By virtue of my authority as Israel Defence Force Area Commander, and since I believe that this is required to preserve orderly administration and the public order, and in order to ensure the well-being and the good of the population and to supply and implement public services, I herewith order as follows:

• Definitions
  1. In this order - `Head of the Civilian Administration' - whoever is appointed by me to be the Head of the Civilian Administration in the region.

• Establishment of a Civilian Administration
  2. A Civilian Administration is hereby established in the region. The Civilian Administration will administer the civilian affairs in the region, in accordance with the directives of this order, for the well-being and good of the population and in order to supply and implement the public services, and taking into consideration the need to maintain an orderly administration and public order in the region.

• Powers of the Head of the Civilian Administration
  3.
  • (a) The Head of the Civilian Administration shall be accorded powers as detailed below:
    • 1. All the powers set forth in the law, except for powers set forth in acts of Registration that are detailed in the first schedule.
    • 2. All the powers set forth in the security legislation detailed in the second schedule.
  • (b) With respect to this article, acts of legislation that were issued by virtue of the law after the determining date shall be regarded as part of the law and not as security legislation.

• Subsidiary Legislation
  4. The Head of the Civilian Administration is authorized to proclaim subsidiary legislation by virtue of the law and of the security legislation according to which he is empowered to act.

• Appointments and Powers
  5. The Head of the Civilian Administration may, within the framework of the powers that have been accorded him:
  • (a) appoint office-holders in the Civilian Administration;
  • (b) authorize any person to act according to the law and to the security provisions;
  • (c) authorize any person as noted in subsection (b) to proclaim subsidiary legislation by virtue of the law and the security provisions.

• Preservations of Powers
  6.
  • (a) Nothing in this order shall be detrimental to any appointment made or authority granted by virtue of the law and the security legislation before this order took effect, unless the Head of the Civilian Administration, within the framework of the powers granted him, shall assume them himself or grant them to someone else (amended by Military Order No. 950).
  • (b) In order to remove any doubt, nothing in the provisions of this order restricts or abrogates any privilege or power vested in the Commander of the Israeli Defense Forces in the area or in whoever was appointed by him or his agents.

• Commencement Date
  7. This order should come into effect as of the date when it is signed.

• Name
  8. This order shall be entitled 'Order regarding the establishment of a Civilian Administration (Judea and Samaria) (Order No. 947) 5742-1981.

Baruch Hollander, Lt.-Col.
Legal Advisor

• Law for the Defence of East Jordan, 1935 (and the Orders and Regulations passed by virtue thereof)
• Defence (Emergency) Regulations, 1945
• Prisons Law, 1953
• Guards Law, 1925

