behalf of the faction for the purposes of this Law (hereinafter – the representatives); that notice shall be accompanied by the consent of the representatives; at least one of the representatives shall be a member of the faction, and at least one of them shall be declared by the faction and by himself to be conversant with the financial affairs of the faction; the notice shall also state the particulars that the Minister shall prescribe;
(3)the name, address and additional particulars to be prescribed by the Minister, of the auditor appointed pursuant to section 17, and the auditor's letter of consent to serve in that capacity;
(4)a declaration signed by all of its representatives that the faction has done everything necessary to ensure proper management of the account of its income and expenditure during the election period, in accordance with the State Comptroller's guidelines in that regard;
(5)the number of its bank account or accounts.
(b)A faction may at any time replace its representatives or add to their number, provided that it has notified the Minister accordingly and the provisions of subsection (a)(2) have been fulfilled; a faction may at any time replace its bank accounts or add to them, provided that it has notified the Minister accordingly; a copy of the notices referred to in this subsection shall be given by the faction to the State Comptroller.
(c)For the purposes of this Law the Minister shall determine, in accordance with the data in his possession, the number of members in each faction, whether the faction is a daughter faction and who its parent faction is; for the purposes of the number of members, no change that occurred after the determining date shall be taken into account.
(d)Where a parent faction has more than one daughter faction in a particular local authority, the parent faction may notify the Minister that the two daughter factions are to be regarded as a single daughter faction for the purposes of this Law (hereinafter – a merged daughter faction); the parent faction shall fulfil in relation to the merged daughter faction all of the requirements set out in section 26.
Conditions for Payment to a List§
12.
(a)No sums shall be paid to a list pursuant to sections 7, 9 and 10(b) unless the following preconditions have been fulfilled:
(1)within the period from the seventh day after the determining date until the fifth day before election day, the list has given the Minister notice as stated in section 11(a)(2), (3), (4) and (5), with the necessary modifications;
(2)the notice referred to in paragraph (1) shall be given by the person designated or to be designated as the representative of the list or his alternate pursuant to section 38 of the Elections Law.
(b)The provisions of section 11(b) shall apply to a list with the necessary modifications; the notice shall be given by the person referred to in subsection (a)(2).
Conditions for Payment to a Candidate for Head of a Regional Council§
12a.
(a)No sums shall be paid to a candidate for head of a regional council or to a candidate in special elections for head of authority pursuant to sections 7, 9 and 10, unless the candidate has given the Minister, within the period from the seventh day after the determining date until the fifth day before election day –
(1)notice of the names of not fewer than two and not more than eight representatives who shall be authorised to act on his behalf for the purposes of this Law; at least one of the representatives shall be declared by the candidate and by that representative himself to be conversant with the financial affairs of the candidate; the notice shall also state additional particulars to be prescribed by the Minister; the notice shall be accompanied by the consent of the representatives;
(2)the name, address and additional particulars to be prescribed by the Minister, of the auditor appointed pursuant to section 17, and the auditor's letter of consent to serve in that capacity;
(3)a declaration signed by all the representatives referred to in paragraph (1) that the candidate has done everything necessary to ensure proper management of the account of his income and expenditure in connection with the elections, during the election period, in accordance with the State Comptroller's guidelines in that regard; the representatives shall also declare that the bank accounts referred to in paragraph (4), in subsection (b) and in section 21(a) have been designated for the financing of the candidate's election campaign under this Law;
(4)the number of his bank account or accounts.
(b)A candidate for head of a regional council or a candidate in special elections for head of authority may at any time replace his representatives or add to their number, provided that he has notified the Minister accordingly and the provisions of subsection (a)(1) have been fulfilled; the candidate may also at any time replace his bank accounts or add to them, provided that he has notified the Minister accordingly; a copy of the notices referred to in this subsection shall be given by the candidate to the State Comptroller.
Extension of Time Limits§
12b.
(a)Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 11, 12 and 12a, the Minister may, for special reasons that shall be recorded, extend the time limit referred to in those sections for giving notice, for a faction, a list, a candidate for head of a regional council or a candidate in special elections for head of authority, upon their request, to a date no later than 21 days after election day.
