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- 1) Jewish National Fund Report to 16th Congress (1929, forbids
sale or lease to non-Jews);
- 2) "Development
Authority (Transfer of Property) Law" (1950) (see sections
3(a & b) above);
- 3) "State
Property Law" (1951) (see section 5(b) above);
- 4) "Basic
Law: Israel Lands" (1960) (see section 1 below) -
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BASIC LAW: ISRAEL LANDS
(Passed by the Knesset on the 24th Tammuz, 5720 (19th
July, 1960)) |
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. |
- 5) "Israel
Lands Law" (1960), section 2 below, which describes important
exceptions such as urban lands, or lands that were given in compensation) --
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ISRAEL LANDS LAW
(passed by the Knesset on the 1st Av, 5720 (25th July,
1960)) |
Permission
to transfer
ownership. |
2. Section 1 of the Basic Law shall
not apply to the following classes of transactions:
- (1) acts of the Development Authority under the Land
Acquisition (Validation of Acts and Compensation) Law,
5713-1953 ;
- (2) the transfer of the ownership of Israel lands,
in accordance with rules to be prescribed by regulations
with the approval of the Finance Committee of the Knesset,
to absentees, or heirs of absentees, who are in Israel,
in substitution for lands vested in the Custodian of
Absentees' Property by virtue of the Absentees' Property
Law, 5710-1950;
- (3) the transfer of the ownership of Israel lands
in fulfilment of an undertaking validly entered into
or a liability validly created, in respect of those
lands before the coming into force of the Basic Law;
- (4) the transfer of the ownership of Israel lands
in exchange for, or as compensation for, lands, other
than Israel lands, expropriated by virtue of any Law:
Provided that agricultural land shall not be exchanged
for urban land except under special circumstances and
with the approval of the Minister of Agriculture;
- (5) the transfer of the ownership of Israel lands
in so far as necessary for the rectification of boundaries
or the rounding off of properties: Provided that the
area of the lands shall not in any one instance exceed
one hundred dunams ; where the transfer is without consideration,
it shall require the approval of the Finance Committee
of the Knesset;
- (6) the transfer of the ownership of Israel lands
between the State, the Development Authority and the
Keren Kayemet LeIsrael ; however, the transfer of the
ownership of lands of the State or lands of the Development
Authority to the Keren Kayemet Le-Israel shall require
the approval of the Finance Committee of the Knesset;
- (7) the transfer of the ownership of lands of the
State or lands of the Development Authority for the
purpose of non-agricultural development and the transfer
of the ownership of lands as aforesaid which are urban
land: Provided that the area of all the transfers under
this paragraph shall not in the aggregate exceed one
hundred thousand dunams;
Provided that a transfer of the ownership of lands of the
Keren Kayemet Le-Israel shall not be made save with the
approval thereof. |
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