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AMUTOT LAW, 5740-1980* |
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Chapter One : Establishment |
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Right to
establish
amuta. |
1.Two or more persons who wish to incorporate as a body corporate for a
lawful purpose not aimed at the distribution of profits to its members may
establish an amuta (non-profit society). An
amuta shall be constitued by registration in the Register of
Amutot. |
Application for
registration
of
amuta. |
2.An application for registration of an amuta shall be
submitted by the founders to the Registrar of Amutot
(hereinafter referred to as "the Registrar"), indicating the name, objects
and address in Israel of the amuta and the names, address and
identity numbers of the founders. |
Restrictions as
to registration
of
amuta. |
3.An amuta shall not be registered if any of its objects
negates the existence or democratic character of the State of Israel or if
there are reasonable grounds for concluding that the
amuta will be used as a cover for illegal activities. |
Restrictions
as to name
of
amuta. |
4.
- (a) An amuta shall not be registered under a name likely to
mislead or to offend public policy or the feelings of the public or
under a name identical with the name of a body corporate registered in
Israel or so similar to such a name as to mislead.
- (b) Where an amuta has been registered under a name under
which, according to subsection (a), it should not have been registered,
the Registrar may request it to change its name. If the amuta
does not change its name within the time prescribed in. the Registrar's
request, the Attorney-General may apply to the court for an order
requiring the amuta to change its name.
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Registration
of amuta. |
5.Where an application under section 2 has been submitted, the Registrar
shall register the amuta in the Register of
Amutot unless he considers himself prevented from doing so by
section 1, 3 or 4(a). |
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6.Where the Registrar refuses to register an amuta, the
founders may appeal to the District Court within thirty days after notice of
the refusal is delivered to them. A request by the Registrar under section
4(b) may be appealed as aforesaid by the amuta
within thirty days after notice thereof is delivered to it. |
Publication and
certificate of
registration. |
7.Where an amuta has been registered, the Registrar shall
publish a notice to such effect in Reshumot and shall issue a
certificate of registration to the amuta. The certificate shall be
conclusive evidence that the amuta has been duly established. |
Amuta to be
body
corporate. |
8.From the day given in the certificate of registration as the date of
registration, the amuta shall be a body corporate, competent in
respect of any right, obligation and legal act. |
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Chapter Two : Rules |
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Rules to
have effect
of contract. |
9.Every amuta shall have rules, the effect of which shall be
that of a contract by which the amuta and its members undertake to
comply with the provisions thereof. |
Registered
roles and
model rules. |
10.
- (a) The founders may submit rules for the amuta to the
Registrar. Where they do not do so, the model rules set out in the
Schedule shall be the rules of the amuta.
- (b) A matter regulated by the model rules and not regulated by the
rules submitted to the Registrar shall be governed by the provisions of
the model rules.
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Change of
rules. |
11.An amuta may change its rules by a resolution of the general
meeting passed by a majority of the votes of those entitled to vote thereat. |
Change of name
and objects. |
12.An amuta may, by resolution as specified in section 11,
change its name or objects. Any such resolution shall require registration
by the Registrar, and the provisions of sections 4 to 7 shall apply
mutatis mutandis. The resolution shall have effect from the date of its
registration by the Registrar. |
Restriction
as to powers. |
13.The rules may limit the power of the amuta to change its
rules, name or objects, require a greater majority for the change than is
prescribed by section 11 or attach other conditions thereto. |
Change of
address. |
14.Notice of any change of the address of the office of the
amuta shall be given to the Registrar, who shall register the
change. |
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Chapter Three : Members |
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| Qualifications. |
15.Every person of full age and every body corporate are qualified to be
members of an amuta. |
Conditions of
membership. |
16.The conditions of membership of an amuta and the admission,
resignation and expulsion of members shall be in accordance with the
provisions of the rules; however -
- (1) the resignation of a member shall be subject to no condition but
reasonable advance notice;
- (2) a member shall not be expelled save for reasons set out in the
rules and after being given an appropriate opportunity to state his
case.
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Nature of
membership. |
17.Membership of an amuta shall be personal, not transferable
and not inheritable. |
Register of
members. |
18.An amuta shall keep a register of members in which every
member, his address and identity number and the dates of the commencement
and termination of his membership shall be recorded. |
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Chapter Four: Agencies |
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Obligatory
and optional
agencies. |
19.
- (a) Every amuta shall have a general meeting, a board and a
control committee, and it may have additional agencies as provided in
its rules.