(b)Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 7 or 9, where the Minister has extended a time limit as stated in subsection (a), the faction, list or candidate in respect of whom the time limit was extended, as the case may be, shall be entitled to a financing sum equal to 90% of the financing sum to which they would have been entitled had they submitted their notice within the time limit (in this section – a reduced financing sum), and the reduced financing sum shall be regarded as the financing sum for the purposes of the manner and timing of payment under this Law.
(c)The Minister may, upon a request as stated in subsection (a) by a faction, list or candidate, increase the reduced financing sum, for special reasons that shall be recorded, provided that it does not exceed the financing sum to which they would have been entitled had they submitted the notice within the time limit.
Bank Guarantee§
13.
(a)An advance to a faction, a list, a candidate for head of a regional council or a candidate in special elections for head of authority shall be paid if they have given the Minister a bank guarantee letter valid until the end of 11 months after the elections, in which the bank undertakes to pay to the State Treasury the amount of the guarantee, in whole or in part, upon the demand of the Minister.
(b)The amount of the guarantee shall be equal to the amount of the advance that the faction, the list, the candidate for head of a regional council or the candidate in special elections for head of authority is entitled to receive under section 10, plus 10%; if the amount of the guarantee is less than the said amount, the amount of the advance shall be reduced accordingly.
Repayment of the Advance§
14.
(a)The amount of the advance received by a faction, a list, a candidate for head of a regional council or a candidate in special elections for head of authority shall be deducted from the payment due to them under section 7(b)(1), and if that payment is less than the amount of the advance, the Minister shall collect the shortfall from the bank that issued the bank guarantee letter pursuant to section 13(a) (in this Law – the guarantor bank), and shall do likewise if the faction or list did not win more than 50% of the threshold as stated in section 67(3) of the Elections Law.
(b)Where a faction or list has not submitted a valid list of candidates within the prescribed time, the Minister shall collect from the guarantor bank the amount of the advance plus 10% immediately after the final deadline for the submission of the list.
(c)Where a list has not obtained 50% of the threshold for receiving a mandate, pursuant to section 67(3) of the Elections Law, the Minister shall collect from the guarantor bank the amount of the advance plus 10%.
(d)Where a candidate for head of a regional council or a candidate in special elections for head of authority has not submitted his candidacy in a valid manner and within the prescribed time, the Minister shall collect from the guarantor bank the amount of the advance received by that candidate plus 10% immediately after the final deadline for the submission of candidacy.
(e)Where a candidate for head of a regional council or a candidate in special elections for head of authority has not received at least 20% of the valid votes of the voters cast in the elections for head of council or head of authority, the Minister shall collect from the guarantor bank the amount of the advance received by the candidate plus 10%.
(f)(Lapsed).
Limitation of Expenditure§
15.
(a)A faction or list shall not incur election expenditure exceeding the greater of the following:
(1)a sum exceeding 200% of the financing sum that would have been due to it under section 7(a) had the faction won a number of mandates equal to the number of its members in the outgoing council on the determining date;
(2)a sum exceeding 200% of the financing sum due to the faction or list under section 7(a);
(3)a sum exceeding 150% of the financing sum that would have been due to it under section 7(a) had the faction or list won three mandates in the elections.
(b)A faction or list whose candidate participates in repeat elections on their behalf may incur expenditure in those elections not exceeding one-third of the financing sum referred to in section 6 in respect of the local authority in which the candidate participates in the repeat elections.
(c)A candidate for head of a regional council or a candidate in special elections for head of authority shall not incur election expenditure exceeding 200% of the financing sum due to him under section 7(a1) or (a2), as the case may be; in repeat elections such a candidate shall not incur expenditure exceeding one-third of the financing sum referred to in section 6 in respect of the regional council in which he is a candidate.
(d)For the purposes of this section, it is immaterial whether the expenditure was incurred by a faction, a list, a candidate for head of a regional council or a candidate in special elections for head of authority, or by any other person acting on their behalf and in connection with them.
Limitation of Income§
16.
