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Israel: Area of Jurisdiction and Powers Ordinance No. 29 of 1948

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Israel:

Area of Jurisdiction and Powers Ordinance

No. 29 of 5708-1948

Tel Aviv, 16 September 1948

THE Provisional Council of State hereby enacts as follows :-

Area of application of law.

1. Any law applying to the whole of the State of Israel shall be deemed to apply to the whole of the area including both the area of the State of Israel and any part of Palestine which the Minister of Defence has defined by proclamation as being held by the Defence Army of Israel.

Area of competence.

2. Any person or body of persons competent by virtue of a law as aforesaid to hold office or act in the whole of the State of Israel shall be deemed to be competent to hold office or act in the whole of the area including both the area of the State of Israel and any part of Palestine which the Minister of Defence has defined by proclamation as being held by the Defence Army of Israel.

Commencement; validation
of acts.

3. This Ordinance shall have effect retroactively as from the 6th Iyar, 5708 (15th May, 1948), and all acts done which, but for the provisions of this Ordinance, would be without effect are hereby validated retroactively.

Title.

4. This Ordinance may be cited as the Area of Jurisdiction and Powers Ordinance, 5708-1948.
 

12th Elul, 5708 (16 September 1948)
 

 

 

 DAVID BEN-GURION
 Prime Minister and Minister of Defence

 

 

 FELIX ROSENBLUETH
 Minister of Justice

 

 

Published in the Official Gazette, No. 23 of the 18th Elul, 5708 (22 September 1948).