THIS LAW: Israel Defence Forces (Permanent Service) (Benefits) (Consolidated Version) (passed by the Knesset 10 July, 1985).
ITS AMENDMENTS: (1 Apr 1987) (13 Feb 1989) (30 May 1989)

	(No. 28)
	ISRAEL DEFENCE FORCES (PERMANENT SERVICE)(BENEFITS)(AMENDMENT) LAW, 5747—1987 *
Addition of section 23A.	1. In the Israel Defence Forces (Permanent Service) (Benefits) (Consolidated Version) Law, 5745-1985(1), the following section shall be inserted after section 23: "Pension and grant. 23A (a) Where a soldier dies during permanent service after military service of at least fifteen years, his survivors may opt for the pension under section 22 or for the pension under section 25 which would have been payable to them if the deceased had retired on pension on the day of his death, with the addition of the grant under section 15 which would have been payable to him in that case. (b) The survivors of a soldier referred to in subsection (a) who by reason of his death are entitled to a pension under the Soldiers' Families Law may opt for the pension under section 23 or for the pension under section 32(e) which would have been payable to them if the deceased had retired on pension on the day of his death and had opted for a pension under section 14(a) with the addition of the grant under section 15 which would have been payable to him in that case. (c) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsections (a) and (b), the grant paid to the survivors of a soldier referred to in subsection (a) who at the time of his death had not completed his fiftieth year shall be a percentage, calculated according to his years of service, of the grant which would have been paid to him if he had retired on pension on the day of his death, as follows: Per Cent Years of Service 15 twenty-one 30 twenty-two 50 twenty-three 75 twenty-four 100 twenty-four or more (d) Where the deceased leaves more than one spouse or where the spouse and the orphans, or the dependants, do not live in the same household or where the survivors disagree as to the option, the officer-in-charge shall exercise the option under subsections (a) and (b), and if, according to that option, a grant is also due, the officer-in-charge shall apportion it among the survivors having regard to their situation and to any agreement between them. (e) Where the deceased leaves no survivors, his heir shall, subject to the provisions of subsection (c), be entitled to the grant under subsection (a) or (b) which would have been payable to the deceased if he had retired on pension on the day of his death.
Commencement.	2. This Law shall have come into force from the 8th Tevet, 5745 (1st January, 1985).
	YITZCHAK SHAMIR Prime Minister YITZCHAK RABIN Minister of Defence CHAIM HERZOG President of the State
	* Passed by the Knesset on the 2nd Nisan, 5747 (1st April, 1987) and published in Sefer Ha-Chukkim No. 1212 of the 10th Nisan, 5747 (9th April, 1987), p. 88; the Bill and an Explanatory Note were published in Hatza'ot Chok No. 1800 of 5746, p. 327. (1) Sefer Ha-Chukkim of 5745, p. 142; LSI vol. XXXIX, p. 152.

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THIS LAW: Israel Defence Forces (Permanent Service) (Benefits) (Consolidated Version) (passed by the Knesset 10 July, 1985).
ITS AMENDMENTS: (1 Apr 1987) (13 Feb 1989) (30 May 1989)

SOURCE: "Laws of the State of Israel: Authorized Translation from the Hebrew". Volume 41. Government Printer, Jerusalem, Israel (1948-1989), p. 95-96.

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