Summary
Basic Law: The Government (1992) as treated in Discriminatory Laws Database for its emergency-powers provisions, in a Description-only entry (lines 2364-2394).
Details
- The entry traces Section 9 of the Law and Administration Ordinance – 1948, deleted when the Basic Law came into effect, and says the Basic Law gives the Knesset, and in certain situations the government, power to declare a state of emergency, and the Prime Minister power to make emergency regulations (lines 2376-2386).
- A state of emergency declared in 1948 has been maintained continuously, with examples given of the Emergency Powers (Detentions) Law – 1979, the Prevention of Terrorism Ordinance – 1948 and the Times of Emergency Orders (Foreign Travel) – 1948 (lines 2388-2394).
Related pages
Discriminatory Laws Database, Adalah, Knesset, Administrative Detention