(a)A faction, a list, a candidate for head of a regional council or a candidate in special elections for head of authority shall not receive, directly or indirectly, any donation from a corporation, whether in Israel or abroad.
(a1)(Repealed).
(b)A faction, a list, a candidate for head of a regional council or a candidate in special elections for head of authority shall not receive, between one election and the next, directly or indirectly –
(1)any donation that is not from a corporation as stated in subsection (a), in an amount or amounts exceeding NIS 5,000, from a person and his household dependants;
(2)any donation from a person who is not registered in the population register maintained pursuant to the Population Registry Law, 5725-1965;
(3)any donation given anonymously; for this purpose, a donation given by a person whose identity and address were not verified and authenticated by the recipient of the donation or on its behalf shall be treated as a donation given anonymously.
(b1)A faction, a list, a candidate for head of a regional council or a candidate in special elections for head of authority shall publish the names of donors to them and the amounts of the donations, as directed by the State Comptroller.
(b2)For the purposes of this section, it is immaterial whether the donation was given to the faction, the list, the candidate for head of a regional council or the candidate in special elections for head of authority, or to any other person acting on their behalf and in connection with them.
(b3)(Lapsed).
(c)The provisions of the Party Financing Law, 5733-1973, shall apply to the limitation of income of a parent faction.
(d)A person who contravenes the provisions of subsections (a) to (b1) or section 8b, in respect of the receipt of a prohibited donation, shall be liable to a fine at the rate stated in section 61(a)(3) of the Penal Law, 5737-1977 (hereinafter – the Penal Law), or a fine as stated in section 63 of the Penal Law, whichever is the greater.
Prohibition of Expenditure in Support of Another Candidate§
16a.
(a)Without derogating from any other provision of this Law, a faction, a list, a daughter faction or a daughter list in repeat elections for head of authority shall not incur expenditure on behalf of a candidate whose name is not included in the list of candidates submitted by it pursuant to section 35 of the Elections Law.
(b)The State Comptroller may determine that expenditure as referred to in this section constitutes prohibited expenditure or a prohibited donation pursuant to section 15 or 16, as the case may be.
Appointment of Auditor§
17.
(a)A parent faction, a faction, a list, a candidate for head of a regional council and a candidate in special elections for head of authority shall appoint an auditor for the auditing of their accounts and the giving of an opinion as stated in section 22(b).
(b)An auditor in respect of whose appointment notice was given pursuant to section 11(a)(3) or section 12a(a)(2) and who has given his consent to serve in that capacity shall continue to hold office for so long as another has not been appointed in his place.
(c)Where an auditor has resigned or is prevented from fulfilling his duties, the parent faction, the faction, the list, the candidate for head of a regional council or the candidate in special elections for head of authority shall appoint another auditor in his place within seven days from the day on which they became aware of that fact.
Auditor in Small Local Authorities§
18.
(a)Notwithstanding the provisions of section 17, in a local authority in which the number of persons entitled to vote does not exceed 5,000, the State Comptroller shall appoint a single auditor who shall audit the accounts of all the factions and lists in that authority that are not daughter factions or daughter lists, and shall also audit the accounts of all the candidates for head of a regional council in that authority and of all the candidates in special elections for head of authority in that authority, and shall give an opinion as stated in section 22(b) in respect of each faction, list or candidate separately.
(b)The fee of an auditor appointed pursuant to this section shall be paid from the State Treasury.
(c)An auditor appointed pursuant to this section shall continue to hold office for so long as another has not been appointed in his place.
(d)For the purposes of this section, "auditor" includes an employee of the State Comptroller's Office and an employee of the Office who has retired, even if not an auditor, provided that in the opinion of the State Comptroller he has the qualifications and experience to fulfil this role, and also includes a State employee or a State employee who has retired, provided that he is qualified to serve as an internal auditor pursuant to the Internal Audit Law, 5752-1992.
Powers of the Auditor§
19.
(a)An auditor appointed pursuant to sections 17 or 18 may at any time request the representatives of a faction, a list, a candidate for head of a regional council or a candidate in special elections for head of authority whose accounts he is auditing, to furnish him with information, documents, explanations and any other material required by him for the purposes of the audit.