• 7 Order Prohibiting Trade and Financial Deals (Banks) - 1967
• 9 Order Concerning Freezing Accounts and Delivery of Records and Accounts (Banks) - 1967
• 21 Order Concerning Safeguarding the Rights of Depositors - 1967
• 25 Order Concerning Deals in Real Property - 1967
• 28 Order Concerning Income Tax and Property Tax - 1967
• 31 Order Concerning Appointments Pursuant to Customs and Stamp Laws -1967
• 33 Order Concerning Depositing Money for Security Reasons - 1967
• 36 Order Concerning Appointments Pursuant to Postal Laws - 1967
• 37 Order Concerning Appointing Employees in the Governmental Structure - 1967
• 38 Order Concerning Alcoholic Beverages - 1967
• 44 Cancelled (text not available)
• 45 Order Concerning the Banks Law - 1967
• 47 Order Concerning Transport of Agricultural Produce - 1967
• 49 Order. Concerning Closed Areas (Prohibitions on Transporting Goods) - 1967
• 50 Order Concerning Import and Distribution of Newspapers - 1967
• 55 Order Concerning Insuring Mechanical Vehicles (Third Party Dangers) (Provisional Regulations) - 1967
• 56 Order Concerning Road Transport - 1967
• 58 Order Concerning Absentee Property - (Private Property) - 1967
• 59 Order Concerning Government Properties - 1967
• 65 Order Concerning Prohibition on Professions - 1967
• 68 Order Concerning the General Census Law - 1967
• 76 Order Establishing Israeli Currency as Legal Tender - 1967
• 80 Order Concerning Extending the Tenure of the Local Administrative Authorities - 1967
• 83 Order Concerning Establishment of Israeli Currency as Legal Tender (Additional Regulations) - 1967
• 87 Order Concerning the Temporary Tourism Law - 1967
• 90 Order Amending the Customs Law (Amendment No. 1) - 1967
• 91 Order Granting Powers Concerning Education - 1967
• 92 Order Concerning Powers for Water Concerns - 1967
• 93 Order Concerning the Law on Supervising Insurance Operations - 1967
• 94 Order Concerning Cooperative Societies - 1967
• 96 Order Concerning Customers Area - 1967
• 103 Order Concerning Customs Duties - 1967
• 107 Order Concerning the Use of School Textbooks - 1967
• 109 Order Concerning Income Tax Appeals - 1967
• 112 Order Concerning Government Cases - 1967
• 113 Order Concerning Amending the Collection of Public Monies Law - 1967
• 118 Order Concerning Film Supervision Law - 1967
• 119 Order Concerning Antiquities Law - 1967
• 128 Order Concerning Opening Work Places - 1967
• 133 Order Concerning Selling Official Publications - 1967
• 134 Order Concerning the Prohibition on the Use of Tractors and Agricultural Equipment from Israel - 1967
• 145 Order Concerning Israeli Attorneys before the Courts (Provisional Regulations) - 1967
• 147 Order Concerning Collecting the Increase on Stamp Taxes - 1967
• 149 Order Concerning Labelling of Goods - 1967
• 150 Order Concerning Absentee Property (Private Property) (Additional Regulations) (No. 1) - 1967
• 158 Order Amending the Water Supervision Law - 1967
• 159 Order Concerning the Jordanian Electricity Authority Law - 1967
• 172 Order Concerning Objections Committee - 1967
• 173 Order Concerning Travel Agents and Israeli Tour Guides - 1967
• 180 Order Concerning Israeli Licenses for Firearms - 1967
• 191 Order Concerning Village Administration Law No.5 of 1954 - 1967
• 194 Order Concerning the Municipalities Law - 1967
• 215 Order Concerning Vehicle Insurance (Third Party Dangers) - 1967
• 216 Order Concerning the Authority to Execute Deals - 1967
• 219 Order Concerning Registering and Inspecting Mechanical and Engineering Equipment - 1967
• 227 Order on the Prohibition Against the Use of Jordanian Revenue Stamps - 1968
• 237 Order Concerning Appointments Pursuant to the Mukhtars Law - 1968
• 246 Order Concerning Inspectors of Antiquities - 1968
• 251 Order Concerning Cancelling and Withdrawing of Drivers' Licenses - 1968
• 256 Order Concerning Professional Associations - 1968
• 260 Order Concerning Attorneys' Licenses (Provisional Regulations) - 1968
• 263 Order Concerning Appointments Pursuant to Animal Diseases Law - 1968
• 264 Order Concerning Authenticating Signatures - 1968
• 271 Order Concerning Claims (except Article 2g) - 1968
• 271 Article (2g) only (this act was added by means of Military Order 385)
• 275 Order Concerning the Explosives Law - 1968
• 280 Order Concerning Regulating Public Bathing Places - 1968
• 293 Order Concerning Inapplicability of Tenant Protection Laws in Certain Cases - 1969
• 295 Order Concerning Executing Financial Transactions in Post Offices - 1969
• 297 Order Concerning Identity Cards and Registration of the Inhabitants - 1969
• 299 Order Concerning Supervision of Currency, Bills of Exchange and Gold - 1969
• 306 Order Concerning Forestry Laws - 1969
• 309 Order Concerning Customs Authorities - 1969
• 310 Order Concerning Independence of the Judiciary Law - 1969
• 321 Order Concerning Expropriation of Land for Public Purposes - 1969
• 324 Order Concerning Attorney Licenses (Extending Period of Validity) - 1969
• 327 Order Concerning Protection of Holy Places - 1969
• 328 Order Concerning Extending the Tenure of the Boards of Directors of Chambers of Commerce - 1969
• 338 Order Requiring Guarantees and Confiscating such Guarantees - 1969
• 348 (Not listed in Appendix 2)
• 349 (Not published)
• 350 Order Concerning Indirect Taxes (Overpayment or Underpayment of Tax) - 1969