- (b) The general meeting may decide that an auditor or a body
approved for this purpose by the Registrar (both hereinafter referred to
as "the audit body") shall be appointed instead of a control committee.
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Article One: General Meeting |
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Times for
convening
meeting. |
20.
- (a) An ordinary general meeting of the members of the amuta
shall take place at the times prescribed by the rules but not less than
once a year.
- (b) The board may convene an extraordinary general meeting at any
time, and it shall do so upon the written demand of the control
committee, the audit body or one tenth of the members of the
amuta.
- (c) Where a general meeting has not been convened in accordance with
the provisions of this section, the Registrar may convene it or appoint
a person to do so.
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| Voting. |
21.At a general meeting, every member shall have one vote, and voting
shall be personal, unless otherwise provided by the Rules. |
| Majority. |
22.The decisions of the general meeting shall be passed by a simple
majority of those voting save as otherwise provided by this Law or the
rules. |
| Minutes. |
23.At every general meeting, minutes shall be kept. The minutes shall be
signed be the chairman of the meeting and upon being signed by him shall be
prima facie evidence of their contents and of the validity of the
convening and conduct of the meeting and the passing of its decisions. |
Meeting of
representatives. |
24.
- (a) Where the number of the members of an amuta exceeds two
thousand, it may prescribe in its rules that its general meetings shall
be meetings of representatives elected by the members. The method and
manner of the election of the representatives shall be in accordance
with the provisions of the rules.
- (b) For the purposes of this Law, a meeting of representatives shall
be treated as a general meeting, and the power of the Registrar under
section 20(c) shall also apply, mutatis mutandis, to the
holding of the said elections.
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Article Two: The Board |
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| Powers. |
25.The board shall manage the affairs of the amuta, and it
shall have every power not reserved by this Law or the rules to the general
meeting or another of the agencies of the amuta. |
| Constitution. |
26.
- (a) The board shall be elected by an ordinary general meeting unless
the rules otherwise provide. Until the constitution of the first board,
the founders shall act as a board.
- (b) Whenever an amuta has no board constituted under
subsection (a), the Registrar may appoint a member or members of the
amuta to act as a board.
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Duty of board
member. |
27.The members of the board shall act in the interest of the
amuta, within the framework of its objects and in accordance with
the rules and the resolutions of the general meeting. |
Removal of
board member
from office. |
28.The general meeting may at any time remove a member of the board from
office. |
Register of
board members. |
29.An amuta shall keep a register of board members in which the
name, address and identity number and the dates of commencement and
termination of service of each member shall be recorded. |
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Article Three: Control Committee |
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| Functions. |
30.The control committee or audit body shall examine the financial and
economic affairs, and the account-books, of the
amuta and shall lay before the general meeting its
recommendations as to the approval of the financial report. |
| Constitution. |
31.The control committee or audit body shall be elected by an ordinary
general meeting. |
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Article Four: Restrictions as to Tenure |
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Exclusivity
of tenure. |
32.A person shall not at one and the same time serve as a member of the
board and as a member of the Control Committee or audit body. |
Disqualification
for tenure. |
33.
- (a) There shall not serve as a member of the board -
- (1) a person who is not a member of the amuta;
- (2) a person who serves the amuta for remuneration
otherwise than as a member of the board;
- (3) a body corporate; however, a representative of a body
corporate which is a member of the amuta may serve as a
member of the board even if he himself is not a member of the
amuta.
- (b) There shall not serve as a member of the control committee or
audit body a person who serves the amuta for remuneration
otherwise than as a member of such committee or body.
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Validity
of act. |
34.The validity of an act of a member of the board, a member of the
control committee or a member of the audit body shall not be impaired by a
defect in his election or appointment. |
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Chapter Five: Keeping of Accounts, Submission of
Documents and Inspection |
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| Account-books. |
35.
- (a) An amuta shall keep account-books which shall fully and
faithfully reflect its transactions and financial position.
- (b) Every member of the board, the control committee or the audit
body may at any time inspect the account-books of the amuta and
the documents relating to entries therein and obtain from every member
of the board and employee of the amuta any document in his
possession and any information which, in the opinion of the member of
the board, control committee or audit body, is required for the carrying
out of his functions.
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Financial
report. |
36.The board shall lay before every ordinary general meeting a
balance-sheet and income-and-expenditure report {hereinafter referred to as
a "financial report") of the amuta. The financial report shall be
submitted to the control committee or audit body not later than two weeks
before the date of the meeting or at an earlier date prescribed by the
rules. |
| Audit. |
37.