(b)A person who has not complied with a demand pursuant to subsection (a) shall be liable to a fine as stated in section 61(a)(3) of the Penal Law.
Opinion§
20.
A parent faction or the auditor of a faction or list that is not a daughter faction or daughter list, of a candidate for head of a regional council or of a candidate in special elections for head of authority, may at any time request from the State Comptroller an opinion as to whether a particular expenditure or a particular category of expenditure constitutes election expenditure; the Comptroller shall respond to the request within 14 days, and may give the response such publication as he shall determine.
Maintenance of Accounts§
21.
(a)A faction shall hold the funds designated for its expenditure and its election expenditure in bank accounts designated for its election campaign; a list, a candidate for head of a regional council and a candidate in special elections for head of authority shall, from the day of giving notice pursuant to sections 12 or 12a, hold the funds designated for their election expenditure in bank accounts designated for their election campaign.
(b)A faction, a list, a candidate for head of a regional council and a candidate in special elections for head of authority shall notify the State Comptroller in writing of the opening of every bank account as referred to in subsection (a) within seven days from the day of its opening, and shall also notify the State Comptroller in writing of any change in the account number.
(c)A faction, a list, a candidate for head of a regional council and a candidate in special elections for head of authority shall maintain a system of accounts in accordance with the State Comptroller's guidelines and shall record therein, in accordance with those guidelines, all of their income, expenditure or election expenditure, as the case may be; expenditure incurred before the day of giving notice pursuant to sections 11, 12 or 12a in respect of services and goods received during the election period and in connection with the election campaign, and obligations in respect of election expenditure, shall also be recorded.
(d)The system of accounts and the bank accounts referred to therein shall be subject to audit by the State Comptroller, and for this purpose the State Comptroller shall have all the powers conferred upon him in respect of an audited body under a Basic Law or under a law or by virtue thereof.
(d1)The provisions of section 28w(d) of the Parties Law, 5752-1992, shall apply, with the necessary modifications, to a donation by means of a payment instrument as defined in the Payment Services Law, 5779-2019, given pursuant to this Law.
(e)The State Comptroller may at any time require from the representatives of a parent faction, a faction, a list, and from the representatives of a candidate for head of a regional council or of a candidate in special elections for head of authority, a declaration pursuant to section 15 of the Evidence Ordinance [New Version], 5731-1971, as to the completeness or accuracy of the records in the system of accounts or as to the nature or character of a particular item of income or expenditure; such a declaration may be made on the basis of the declarants' knowledge or to the best of their knowledge, and the Comptroller may in his discretion accept that declaration as evidence.
Reports of Factions, Lists and Candidates§
22.
(a)No later than the end of five months after the elections, the representatives of a parent faction, a faction, a list, a candidate for head of a regional council or a candidate in special elections for head of authority shall submit to the State Comptroller their accounts for the election period and a financial report for that period; the State Comptroller may accept the said accounts and report even if submitted late, if he is of the opinion that it is just to do so.
(b)The accounts and the financial report shall be submitted to the State Comptroller together with an opinion of the auditor appointed as stated in sections 17 and 18, as to their regularity and completeness and as to the maintenance of the system of accounts in accordance with the State Comptroller's guidelines.
(c)A faction, a list, a candidate for head of a regional council or a candidate in special elections for head of authority that had no income or expenditure shall submit to the State Comptroller a declaration pursuant to section 15 of the Evidence Ordinance [New Version], 5731-1971, regarding those facts, and that declaration shall be regarded as a financial report for the purposes of subsection (a).
State Comptroller's Report and Its Consequences§
23.
(a)No later than the expiry of ten months after the elections, the State Comptroller shall submit to the Speaker of the Knesset a report on the accounts referred to in section 22(a), having regard to the auditor's opinion referred to in section 22(b) and on the basis of supplementary examinations and inquiries that he has seen fit to conduct, and in it he shall state –
(1)whether the parent faction, the faction, the list, the candidate for head of a regional council or the candidate in special elections for head of authority maintained an accounts system in accordance with his guidelines;
(2)whether the election expenditure of the parent faction, the faction, the list, the candidate for head of a regional council or the candidate in special elections for head of authority and their income during the election period were in accordance with sections 8b, 15, 16, 16a and 26(g).
