Penal Law, 5737-1977

[Amendment: [1963]|other=[a/304]]

One who conspires with another to fraudulently or deceitfully influence the market price of anything sold publicly, or to defraud the public or any person, or to extort property from a person, is liable to imprisonment of three years.

[Amendment: [1966]|other=[a/374]]

One who falsely represents himself as another person, living or dead, with intent to defraud, is liable to imprisonment of three years; if he represented himself as a person entitled under a Will or by law to a particular property and did so in order to obtain that property or possession thereof, he is liable to imprisonment of five years.

One who acknowledges, in the name of another person, a liability or any document in a court or before a person lawfully authorized to receive such an acknowledgment, and is unable to prove authorization or lawful justification, is liable to imprisonment of three years.

A certificate issued by a competent authority to another person and attesting that that person possesses a legally recognized qualification in a particular matter, or that he holds a particular office, or that he is entitled to engage in a particular profession, trade, or business, or that he is entitled to a particular right, privilege, rank, or status — whoever produces such a certificate and falsely represents himself as the person named therein shall be liable as if he had forged it.

One to whom a competent authority has issued a certificate attesting to him in any of the particulars referred to in Section 443, and who sells, gives, or lends the certificate to another with the intent that the latter should be able to represent himself as the person named in the certificate, is liable to imprisonment of three years.

One who produces another person's character reference in order to obtain employment is liable to imprisonment of one year.

One to whom a character reference has been issued, and who sells, gives, or lends it to another with the intent that the latter should be able to produce the reference in order to obtain employment, is liable to imprisonment of three years.

[Amendment: [1973]|other=[a/286]]

[Amendment: [5726], 5748-4, 5755-3 | other=[a/317, a/319, a/321]]

[Amendment: 5737-2, 5748-4 | other=[a/318, a/320, a/322]]

One who negligently causes property not his own to catch fire, or who negligently causes a risk of fire to property not his own, is liable to three years' imprisonment.

[Amendment: [5726], 5740-7 | other=[a/323, a/324]]

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

[Amendment: [5726] | other=[a/325]]

One who willfully and unlawfully kills an animal capable of being stolen, or maims, wounds, or administers poison to such an animal, is liable to three years' imprisonment.

One who willfully and unlawfully destroys or damages property is liable to three years' imprisonment, unless another punishment has been prescribed.

[Amendment: [5726], 5770, 5776-4 | other=[a/326(2)]]

[Amendment: [5726], 5740-7 | other=[a/326(3)]]

One who commits an offense as referred to in Section 452 by means of an explosive substance is liable to fifteen years' imprisonment, provided that a person was present at the scene of the act or that the destruction or damage actually endangered human life.

One who commits an offense as referred to in Section 452 in respect of the text of a Will / Testament, whether the testator is alive or deceased, or in respect of a register that is required or authorized by law to be maintained for the purpose of authenticating or recording title to property, or for the purpose of recording births, baptisms, marriages, deaths, or burials, or in respect of a copy of a part of such a register that is required by law to be sent to a public office, is liable to five years' imprisonment.

[Amendment: [5726] | other=[a/327]]

One who unlawfully places an explosive substance in any place with intent to destroy or damage property is liable to fifteen years' imprisonment.

One who willfully and unlawfully causes an animal capable of being stolen to be infected with a contagious disease is liable to five years' imprisonment.

One who willfully, unlawfully, and with intent to defraud removes or obliterates an object or mark lawfully placed to denote the boundary of Real Property is liable to three years' imprisonment.

[Amendment: [5714], [5726] | other=[a/331]]

One who sends a letter or note containing, to his knowledge, a threat to burn or destroy a house, a haystack, or any other building, or agricultural produce, or a vessel, motor vehicle, or aircraft, or a threat to kill or harm an animal, is liable to three years' imprisonment; and one who delivers or distributes such a letter or note, or directly or indirectly causes it to be received, is liable to the same punishment as the sender.

[Amendment: [1965] | other: [A/348]]

"Banknote", for the purposes of this Division — any note or bill of exchange issued by a bank in Israel, including the Bank of Israel, or by any person or corporation carrying on banking business anywhere in the world, and any clean banknote and bill of exchange and any currency note that is legal tender in Israel or in the country in which they were issued.

