THIS LAW: Law and Administration Ordinance (published May 19, 1948).
ITS AMENDMENTS: (3.6.48) (7.7.48) (24.8.49) (11.12.51) (5.3.52) (12.8.52) (8.6.54) (3.23.64) (6.27.67) (8.8.67) (1.6.69) (1.12.71) (3.21.72) (11.12.74)

No. 42
	LAW AND ADMINISTRATION ORDINANCE (AMENDMENT No. 4) LAW, 5714—1954*
Replace- ment of section 16.	1.Section 16 of the Law and Administration Ordinance, 5708-1948(1), shall be replaced by the following section: "New version. 16. (a) The Minister of Justice may publish in Reshumot a draft of a new version of any law which existed in Palestine immediately before the establishment of the State and is still in force in the State. Such a version shall embody all the changes resulting from the establishment of the State and its authorities and all the amendments, changes and additions which occurred in that law, by virtue of legislation, after the establishment of the State. (b) The Minister of Justice shall establish Advisory Boards of three members, one of whom - the chairman - shall be a judge appointed by the President of the Supreme Court, another the Attorney General or his representative, and the third a representative of the Bar Association or a representative of the Hebrew University. (c) Within a time determined by the Minister of Justice, by notice published in Reshumot, in respect of each draft of a new version, an Advisory Board shall examine the draft version and submit in writing to the Constitution, Legislation and Juridical Committee of the Knesset its recommendations as to the corrections which in its opinion should be made in order to bring the draft version into conformity with the original law. (d) The Constitution, Legislation and Juridical Committee of the Knesset shall determine the new version in the light of the recommendations of an Advisory Board, and such version shall come into force on being published in Reshumot with the signature of the Minister of Justice. (e) Upon a new version as aforesaid coming into force it shall become the binding law, and no other version of that law shall thenceforth have effect, and the plea that the new version deviates from the original law shall not be entertained. (f) Where amendments have been made in a law enacted in the State, the Minister of Justice may publish such law in Reshumot in a version embodying all the amendments made therein, and he may, in so doing, renumber, divide or combine sections.
	MOSHE SHARETT Prime Minister PINCHAS ROSEN Minister of Justice YITZCHAK BEN-ZVI President of the State
	* Passed by the Knesset on the 7th Sivan, 5714 (8th June, 1954) and published in Sefer Ha-Chukkim No. 155 of the l6th Sivan, 5714 (17th June, 1954) p 126; the Bill and an Explanatory Note were published in Hatza'ot Chok No. 192 of 5714, p. 86. (1) I.R. of 5708, Suppl. I, No. 2, p. 1 -- LSI vol. I, p.7: Sefer Ha-Chukkim No.105 of 5712, p.279 - LSI vol. VI, p.90.

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THIS LAW & ITS AMENDMENTS: Law and Administration Ordinance (published May 19, 1948).
THIS LAW & ITS AMENDMENTS: (3.6.48) (7.7.48) (24.8.49) (11.12.51) (5.3.52) (12.8.52) (8.6.54) (3.23.64) (6.27.67) (8.8.67) (1.6.69) (1.12.71) (3.21.72) (11.12.74)

SOURCE: "Laws of the State of Israel: Authorized Translation from the Hebrew, Volume 8". Government Printer, Jerusalem, Israel (1948-1987), p. 104-5.

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