• 360 Order Concerning Chambers of Commerce - 1969
• 363 Order Concerning ,Protection of Nature Reserves - 1969
• 370 Order Concerning Imposing Duties on Stored Goods - 1970
• 373 Order Concerning Public Parks - 1970
• 389 Order Concerning Utilising Natural Resources (not listed in Arabic Text at all) - 1970
• 397 Order Concerning Trademarks - 1970
• 398 Order Concerning Companies - 1970
• 399 Order Concerning Road Transport Law - 1970
• 401 Order Concerning the Weights and Measurements Law - 1970
• 408 Order Concerning Pension Law (Employees from Other Areas) - 1970
• 412 Order Concerning Local Courts - 1970
• 418 Order Concerning Town and Village Planning and Construction Law - 1971
• 419 Order Concerning the Law on the Possession by Juridical Persons of Real Property - 1971
• 424 Order Concerning Display of Signs on Work Places - 1971
• 427 Order Concerning Electric Works (Regulation and Supply) - 1971
• 437 Order Concerning the Practice of the Auditing Profession - 1971
• 439 Order Concerning Labour Law - 1971
• 446 Order Concerning Amending the Civil Service Regulations - 1971
• 448 Order Concerning Amendment of Law on Re-registration of Immovable Property - 1971
• 450 Order Concerning Land Laws - 1971
• 451 Order Concerning Land Survey - 1971
• 454 Order Concerning Municipal Elections - 1971
• 457 Order Concerning the Law Regulating Natural Resources - 1972
• 459 Order Concerning Municipal Elections (Provisional Regulations) - 1972
• 470 Order Concerning Appointments Pursuant to the Crafts and Industries Law - 1972
• 471 Order Concerning Exemptions from Licenses for Crafts, Industries and Professions - 1972
• 474 Order Concerning Amendment of the Law for Preservation of Trees and Plants (Inspectors) -1972
• 484 Order Concerning Water Authority (Bethlehem, Beit Jala, Beit Sahour) - 1972
• 486 Order Concerning Amendment of Game Protection Law - 1972
• 487 Order Concerning Interest (Determining Amounts) - 1972
• 501 Order Concerning Amendment of the Regulation on Educational Fees - 1972
• 502 Order Concerning Supervision of Prices (Cement) - 1972
• 514 Order Concerning Pension Law - 1973
• 515 Order Concerning Service with the Military Government (Restrictions after Resignation) - 1973
• 528 Order Concerning Lawyers-in-Training - 1973
• 530 Order Concerning the Placement of Labels on Products - 1973
• 532 Order Concerning Appointments by Virtue of Telephone Laws - 1973
• 533 Order Concerning Income Tax Laws - 1973
• 535 Order Concerning an Amendment to the Jordanian Telephone Regulation - 1973
• 538 Order Concerning Consumer Goods and Services - 1974
• 549 Order Concerning the Jordanian Law on Public Plays (Supervision) -1974
• 555 Order Concerning Patents and Designs (New Registration) - 1974
• 558 Order Concerning Dangerous Drugs - 1975
• 569 Order Concerning the Registration of Special Transactions in Land - 1975
• 570 Order Concerning Elections for Village Council for the Village of Beita - 1975
• 573 Order Concerning Elections for Village Council for the Village of Thaneria - 1975
• 600 Order Concerning Safety Belts in Vehicles - 1975
• 602 Order Concerning Electricity (Electrical Power Stations and Electrical Works) - 1975
• 603 Order Concerning Licenses for Public Vehicles - 1975
• 614 Order Concerning Elections for Village Councils - 1975
• 631 Order Concerning the Establishment of Municipal Courts - 1976
• 645 Order Concerning the Extermination of Olive Flies - 1976
• 653 Order Concerning the Imposition of Supervision on Certain Products - 1976
• 658 Order Concerning an Amendment to the Jordanian Law on Customs Duties on Local Products - 1976
• 662 Order Concerning Insurance Against Labour Injuries - 1976
• 663 Order Concerning the Jordanian Labour Law (Work Injuries) - 1976
• 677 Order Concerning Compensation for Victims of Road Accidents - 1976
• 697 Order Concerning the Period of Functioning of Councils of Chambers of Commerce - 1977
• 733 Order Concerning Explosives (Licensing of Explosives) - 1977
• 738 Order Concerning Prohibition of Increasing Prices - 1977
• 741 Order Concerning Medical Services - 1978
• 742 Order Concerning the Resumption of Functions of Village Councils - 1977
• 745 Order Concerning Licensing of Medical Professions and their Practice - 1978
• 768 Order Concerning Powers of Licensed Surveyors - 1978
• 776 Order Concerning Jordanian Law for Licensing Petition Writers - 1979
• 783 Order Concerning the Administration of Regional Councils - 1979
• 795 Order Concerning Appointments by Virtue of the Law of Registration of Trade Names-1979
• 807 Order Concerning Religious Services - 1979
• 817 Order Concerning the Protection of Educational Institutions - 1980
• 818 Order Concerning Regulation of Planting of Decorative Plants - 1980
• 822 Order Concerning Maintenance of Cleanliness - 1980
• 823 Order Concerning the Shekel as Currency - 1980
• 830 Order Concerning Extension of Tenure of Municipal Councils - 1980
• 886 Order Concerning Supervision of Goods and Services - 1980
• 892 Order Concerning the Administration of Local Councils - 1981
• 899 Order Concerning Official measurements - 1981
• 908 Order Concerning Adjustment of sums - 1981
• 912 Order Concerning Installation of Water Solar Heaters - 1981
• 921 Order Concerning Settlement of Disputes over Land and Water - 1968