A copy of the report shall be submitted to the Minister.
(a1)Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a), if a parent faction, a faction, a list, a candidate for head of a regional council or a candidate in special elections for head of authority has submitted to the State Comptroller the accounts and the financial report referred to in section 22(a), together with an auditor's opinion as referred to in section 22(b), within three months of election day, the State Comptroller shall submit to the Speaker of the Knesset the report referred to in subsection (a) in respect of that faction, list or candidate no later than the expiry of nine months after the elections; however, in respect of a faction or list that is part of a joint list, the provisions of this subsection shall apply only if the other factions or lists that are part of the joint list have also submitted their accounts and financial report by the said date.
(b)The Interior and Environment Committee of the Knesset may, at the request of the State Comptroller, extend the date for submission of the report referred to in subsection (a) or (a1).
(c)If the report is not positive, the Minister shall direct that the balance of 15% referred to in sections 7(b)(2) or 9(d) shall not be paid.
(d)Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (c), if a parent faction, a faction, a list, a candidate for head of a regional council or a candidate in special elections for head of authority maintained an accounts system in accordance with the guidelines of the State Comptroller but without fully adhering to them, or if the accounts and the report referred to in section 22(a) were submitted to the State Comptroller late with his consent, the State Comptroller may recommend that a part of the balance of the financing be paid to them, in an amount to be determined by the State Comptroller, having regard to the nature of the deviation and its extent, the degree of delay in submitting the accounts and the report, and having regard to mitigating or aggravating circumstances that the State Comptroller finds in respect of the deviation or the delay.
(e)The State Comptroller may recommend to the Minister as provided in subsection (d) also in the case of a deviation from the provisions concerning the limitation of expenditure and income referred to in sections 15, 16, 16a and 26(g).
(f)The Minister shall direct that amounts be paid in accordance with the recommendation of the State Comptroller pursuant to subsections (d) and (e).
(g)
(1)A parent faction, a faction, a list, a candidate for head of a regional council or a candidate in special elections for head of authority that has not submitted its accounts or financial report as referred to in section 22 shall return all amounts it received pursuant to this Law;
(2)The State Comptroller shall notify the Minister of the identities of the factions, lists, candidates for head of a local council and candidates in special elections for head of authority that have not submitted their accounts or their financial reports, and the Minister shall demand from them, in writing, to return all amounts received as stated in paragraph (1).
(h)Any amount to be returned to the State Treasury pursuant to subsection (g)(1) shall be returned with the addition of index increment differentials, from the index published shortly before payment of the advance pursuant to section 10 to the person required to return the amount, until the index published shortly before the day on which the Minister sent a demand for the return of the amount as referred to in subsection (g)(2) (hereinafter – the last index). If the amount together with the index increment differentials as aforesaid is not paid within 30 days of the day on which the Minister's demand was sent, index increment differentials shall be added to it from the last index until the index published shortly before the date of payment of the amount.
(i)Any amount to which index increment differentials have been added as referred to in subsection (h) shall be rounded to the nearest whole New Shekel.
(j)Any amount to be returned to the State Treasury pursuant to subsection (g)(1) and (h) shall be collected by the Minister from the guarantor bank. If the amount to be returned exceeds the amount of the bank guarantee, the Tax Ordinance (Collection) shall apply to the balance of the amount as if it were a tax, and the representatives and agents of the parent faction, the faction, the list, the candidate for head of a regional council or the candidate in special elections for head of authority shall also be deemed liable.
Notices, Declarations and Affidavits§
24.
Notices, declarations and affidavits by those listed below pursuant to this Law shall be submitted:
(1)in respect of a faction – by its representative or substitute as referred to in section 11(a)(1);
(2)in respect of a list – by its representative or substitute as referred to in section 12(a)(2);
(3)in respect of a candidate for head of a regional council – they may be submitted by him and also by the representative of those who proposed his candidacy for head of the council as referred to in section 157 of the Regional Councils Order, or by the substitute of that representative;
(4)in respect of a candidate in special elections for head of authority – they may be submitted by him and also by the representative of those who proposed his candidacy for head of authority as referred to in section 5(c) of the Direct Election Law, or by the substitute of that representative.