[Amendment: [1966] | other: [A/349]]

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

[Amendment: [1966] | other: [A/350]]

One who does any of the following and is unable to prove lawful authority or justification is liable to imprisonment of five years:

One who issues a banknote without lawful authority is liable to imprisonment of five years.

[Amendment: [1965] | other: [A/353]]

A person who knowingly obliterates, tears, cuts or otherwise defaces a currency note that is legal tender in Israel is liable to imprisonment of three months.

[Amendment: [1965] | other: [A/353a]]

One who makes or utters anything that is not a currency note but which substantially resembles a currency note that is legal tender in Israel is liable to a fine of five hundred pounds.

[Amendment: [1945], [1965], 1978-5 | other: [A/354(1)]]

Every forged or imitated banknote, and every thing as described in Section 467, found in the possession of a person convicted of making or uttering it, shall be ordered by the court to be forfeited, without compensation to the holder, and upon forfeiture shall be destroyed or otherwise disposed of, all as directed by the Minister of Justice.

[Amendment: [1945] | other: [A/354(2)]]

In this Division –

[Amendment: [1966]|other=[a/356]]

One who makes or begins to make a counterfeit gold or silver coin is liable to imprisonment for seven years.

[Amendment: [1966]|other=[a/357(a–b)]]

One who gilds or silvers a piece of metal that is suitable by its size or shape for coining, with intent that it be coined as a counterfeit gold or silver coin, or who gives a piece of metal a size and shape suitable to facilitate the coining of such a coin with intent that it be coined, is liable to imprisonment for seven years.

[Amendment: [1966], 1978-5|other=[a/357(c)(3–5)]]

One who does any of the following, and is unable to prove lawful authority or justification, is liable to imprisonment for seven years:

[Amendment: [1966]|other=[a/358]]

One who performs an act upon a gold or silver coin in a manner capable of reducing its weight, with intent that after the act the coin shall be passed as a gold or silver coin, or who unlawfully possesses or transfers filings or clippings of gold or silver, or gold or silver in the form of bullion, dust, solution, or in any other form, obtained by such an act upon a gold or silver coin, knowing that they were so obtained, is liable to imprisonment for seven years.

[Amendment: [1966]|other=[a/357(c)(1)]]

One who buys, sells, receives, pays with, or transfers a counterfeit gold or silver coin at a value lower than the value it purports to represent or that it appears to have been intended to represent, or who offers to do so, and is unable to prove lawful authority or justification, is liable to imprisonment for seven years.

[Amendment: [1966]|other=[a/357(c)(2)]]

One who brings into Israel or receives from abroad a counterfeit gold or silver coin knowing it to be counterfeit, and is unable to prove lawful authority or justification, is liable to imprisonment for seven years.

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

[Amendment: [1966]|other=[a/357(c)(6)]]

One who knowingly removes from a State mint a die, mould, instrument, or coining press used in coining, or any part thereof fit for use, or any coin, bullion, or metal, and is unable to prove lawful authority or justification, is liable to imprisonment for seven years.

[Amendment: 1978-4|other=[a/359, a/360, a/363]]

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

[Amendment: 1988-3|other=[a/364]]

One who obliterates the design of a coin by stamping a name or word upon it, or who wilfully melts down a coin, is liable to imprisonment for one year.

[Amendment: [1966]|other=[a/365]]

One who utters any of the following as a gold or silver coin, with intent to defraud, is liable to imprisonment for three years:

[Amendment: [1966]|other=[a/366]]

One who knowingly exports a counterfeit coin or knowingly places it on a vessel or vehicle for the purpose of its exportation, and is unable to prove lawful authority or justification, is liable to imprisonment for three years.

[Amendment: [1939], 1980-8|other=[a/369]]

A State employee, an employee of the Bank of Israel, or an employee of a bank who receives a banknote or coin that they have reasonable ground to believe is counterfeit shall seize it and deliver it forthwith to the police; the police, after taking such action or conducting such inquiry as they deem expedient, shall transfer it to the Bank of Israel. If the Governor of the Bank of Israel determines that the banknote or coin is counterfeit, they may cut, deface, or destroy it, whether with or without payment of compensation.