Judea and Samaria
Regional Command
Legal Adviser - 4112 - 1
8th November 1981

Distribution of Orders

Subject: Order for the establishment of the Civilian Administration
(Judea and Samaria) (No. 947) 5742-1981

• 1. Enclosed herein is the order referred to in Hebrew and in Arabic. The following are its main points:
• 2. Article 1-- This article defines the term 'Head of the Civilian Administration' as whoever is appointed by the Commander of the IDF forces in the region to be Head of the Civilian Administration.
• 3. Article 2-- This article establishes the Civilian Administration in the region. The tasks of the Civilian Administration, as they are defined in this article, are to see to the civilian affairs of the local residents, this while paying heed to consideration of public order.
• 4. Article 3-- This article deals with the power of the Head of the Civilian Administration. These powers are:
  • a) All the powers set forth in the local law, except for military powers set forth in a number of local laws that are set forth in the first schedule.
  • b) All the civilian powers that are set forth in the security legislation and which are detailed in the second schedule. This schedule sets forth all the order in which powers have been accorded to staff officers, heads of branches, the Area Commander, the Deputy Commander of the Region, and the other officials in the civilian spheres.
• 5. Article 4-- The IDF Area Commander will continue to sign the orders and the chief legislation in both military and civilian subjects. Article 4 grants the Head of the Civilian Administration the authority to draw up subsidiary legislation in all the matters in which he has been authorized to act .
• 6. Article 5-- The Head of the Civilian Administration is authorized to appoint staff officers and workers in the local apparatus who are employed in the region. He may also empower staff officers or any other person to draw up subsidiary legislation, each person within his own sphere of activity.
• 7. Article 6-- The aim of this article is to clarify that this order does not transfer to the Head of the Civilian Administration all the powers which are today held by the staff officers, or to the other office-holders who will be subordinate to him, as long as he has not explicitly assumed them for himself.
• 8. This order shall enter into effect on 11 Heshvan 5742 (8th November 1981).

Baruch Hollander, Lt.-Col.
Legal Advisor

Return: to the TOP of this Military Order.

SOURCE:
Rabah, Jamil & Fairweather, Natasha. "Israeli Military Orders in the Occupied Palestinian Territories: 1967-1992". Jerusalem Media & Communication Centre, East Jerusalem, West Bank (1993), p. 210-215.

Shehadeh, Raja. "From Occupation to Interim Accords: Israel and the Palestinian Territories". Kluwer Law International, Boston, MA (1997), p. 243-7.

(c) Israel Law Resource Center, February, 2007.