Prevention of Charge and Attachment§
25.
Amounts due or paid to a parent faction, a faction, a list, a candidate for head of a regional council or a candidate in special elections for head of authority pursuant to this Law are not capable of being made subject to a charge (security interest) or attachment.
Provisions Applicable to a Parent Faction§
26.
(a)The provisions of sections 11 to 15 and 17 to 23 shall not apply to a daughter faction or a daughter list; the provisions of this Law relating to a faction and its obligations, except for section 7(c), shall apply to a parent faction subject to the provisions of this section and with the necessary modifications.
(b)The parent faction shall be entitled to the amounts due to a daughter faction or a daughter list pursuant to sections 7, 9 and 10.
(c)A precondition for payment to a parent faction is that it has fulfilled the faction obligations set out in section 11 by the date referred to therein, with the following modifications:
(1)at least one of the representatives shall be a member of the Knesset, and at least one of them shall be declared by the parent faction, and by himself, to be well acquainted with the financial affairs of the parent faction;
(2)it shall submit a notice concerning the manner of payment of the advance pursuant to section 10(c)(1) or (2);
(3)in place of a notice pursuant to section 11(a)(1), the parent faction shall submit a notice of its daughter factions and daughter lists in the local authorities, the number of their members and the names of the members.
(d)Notices on behalf of a parent faction shall be submitted –
(1)if it is a faction of the Knesset factions – by its representative pursuant to section 25 of the Knesset Elections Law [Consolidated Version], 5729-1969, or his substitute;
(2)if it is a party – by its representative or his substitute as determined as referred to in section 36(b) of the Elections Law.
(e)The Minister may obtain from the Speaker of the Knesset confirmation of the data relating to a parent faction that are necessary for the implementation of this Law.
(f)
(1)If the amount of the advance exceeds the payment due in accordance with section 7, the Speaker of the Knesset shall, at the request of the Minister, deduct the shortfall from the payments due to the parent faction or to the parties comprising it pursuant to the Parties Financing Law, 5733-1973, and transfer the entire deducted amount to the State Treasury; the said deduction shall be made in instalments to be determined by the Speaker of the Knesset;
(2)If a daughter faction or a daughter list obtained more than 50% of the measure referred to in section 67(3) of the Elections Law but did not obtain a mandate, it shall be entitled to the amounts due to it pursuant to section 10(a) as if it were a faction holding one mandate in the outgoing council;
(3)If a parent faction split pursuant to sections 25(b1) and (b2) of the Knesset Elections Law [Consolidated Version], 5729-1969, the deduction referred to in paragraph (1) shall be made from the payments due to the new factions, proportionally to the number of members in each of the new factions.
(g)
(1)The election expenditure of the parent faction and all its daughter factions and daughter lists, excluding expenditure in repeat elections and new elections, shall not exceed 200% of the financing amount due to the parent faction;
(2)The repeat election expenditure of the parent faction and all its daughter factions and daughter lists shall not exceed one-third of the amount due pursuant to section 6 in all the local authorities in which its daughter factions or daughter lists participate in the repeat elections;
(3)The new election expenditure of the parent faction and all its daughter factions and daughter lists in a particular local authority shall not exceed 200% of the financing amount due to the parent faction pursuant to the results of the new elections in that local authority.
(h)The election expenditure of the daughter factions and daughter lists and their income shall be deemed part of the expenditure and income of the parent faction for the purposes of this Law and shall be recorded together with the expenditure and income of the parent faction itself in the accounts system to be maintained by the parent faction in accordance with the guidelines of the State Comptroller.
(i)The obligation to appoint an auditor shall apply to the parent faction, and in his opinion the auditor shall refer specifically to the question of whether the expenditure and income of the daughter factions and daughter lists have been properly presented in the accounts system of the parent faction.
(j)Section 13 shall not apply to a parent faction.
Application of Provisions§
27.