- The Registrar may, on the application of the control committee, the
audit body or one tenth of the members of the amuta or on his
own motion, direct that the financial report shall be submitted to the
general meeting after being audited by an auditor appointed by the board
and together with the comments of the auditor, and he may, if he deems
it necessary, order the postponement of the general meeting until a date
prescribed by him.
- (b) The powers under section 35 (b) shall vest also in an auditor
appointed under this section.
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| Submission of documents to Registrar. |
38.An amuta shall submit to the Registrar the following
documents, signed by two members of the board:
- (1) notice of a change of address of the amuta or of the
election, appointment or cessation of tenure of a member of the board,
the control committee or the audit body - within two weeks after the
event;
- (2) a copy of a resolution of the general meeting under section 11
or 12 or of a resolution of the general meeting or the board concerning
persons empowered to sign in the name of the amuta - within two
weeks after the passing of the resolution;
- (3) a copy of the financial report together with the recommendation
of the control committee or audit body or, where an auditor has been
appointed under section 37, together with his certification and comments
- within two weeks after the general meeting to which the report was
submitted;
- (4) other documents designated by the Minister of the Interior by
regulations.
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| Inspection. |
39.
- (a) The register of members and the register of board members, the
minutes of the general meetings and the financial reports submitted to
the general meeting shall at any reasonable time be open for inspection
by all the members of the amuta.
- (b) Documents submitted to the Registrar under section 2, 10 or 38
shall be open for inspection at his office by any person.
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Chapter Six: Investigation of Business |
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Appointment
and powers of
investigator. |
40.
- (a) The Registrar shall, on the application of one quarter of the
members of the amuta or on the application of the control
committee or audit body or on his own motion, appoint an investigator to
investigate the business and position of the amuta and deliver
a report thereon.
- (b) In the case of an amuta the objects of which are
religious, the appointment of an investigator under subsection (a) shall
require consultation with the Director-General of the Ministry of
Religious Affairs.
- (c) The investigator shall, mutatis mutandis, have the
powers referred to in sections 9 to 11 and 27 (b) of the Commissions of
Inquiry Law, 5729-1968(1).
- (d) Objection to the decision of the Registrar to appoint or not to
appoint an investigator under this section may be lodged by the
amuta or the applicants for the investigation with the Minister
of the Interior within fourteen days from the day on which it or they is
or are given notice of the decision.
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Expenses of
investigation. |
41.
- (a) The Registrar may impose the whole or part of the expenses of
the investigation on the amuta, the members of the board or the
applicants for the investigation, and he may request the applicants for
the investigation to provide security for the expenses thereof.
- (b). Objection to the decision of the Registrar under subsection (a)
may be lodged, by whoever the expenses have been imposed on, with the
Minister of the Interior within fourteen days from the day on which it
or they is or are given notice of the decision.
- (c) Investigation expenses not imposed under subsection (a) shall be
borne by the Treasury.
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Chapter Seven: Winding-Up |
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Modes of
winding-up. |
42.An amuta may be wound up voluntarily or by court order. |
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Article One: Voluntary Winding-Up |
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Winding-up
resolution and
appointment of
liquidator. |
43.
- (a) An amuta may, at its general meeting, resolve upon its
winding-up and the appointment of a liquidator or liquidators. The
resolution shall require a two-thirds majority of those voting at a
meeting of which all the members of the society have been given notice
twenty-one days in advance, indicating that a winding-up resolution will
be proposed thereat.
- (b) A copy of the resolution shall be submitted to the Registrar
within two weeks from the adoption thereof, and the Registrar shall
register the resolution.
- (c) The winding-up shall commence two weeks after the adoption of
the resolution unless a later date is prescribed therein.
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Declaration
of solvency. |
44.A general meeting referred to in section 43 may only be convened if
an affidavit by a majority of the members of the board has been submitted to
the Registrar to the effect that they have examined the state of the
business of the amuta and are satisfied that it is able to pay its
debts in full within one year from the commencement of the winding-up. |
Functions of
liquidator. |
45.The liquidator shall -
- (1) receive the property of the amuta and collect the debts
due to it from members and others;
- (2) realise the property of the amuta to the extent
required for the payment of its debts;
- (3) pay the debts of the amuta, including the expenses of
the winding-up;
- (4) deal with the remainder of the property in accordance with
section 58.
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Notice to
creditors. |
46.
- (a) Within two weeks after the commencement of his appointment, the
liquidator shall publish a notice of the winding-up of the
amuta, calling upon its creditors to submit their claims to him
within a reasonable time prescribed in the notice.
