Addition of
sections 19A
to 19F. |
1. In the Population Registry Law, 5725-1965(1),
the following sections shall be inserted after section 19:
| "Definition. |
19A. In sections 19B to 19E, the term "public document" has the same meaning as in the Evidence Ordinance(2). |
Initial
registration. |
19B.
- (a) A particular of registration of a resident shall, registration, on his initial registration, be entered on the basis of a public document produced to the registration officer, and in the absence of such a document, on the basis of a notification under sections 5-14.
- (b) Where the registration officer has been requested to enter a particular of registration on the basis of a notification only, and after exercising his powers under section 19 he has reasonable grounds for believing that the notification is not correct, he shall refuse to make an entry on the basis thereof. However, in a matter of personal status he shall not refuse to make an entry as aforesaid unless the notification conflicts with another entry in the Registry or with a public document attesting to the particular in question.
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Registration of
changes. |
19C. A change in a particular of registration of a resident shall be entered on the basis of a document delivered under section 15 or 16 or on the basis of a notification under section 17 and the simultaneous production of a public document attesting to the change. However, a change of address shall be entered even on the basis of a notification only. |
Rectification of
entry. |
19D. Without prejudice to the provisions of section 19 E or 23, an entry in the Registry shall only be rectified on the application of the resident to whom the entry relates and on the basis of a public document attesting that the entry is not correct. |
Entry on
initiative
of Chief
Registration
Officer. |
19E.
- (a) Where the Chief Registration Officer is satisfied that any particular, or change of a particular, requiring entry has not been entered or that the entry, or amendment of the entry, of any such particular is incomplete or conflicts with another entry in the Registry or with a public document, he may, of his own motion and after clarifying the matter and giving every person to whom the particular relates an opportunity to be heard and present his evidence, enter the particular or the change of the particular, or complete or rectify the entry: Provided that an entry made on the basis of a public document shall not be altered, completed or rectified under this subsection, save on the basis of a public document attesting to that particular.
- (b) In respect of ethnic affiliation, religion or personal status, the Chief Registration Officer shall not act as specified in subsection (a), save with the consent of the person to whom the particular relates or on the basis of a declaratory judgment of the District Court given on the application of the Chief Registration Officer. The application shall be filed with the District Court in the area of jurisdiction of which the person to whom the particular relates has his address; it shall be filed and heard as an application by way of motion, and everyone to whom the particular relates shall be a respondent.
- (c) Notwithstanding anything contained in subsection (a), the Chief Registration Officer or a registration officer may, if he deems it urgently necessary so to do, enter, alter or rectify the address of a resident of his own motion, provided that he has given the resident seven days' advance notice.
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Indication of
basis for
entry. |
19F. The basis for any entry of a resident's personal status or of some other particular of registration prescribed by regulations shall be indicated in the Registry.". |
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Amendment of
section 47. |
2. In section 47 of the Population Registry
Law, 5725-1956 -
- (1) The words "with the approval of the Constitution, Legislation and Juridical Committee" shall be deleted;
- (2) the mark "(a)" shall be inserted after the figure "47", and the following subsection shall be added:
| "(b) Regulations under this Law, other than regulations under
section 5 or 6, shall require the approval of the Constitution, Legislation
and Juridical Committee of the Knesset.". |
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* Passed by the Knesset on the 2nd Av, 5727 (8th August, 1967) and published
in Sefer Ha-Chukkim of the 10th Av, 5727 (16th August, 1967), p.
145; the Bill and an Explanatory Note were published in Hatza'ot Chok
No. 622 of 5727 p. 266.
(1) Sefer Ha-Chukkim of 5725, p. 270; LSI vol. XIX, p.
288.
(2) Laws of Palestine vol. I, cap. 54, p. 670 (English Edition).
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