(a)The provisions of this Law concerning the maintenance of accounts, audit of accounts, audit by the State Comptroller and limitation of expenditure and income shall also apply to a faction, a list, a candidate for head of a regional council or a candidate in special elections for head of authority that did not apply for financing of their election expenditure or that are not entitled to financing because they did not fulfil in time the conditions of sections 11, 12 or 12a.
(b)The limitation of expenditure of a faction, a list, a candidate for head of a regional council or a candidate in special elections for head of authority, as referred to in subsection (a), shall be calculated in accordance with the provisions of section 15 as if they had fulfilled the conditions of sections 11, 12 or 12a.
(c)One who contravenes the provisions of subsection (a) is liable to a fine as referred to in section 61(a)(3) of the Penal Law, 5737-1977.
Liability of Representatives§
28.
If an offence under sections 16 or 19 is committed by a parent faction, a faction, a list, a candidate for head of a regional council or a candidate in special elections for head of authority, every person who is a representative of one of those bodies, as referred to in sections 11(a)(2) and 12a(a)(1), shall also be charged, unless he proves that the offence was committed without his knowledge and that he took all reasonable measures to prevent or stop the offence.
Service of Notices§
29.
The Minister shall transmit collectively to the State Comptroller, no later than the thirtieth day after election day, copies of the notices he received pursuant to sections 11(a), 12(a), 12a(a) or 26(c), as well as a detailed list of the amounts of advances paid pursuant to sections 10 or 26(b) to parent factions, factions, lists, candidates for head of a regional council and candidates in special elections for head of authority.
Guidelines and Rules of the State Comptroller§
30.
(a)The State Comptroller shall prescribe guidelines for factions, lists, candidates for head of a regional council and candidates in special elections for head of authority concerning the manner of maintenance of their accounts system.
(b)The State Comptroller may prescribe guiding principles for auditors appointed pursuant to this Law, concerning methods and procedures for the examination of the accounts of factions, lists, candidates for head of a regional council and candidates in special elections for head of authority.
(c)The State Comptroller may prescribe rules concerning –
(1)the methods of appointment and cancellation of auditors of a faction, a list, a candidate for head of a regional council or a candidate in special elections for head of authority, pursuant to section 18, and the conditions and qualifications for such appointment;
(2)the remuneration of an auditor appointed pursuant to section 18.
Temporary Provision Concerning the Taxation of Wages for Election Purposes§
31.
(a)In this section –
"election day" – the eighteenth day of Heshvan 5754 (2 November 1993) designated for elections to all the local authorities, including the day following it;
"repeat election day" – the second day of Kislev 5754 (16 November 1993) designated for repeat elections for heads of local authorities pursuant to the Direct Election Law, including the day following it;
"election period" – the period commencing on the day of submission of the lists of candidates as referred to in section 35(h) of the Elections Law and ending on election day;
"repeat election period" – the period commencing on the twentieth day of Heshvan 5754 (4 November 1993) and ending on repeat election day;
"election wages" – income as defined in the Income Tax Ordinance [New Version] (hereinafter – the Ordinance), paid by a parent faction, a faction, a list or an authority responsible for conducting the elections (hereinafter – the payer) to a person (hereinafter – the recipient), as consideration for work in connection with the elections performed during the election period or the repeat election period, as well as a payment made for the transportation of passengers or for haulage, or to cover vehicle expenses incurred in connection with the elections during the election period or the repeat election period, provided that the total amount for work and for transportation and expenses as aforesaid shall not exceed an amount prescribed by the public committee.
(b)Notwithstanding the provisions of any law –
(1)election wages shall not be regarded as income pursuant to the Ordinance in the hands of a recipient who was employed by the payer only during the election period or the repeat election period;
(2)election wages shall not be regarded as income for the purposes of the National Insurance Law [Consolidated Version], 5728-1968, except for the purposes of insurance of work accident victims.
