November 18, 1948

Emergency Regulations (Foreign Travel) Law, 5709-1948

 

Restrictions on foreign travel. 

1. No person shall go abroad save under an exit permit from the Minister of Immigration or a person appointed by him for the issue of exit permits.

 

Powers of Minister of Immigration.

2. The Minister of Immigration or the person appointed by him for the issue of exit permits may—

 

 (a) issue or refuse to issue a permit;

 

 (b) attach conditions to the issue of a permit;

 

 (c) subject permits to special or general conditions, including a limitation of the time for which the holder of a permit may stay abroad. 

 

 

Issue of exit permit.

3. (a) Applications for the issue of an exit permit shall be submitted to the District Immigration Office of the district in which the applicant resides.

 

 (b) An exit permit shall be issued by impressing a stamp upon the travel document of the applicant or upon a separate sheet, which shall be valid only when produced together with the travel document.

 

 (c) A fee of one pound per person shall be paid in respect of each exit permit; tourists shall be exempt from this fee.

 

Places of exit.

4. (a) No person shall leave for abroad save by one of the following places:

 

 Haifa Port,

 Tel-Aviv Port,

 Haifa Airfield,

 ‘Ein Shemer Airfield,

 Tel-Aviv Airfield.

 (b) The Minister of Immigration may, by notice published in Iton Rishmi, determine additional places of exit.

 

Sailing within territorial waters.

5. No person shall sail at large in the territorial waters of the State of Israel, save under a general or special license issued by a competent authority.

 

Right to board ship, aircraft, etc.

6. Any immigration office or police officer may, at any time, board any ship, boat or other vessel, as well as any aircraft and any train, motorcycle, car or other vehicle, and detain or question any person if there is reason to believe that he has contravened or is attempting to contravene any of these Regulations.

 

Exemption.

7. These Regulations shall not apply to –

 (a) a person enjoying diplomatic immunity, including a representative of the United Nations;

 (b) a person belonging to the regular consular service of a foreign state;

 (c) a person in possession of a diplomatic passport or a service passport of the State of Israel.

 

Offences and penalties.

8. A person who –

 

 (a) contravenes any of the provisions of these Regulaitons;

 

 (b) obtains an exit permit or effects his departure from the country by supplying false information or concealing facts or by means of forged documents;

 

 (c) uses an exit permit otherwise than in accordance with the conditions therof;

 

 (d) attempts to commit any of the acts specified in this regulation or knowingly aids another person in the commission thereof,

 

shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or to a fine not exceeding one thousand pounds or to both such penalties.

 

Jurisdiction.

9. Any criminal action under these Regulations shall be heard by a Magistrate’s Court.

 

Title.

10. These Regulations may be cited as the Emergency Regulations (Foreign Travel), 5709—1948.

 

16th Cheshvan, 5709
(18th November, 1948)

 DAVID BEN-GURION
Prime Minister

 FELIX ROSENBLUETH
Minister of Justice

 MOSHE SHAPIRA
Minister of Immigration

 

 

Emergency Regulations (Foreign Travel) (Amendment) Law 5721-1961*

 

Replacement of regulations 1—3.

1. Regulations 1 to 3 of the Emergency Regulations (Foreign Travel), 5708—19481 (hereinafter referred to as “The Regulations”) shall be replaced by the following Regulations:

 

“Departure by passport only.

1. A person leaving for abroad shall, at the time of leaving, produce to a frontier control officer a valid passport or laissez-passer or any other document issued to him for that purpose by the Ministry of the Interior.

 

Resident foreigner to give advance notice.

2. A person not in possession of an Israeli passport or laissez-passer or any such other document as referred to in regulation 1 shall not leave for abroad unless he has given the Minister of the Interior or a person appointed by him in that behalf notice of his departure, on the prescribed form and accompanied by his passport or laissez-passer, at least fourteen days in advance.

 

Acknowledge-

ment of receipt of advance notice.

3. The recipient of any such notice as referred to in regulation 2 shall stamp on the passport or laissez-passer of the person giving notice or, if he sees a reason for doing so, on a separate sheet which he shall deliver to such person, an acknowledgement of receipt of the notice.

 

Permission to leave without notice.

4. The Minister of the Interior may, if he sees a reason for doing so, permit the departure of a person to whom regulation 2 applies even where notice under that regulation has not been given.

 

Permission to leave for certain countries

5. A person shall not leave for any of the countries specified in section 2A of the Prevention of Infiltration (Offences and Jurisdiction) Law, 5714—19542, save with the permission of the Minister of the Interior, and an Israel national or Israel resident shall not enter any of those countries in any way save with such permission as aforesaid.

 

Prohibition of departure for security reasons.

6. The Minister of the Interior may prohibit the departure of any person from Israel if there is reason to apprehend that his departure may impair the security of the State.

 

Attachment of conditions to permissions.

