Penal Law, 5737-1977

One who strikes a person, touches him, pushes him, or applies force to his body in any other manner, directly or indirectly, without his consent or with his consent obtained by fraud — this constitutes assault; and for this purpose, the application of force includes the application of heat, light, electricity, gas, odor, or any other thing or substance, if applied to a degree capable of causing harm or discomfort.

One who unlawfully assaults another is liable to Imprisonment of two years, provided that no other penalty has been prescribed under this Law for such offense by reason of its circumstances.

One who assaults another and thereby causes him actual bodily harm is liable to Imprisonment of three years.

[Amendment: [5733], 5737-2, 5740-7, 5770-5|other=[a/251, a/289]]

[Amendment: [5733], 5743, 5756-4, 5770-5, 5782-3|other=[a/251a]]

[Amendment: 5770-5, 5778-2]

"emergency worker" — a physician, intern, nurse, midwife, paramedic, a person performing a function in Magen David Adom, or another person performing a function in an emergency room;

"physician", "intern", "midwife", and "emergency room" — as defined in the Patients' Rights Law, 5756–1996;

"Magen David Adom" — the Magen David Adom Association in Israel, established under the Magen David Adom Law, 5710–1950.

[Amendment: [5726] | other=[a/270]]

One who steals is liable to imprisonment of three years, unless a different penalty has been prescribed for the theft by reason of its circumstances or by reason of the nature of the thing stolen.

[Amendment: 5770, 5779]

One who receives, alone or together with another, money or a security, or a power of attorney to sell, mortgage, pledge, or otherwise deal with a property, whether or not it is capable of being stolen, and all of this under an instruction that the money or property or the proceeds thereof or the fruits thereof, in whole or in part, shall be applied to a specified purpose or paid to a specified person as set out in the instruction — the money or the proceeds shall be regarded as the property of the person for whose benefit the money, security, or power of attorney was received, until the instruction has been fulfilled.

One who receives, alone or together with another, money on behalf of a specified person — the money shall be regarded as the property of the person on whose behalf it was received, unless the money was given on the condition that it be an item in a debit-and-credit account and that as regards it the parties shall stand only in a debtor-and-creditor relationship.

One who receives, alone or together with another, a property from another person under authority to sell it or otherwise deal with it, and to pay to the person who delivered the property, or to another person, the proceeds of the property in whole or in part, or to deliver to them the exchange for the property or to account to them for it — the proceeds of the property and its exchange shall be regarded as the property of the person from whom the property was received until the property has been dealt with in accordance with the terms of its receipt, unless the authority included an instruction whereby the proceeds of the property would be an item in a debit-and-credit account between the said agent and the person to whom he is required to pay them or account for them, and that as regards such consideration they shall stand only in a debtor-and-creditor relationship.

[Amendment: 5740-7 | other=[a/269]]

[(Repealed).]

[Amendment: [5724], 5748-3 | other=[a/274]]

A public employee who steals a thing that is State property or a thing that came into his possession by virtue of his employment, and whose value exceeds one thousand new shekels, is liable to imprisonment of ten years.

[Amendment: [5724], 5748-3 | other=[a/275 opening]]

An employee who steals a thing that is his employer's property, or that came into the employee's possession on behalf of his employer, and whose value exceeds one thousand new shekels, is liable to imprisonment of seven years.

[Amendment: [5724] | other=[a/275 closing]]

A member of the board of directors or an office-holder of a corporation who steals a thing that is the property of the corporation is liable to imprisonment of seven years.

One who does any of the following is liable to imprisonment of seven years:

[Amendment: 5756, 5770]

[(Repealed).]

[Amendment: [1966] | other=[a/279]]

A register that is required or permitted by law to be kept for the purpose of authenticating or recording title to property, or for recording births, baptisms, marriages, deaths, or burials, or a copy of any part of such a register that is required by law to be transmitted to a public office — any person who conceals it or removes it from the place of its deposit, with intent to defraud, is liable to imprisonment for five years.

A person who conceals a testamentary document with intent to defraud, whether the testator is alive or dead, is liable to imprisonment for five years.

A person who conceals, with intent to defraud, a document or any part thereof that constitutes evidence of title to or a right of title in Real Property, is liable to imprisonment for three years.

A person who kills an animal capable of being stolen, with intent to steal its hide or carcass or any part thereof, is liable as if he had stolen the animal.

A person who completely severs a thing that was attached to Real Property, with intent to steal it, is liable as if he had stolen the thing after it was severed.

[Amendment: [1966] | other=[a/284]]

A person who takes or conceals ores, metal, or minerals in or about a mine, or who otherwise deals with them there, with intent to defraud any person, is liable to imprisonment for three years.

[Amendment: [1966], 1980-7 | other=[a/285]]

A person who wilfully or fraudulently takes or consumes electricity, water, or gas to which he is not entitled, or uses them, or causes them to be diverted or wasted, is liable to imprisonment for three years.

[Amendment: 1990-2 | other=[y/1]]

A person who uses a vessel or an aircraft without the permission of its owner or of the person lawfully in possession of it, is liable to imprisonment for three years.

In this Section —

"vessel" — any craft made to navigate, except a craft propelled solely by oars;

"aircraft" — any powered craft or device designed or used for flight through the air.

[Amendment: [1966]|other=[a/287, a/288(1)]]

[Amendment: [1966]|other=[a/288(2)]]

One who assaults a person for the purpose of robbery is liable to imprisonment for seven years; and if the offence was committed in the circumstances referred to in Section 402(b), the penalty is imprisonment for twenty years.

[Amendment: [1973]|other=[a/293]]

One who demands from a person a thing of value with intent to steal it, by means of threats or force, is liable to imprisonment for five years; if the offence was committed while the offender was carrying a firearm or a bladed weapon, the penalty is imprisonment for ten years.

[Amendment: [1966] | other: [a/295, a/296]]

[Amendment: [1966] | other: [a/297, a/298]]

[Amendment: [1973] | other: [a/295–a/298]]

Where an offence under Sections 406 or 407 is committed while the offender carries a firearm or cold weapon, the offender is liable — to double the penalty prescribed for the offence.

[Amendment: [1966], 1980-7 | other: [a/299(2)]]

A person in whose possession there is found an implement used for the purpose of breaking into a building, and who has no reasonable explanation therefor, is liable — to imprisonment of three years.

[Amendment: [1966] | other: [a/299(1)]]

A person found in any of the following circumstances is liable — to imprisonment of five years: