(No. 31)
	BASIC LAW: ISRAEL LANDS*
Prohibition of transfer of ownership.	1. The ownership of Israel lands, being the lands in Israel of the State, the Development Authority or the Keren Kayemet Le-Israel, shall not be transferred either by sale or in any other manner.
Permission by Law.	2. Section 1 shall not apply to classes of lands and classes of actions determined for that purpose by Law.
Definition.	3. In this Law, "lands" means land, houses, buildings and any thing permanently fixed to land.
	DAVID BEN-GURION Prime Minister YITZCHAK BEN-ZVI President of the State
	* Passed by the Knesset on the 24th Tammuz, 5720 (19th July, 1960) and published in Sefer Ha-Chukkim No 312 of the 5th Av, 5720 (29th July, 1960), p. 56; the Bill and an Explanatory Note were published in Hatza'of Chok No. 413 of 5720, p. 34.

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SOURCE: "Laws of the State of Israel: Authorized Translation from the Hebrew, Volume 14". Government Printer, Jerusalem, Israel (1948-1987), p. 48.

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