7. Where the Minister of the Interior is authorized to grant permission, or impose a prohibition, under regulations 4 to 6, he may grant the permission, or revoke the prohibition, subject to such conditions, restrictions and limitations as he may think fit.

 

 

Person of military age.

8. A person of military age, within the meaning of the Defence Service Law, 5719—1959 (Consolidated Version)3 shall not leave for abroad except—

 

 (1) if he belongs to the Reserve Forces – under a permit from the Minister of Defence or a person appointed by him in that behalf.

 

 (2) if he does not belong to the Reserve Forces – under a certificate to that effect issued by a person appointed in that behalf at any time after the 8th Tishri, 5719 (1st October, 1959).

 

 

Conditions in case of reservist.

9. The Minister of Defence or a person appointed by him in that behalf may subject the grant of a permit under regulation 8 to such conditions, restrictions and limitations as he may think fit.

 

 

Time for submission of application by reservist.

10. The Minister of Defence may prescribe by order that a person of military age who belongs to the Reserve Forces and who wishes to go abroad at a particular date shall submit his application under regulation 8 at the time prescribed in the order. Where a stay abroad for a limited period is intended, such time shall be not more than 15 days before the intended date of departure; in any other case the order shall require the approval of the Foreign Affairs and Security Committee of the Knesset.

 

 

Fees.

11. The Minister of the Interior may, with the approval of the Finance Committee of the Knesset, prescribe by order the fees payable for an acknowledgement of receipt of notice under regulation 3 and for a permit under regulation 4. The fee for one departure of one person shall not exceed 15 pounds. The Minister may prescribe by order the cases exempt from all or part of any such fees as aforesaid.

 

 

Exemption of tourists.

12. These Regulations, except regulation 1 thereof, shall not apply to a person who is in Israel under a permit of transitory residence or a visitor’s permit of residence or a permit of temporary residence, within the meaning of these terms in the Entry into Israel Law (5712—1952)4.

 

 

Delegation of powers.

13. The Minister of the Interior may delegate any of his powers under these Regulations, except the power under regulation 6 and except the power to make a regulation with legislative effects.”.

 

 

Amendement of regulation 18.

2. Regulations 4 to 10 of the Regulations shall be renumbered as regulations 14 to 20, and the following paragraph shall be inserted for paragraph (d) of regulation 18:

 

 “(e) leaves for abroad in contravention of a prohibition under regulation 6.”.

 

 

Repeal.

3. Regulation 111A of the Defence (Emergency) Regulations, 19455, is herby repealed.

 

 

Commence-

ment.

4. This Law shall come into force on the 5th Cheshvan, 5722 (15th October, 1961).

 

 

Period of validity.

5. Regulations 8 to 10 shall be in force until the 4th Tevet, 5713 (31st December, 1962); but the Minister of Defence may, with the approval of the Knesset, extend their validity every year for an additional year.

 

 

DAVID BEN-GURION
Prime Minister

 HAIM MOSHE SHAPIRA
Minister of the Interior

 

* Passed by the Knesset on the 29th Sivan, 5721 (13th June, 1961) and published in Sefer Ha-Chukkim No. 346 of the 7th Tammuz, 5721 (21st June 1961), p.166; the Bill and an Explanatory Note were published in Hatza’ot Chok No. 474 of 5721, p. 290.

1 I. R. of 5709, Suppl. I, No. 33, p. 45; LSI vol. II, p.17.  

2 Sefer Ha-Chukkim No. 161 of 5714, p. 160; LSI vol. VIII, p. 133.

3 Sefer Ha-Chukkim No. 296 of 5719, p. 286; LSI vol. XIII, p. 328.

4 Sefer Ha-Chukkim No. 111 of 5712, p. 354; LSI vol. VI, p. 159.

5 P. G. of 1945, Suppl. II, No. 1442, p. 1055 (English Edition).

 

August 4, 1960

Addition of section 2A

Prevention of Infiltration (Offences and

Jurisdiction) (Amendment) Law, 5709-1948*

 

1. In the Prevention of Infiltration (Offences and Jurisdiction) Law, 5714-19541, the following section shall be inserted after section 2:

“Unlawful exit.

2A. A person who knowingly and unlawfully leaves Israel for Lebanon, Syria, Egypt, Trans-Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Yemen or any part of Eretz Israel outside Israel is liable to imprisonment for a term of four years or to a fine of five thousand pounds.”.

 

 

 DAVID BEN-GURION
Prime Minister

 DAVID BEN-GURION
Minister of Defence

 YITZCHAK BEN-ZVI
President of the State

 

 

* Passed by the Knesset on the 11th Av, 5720 (4th August, 1960) and published in Sefer Ha-Chukkim No. 314 of the 19th Av, 5720 (12th August 1960), p.64; the Bill and an Explanatory Note were published in Hatza’ot Chok No. 426 of 5720, p. 113.

1 Sefer Ha-Chukkim No. 161 of 5714, p. 160; LSI vol. VIII, p. 133.