(c)
(1)A recipient of election wages shall be liable to tax thereon at a rate of 25% (hereinafter – the special tax), without any right to a deduction, set-off, exemption or reduction of any kind;
(2)A payer of election wages shall deduct the special tax therefrom at the time of payment and pay it to the assessing officer at the date fixed for the payment of income tax withholding pursuant to regulation 11 of the Income Tax and Employers Tax Regulations (Deduction from Salary and Payment of Employers Tax), 5740-1980, together with a list of recipients and the amounts of withholding due from them; and in respect of the payment to the National Insurance Institute, the payer shall transfer the insurance contributions to the Institute, together with lists of the recipients and the amounts paid on their behalf to the Institute.
(d)The provisions of the Ordinance concerning assessment, collection and penalties shall apply to the special tax as if it were income tax.
(e)The Minister of Finance may make Regulations in connection with the implementation of this section, and in respect of national insurance contributions, the Regulations shall be made in consultation with the Minister of Labour and Welfare.
Temporary Provision Concerning Election Expenditure§
32.
In respect of the elections to all the local authorities to be held on the eighteenth day of Heshvan 5754 (2 November 1993) –
(1)the definition of "election expenditure" in section 1 shall not apply to a faction and a list, and the following definition shall apply to them:
"election expenditure" – the expenditure in connection with the election campaign of a faction or list that was incurred during the election period, for services and goods received during the election period, including obligations for such expenditure;
(2)the representatives of a faction or list shall submit to the State Comptroller, in addition to the accounts and the financial report referred to in section 22(a), also a breakdown of the election expenditure of the faction or list for the period of six months preceding the determining date.
Amendment of the Municipal Corporations Ordinance§
33.
In section 125a(d) of the Municipal Corporations Ordinance, in place of the definition of "faction split" the following shall come:
"'faction split' – any of the following:
(1)the secession of a group of two members of the council from a faction in which three members of the council were elected, or the secession of a group of three members of the council from their faction, whatever the number of its members, provided that all the members of the group submitted a joint written notice of their secession to the head of the municipality;
(2)the split of a faction that is a combination of factions of the outgoing council as determined as referred to in section 25(a) of the Elections Law, or a combination of organisations that were not a faction in the outgoing council, or a combination of a faction of the outgoing council and an organisation as aforesaid, and the split is in accordance with the affiliation to those factions or organisations; provided that the splitting faction submitted to the elections officer at the time of submission of its list of candidates a written notice of the combination of factions or organisations as aforesaid, specifying the affiliation of the candidates."
Amendment of the Local Authorities (Elections) Law§
34.
In section 95 of the Local Authorities (Elections) Law, 5725-1965, in place of the proviso commencing with the words "the secretary of the council shall keep" the following shall come: "the elections officer shall also deliver to the secretary of the council the written notice concerning the combination of factions and organisations as referred to in section 125a(d) of the Municipal Corporations Ordinance, if any; the secretary of the council shall keep the lists of candidates and the said notices until the next elections".
Amendment of the Elections (Propaganda Methods) Law§
35.
In section 10 of the Elections (Propaganda Methods) Law, 5719-1959 –
(a)in subsection (a), paragraph (2) – repealed;
(b)in subsection (b) –
(1)paragraph (2) – repealed;
(2)in paragraph (4), at its end the following shall come: "this provision shall not apply in elections to all the local authorities".
Amendment of the Parties Financing Law§
36.
In section 8(c) of the Parties Financing Law, 5733-1973, after the words "Knesset elections" the following shall come: "or elections to all the local authorities".
Commencement§
37.
(a)The commencement of this Law, subject to the provisions of subsections (b) to (e), is on the day of its adoption by the Knesset.*
(b)The commencement of section 4 is on the day after the first elections to be held for all the local authorities after the commencement of this Law as referred to in subsection (a) (hereinafter – the first elections).
(c)The commencement of the prohibition in section 16(a) concerning the receipt of donations from a corporation abroad and of section 16(b) is on the day after the first elections.
(d)The commencement of section 21(a) is on the sixty-sixth day before the first elections.
(e)The commencement of section 21(b) is on the fifty-first day before the first elections.
Implementation§
38.
The Minister of the Interior is charged with the implementation of this Law and he may –
(1)issue guidelines, and prescribe forms for the submission of notices and declarations by parent factions, factions, lists and their representatives;
(2)delegate his powers to the National Supervisor of Elections, to an elections officer or to another person.
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