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25th Knesset · outgoing

Criminal Procedure (Enforcement Powers – Arrests) Law (Amendment No. 23 – Temporary Provision) (Tightening Bail Release Conditions for a Suspect in Serious Offenses) Bill

Translated from Hebrew: הצעת חוק סדר הדין הפלילי (סמכויות אכיפה – מעצרים) (תיקון מס' 23 – הוראת שעה) (החמרת תנאי שחרור בערובה של חשוד בעבירות חמורות)

TL;DRA proposal to tighten, for three years, the bail release conditions of suspects in serious offenses, by extending the duration of the restrictions imposed on them.

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What does the bill do?

The proposal updates the Criminal Procedure Law regarding specific serious offenses, and extends the periods of bail release conditions: a ban on entering an area extended from 15 days to 90 days; a ban on contact with parties from 30 days to 90 days; a duty to reside in an area from 15 days to 30 days; a ban on leaving home from 5 days to 15 days. The amendment applies to a list of offenses that includes felony offenses of certain types under the Penal Law, and is valid for a period of three years from the day of the law's publication.

Passed first readingFirst plenum vote: June 21, 2023

The votes on this bill

Passed10 for · 0 against · 0 abstained · 110 did not vote
Source: the Knesset's vote record ↗

Coalition 72 seats

LikudFor 3 · Absent 29
ShasFor 2 · Absent 9
United Torah JudaismFor 1 · Absent 6
Otzma YehuditFor 1 · Absent 5
NoamAbsent 1

Opposition 48 seats

Yesh AtidFor 3 · Absent 21
Ra'amAbsent 5
LaborAbsent 4

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