Israel Company Law 1999

Chapter 3: The Registrar of Companies

Article A: The Companies Registry

36. (a) The Minister shall appoint a civil servant, qualified to serve as a magistrate, to be the Registrar of Companies, and such person shall be in charge of the Companies Registry.

(b) The Minister may appoint a government civil servant to be Deputy to the Registrar of Companies, and may authorize such person to exercise the powers of the Registrar.

(c) Where the Registrar is precluded from fulfilling his duties, the Minister may authorize an employee of the Ministry of Justice to exercise all or any of the powers of the Registrar.

Appointment and qualification of Registrar and Deputy Registrar

37. (a) The Registrar shall determine whether the conditions and requirements laid down in this Law in respect of the following have been fulfilled:

(1) incorporation of a company;

(2) change of name of a company;

(3) registration of a document;

(4) merger.

(b) The Registrar may, in order to ensure that the company is fulfilling its obligations under this Law, order it to produce for his inspection the registers and books that a company must keep and that are available for public inspection, or updated copies of such, within a period of no less than fourteen days from the date of demand.

(c) Where the Registrar is of the opinion that the said registers or books are not up-to-date, he may order the company to update them within such period as he shall prescribe.

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