Basic Laws of Israel: The Judiciary

(1) the Supreme Court;
(2) a District Court;
(3) a Magistrate's Court;
(4) another court designated by Law as a court.

 

(b) Judicial power is vested also in the following:

(1) a religious court (beit din);
(2) any other court (beit din):
(3) another authority all as prescribed by Law.

 

(b) The Committee shall consist of nine members, namely, the President of the Supreme Court, two other judges of the Supreme Court elected by the body of judges thereof, the Minister of Justice and another Minister designated by the Government, two members of the Knesset elected by the Knesset and two representatives of the Chamber of Advocates elected by the National Council of the Chamber. The Minister of Justice shall be the chairman of the Committee.

(c) The Committee may act even if the number of its members has decreased, so long as it is not less than seven.

"I pledge myself to be in allegiance to the State of Israel and to its laws, to dispense justice fairly, not to pervert the law and to show no favour.".

 

(1) upon his retirement on pension; or

(2) upon his resignation; or

(3) upon his being elected or appointed to one of the positions the holders of which are debarred from being candidates for the Knesset; or

(4) upon a decision of the Judges' Election Committee prepared by the chairman of the Committee or the President of the Supreme Court and passed by a majority of at least seven members; or

(5) upon a decision of the Court of Discipline.

 

(b) A judge shall not without his consent be appointed to an acting position at a lower court.

(b) No decision shall be passed reducing the salaries of judges only.

(b) A criminal charge against a judge shall not be tried save before a District Court consisting of three judges unless the judge has consented that the charge be tried in the ordinary manner.

(c) The provisions of this section shall not apply to categories of offences designated by Law.

(b) A Court of Discipline shall consist of judges and judges retired on pension appointed by the President of the Supreme Court.

(c) Provisions as to the grounds for instituting disciplinary proceedings, the modes of filing complaints, the composition of the bench, the powers of the Court of Discipline and the disciplinary measures it shall be authorised to impose shall be prescribed by Law. The rules of procedure shall be in accordance with Law.

(b) The Supreme Court shall hear appeals against judgments and other decisions of the District Courts.

(c) The Supreme Court shall sit also as a High Court of Justice. When so sitting, it shall hear matters in which it deems it necessary to grant relief for the sake of justice and which are not within the jurisdiction of another court (beit mishpat or beit din).

(d) Without prejudice to the generality of the provisions of subsection (c), the Supreme Court sitting as a High Court of Justice shall be competent -

(1) to make orders for the release of persons unlawfully detained or imprisoned.

(2) to order State and local authorities and the officials and bodies thereof, and other persons carrying out public functions under law, to do or refrain from doing any act in the lawful exercise of their functions or, if they were improperly elected or appointed, to refrain from acting;

(3) to order courts (batei mishpat and batei din) and bodies and persons having judicial or quasi-judicial powers under law, other than courts dealt with by this Law and other than religious courts (batei din), to hear, refrain from hearing, or continue hearing a particular matter or to void a proceeding improperly taken or a decision improperly given;

(4) to order religious courts (batei din) to hear a particular matter within their jurisdiction or to refrain from hearing or continue hearing a particular matter not within their jurisdiction, provided that the court shall not entertain an application under this paragraph is the applicant did not raise the question of jurisdiction at the earliest opportunity; and if he had no measurable opportunity to raise the question of jurisdiction until a decision had been given by a religious court (beit din), the court may quash a proceeding taken or a decision given by the religious court (beit din) without authority.

 

(b) A rule laid down by the Supreme Court shall bind any court other than the Supreme Court.

(1) the manner of electing, and duration of the tenure of, the members of the Judges' Election Committee;

(2) qualifications for the posts of judges of the various grades;

(3) the manner of appointing the President of the Supreme Court, the Deputy President of the Supreme Court and the President and Vice-president of a District Court and a Magistrate's Court;

(4) the conditions and procedures for terminating the tenure of a judge;

(5) the manner of appointing a judge to an acting assignment at another court and of transferring a judge, temporarily or permanently, from the locality where he is serving to a court in another locality;

(6) proceedings for the suspension of a judge from office, and review of the suspension;

(7) the matters which the courts of the different grades are to hear by a single judge or by three or more judges;

(8) the manner of designating the judge or judges who is or are to hear a particular matter.

 

(1) rules as to the administration of the courts, the making thereof and responsibility for their implementing;

(2) the rules of procedure of the Judges' Election Committee;

(3) procedure for the resignation of a judge;

(4) procedure for the appointment and the powers of the registrar of a court;

(5) the number of judges who are to serve in the courts of the different grades and location.