- (b) The notice shall be published in Reshumot. It shall
also be published in two daily newspapers appearing in Hebrew; but if
most of the members of the amuta are Arabic-speaking, it shall
be published in a daily newspaper appearing in Arabic.
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Termination of
winding-up. |
47.
- (a) When the liquidator has completed the winding-up operations, he
shall convene a final general meeting and present a report of the
winding-up, certified by the control committee or the audit body, for
its approval. The provisions of section 37 shall apply also, mutatis
mutandis, to that report.
- (b) When the final general meeting has approved the report, the
liquidator shall, within who weeks after the meeting, submit a copy
thereof and of the minutes of the meeting to the Registrar.
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Saving of
power. |
48.Voluntary winding-up shall not affect the power of the court to make
a winding-up order under section 49. Where such an order is made, the
winding-up under the order shall be deemed to have commenced on the date of
commencement of the voluntary winding-up. |
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Article Two: Winding-Up by Court Order |
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Grounds foi
winding-up. |
49.The District Court may order the winding-up of an
amuta when any one of the following is the case:
- (1) the activities of the amuta are conducted in a manner
contrary to Law or to its objects or rules;
- (2) the amuta or its objects is or are aimed at the
negation of the existence or the democratic character of the State of
Israel;
- (3) an investigator appointed under section 40 has recommended the
winding-up of the amuta;
- (4) the amuta is unable to pay its debts;
- (5) the court has found that it is equitable and just that the
amuta shall be wound up.
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Application
for winding-up
order. |
50.
- (a) An application for the winding-up of an amuta shall be
made by the Attorney-General or the Registrar. An application under
section 49 (4) may also be made by a creditor to whom the amuta
owes more than 1,000 shekalim.
- (b) An application for winding-up under section 49(1), (2) or (5)
may only be made after the Registrar has warned the amuta in
writing to remedy the position and the amuta has not done so
within a reasonable time after receipt of the warning.
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Preliminary
clarification. |
51.Where the Registrar has reason to apprehend that one of the grounds
for winding-up mentioned in section 49 (1), (2), (4) or (5) exists in
respect of an amuta, he may demand from any member of the
amuta or of one of its agencies, or from any of its employees,
any document in his possession, or any information, which, in the opinion of
the Registrar, may assist in clarifying the matter. |
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52.The Attorney-General, the Registrar, the amuta and any
person who, having been a party to the proceedings in the District Court, is
aggrieved by the winding-up order or by the refusal to grant it, may appeal
to the Supreme Court. An aggrieved party who was not a party lo those
proceedings may so appeal if he has received leave to do so from the
President of the District Court. |
Commencement
of winding-up. |
53.Winding-up by court order shall commence on the date of the order
unless a different date is prescribed therein. |
Application
of provisions. |
54.The provisions of sections 149, 154(1), 155, 156, 162 to 164, 166,
170 to 172, 174A, 180, 185, 187, 188, 215, 219 to 220B, 225 to 229, 233 and
234 of the Companies Ordinance(2), shall apply
mutatis mutandis to the winding-up of an amuta by court
order. |
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Article Three: General Provisions |
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Activities and
representation. |
55.From the date of commencement of the winding-up or, if the court, in
the winding-up order, has prescribed a date prior to the date of the order,
from such latter date, the amuta shall not continue any activity
other than an activity required for carrying out the winding-up, and every
power to act on behalf of the amuta shall vest in the liquidator
alone. |
Directions of
the court. |
56.The court may, on the application of the liquidator, a member of the
amuta or a creditor, issue directions to the liquidator as to any
matter relating to the winding-up. |
Duty to give
information. |
57.Every member or former member of the amuta or of any of its
agencies and every employee or former employee of the
amuta shall, upon the demand of the liquidator, deliver to him
any document in their possession and any information relating to the
business or affairs of the amuta. |
Property of
wound-up
amuta. |
58.Where any property remains after an amuta has been wound up
and its debts have been paid in full, such property shall be dealt with in
accordance with the provisions of the rules. In the absence of such
provisions or where it is not practicable to act in accordance therewith,
such property shall, in accordance with the directions of the court, be
devoted to an object defined by the court as related lo the objects of the
amuta. |
Striking-off
and revival of
amuta;
voidance of
winding-up. |
59.
- (a) The striking-off of an amuta which has ceased to
operate and the revival of an amuta which has been struck off
shall be governed, mutatis mutandis, by the provisions of
section 242 of the Companies Ordinance.
- (b) The voidance of the winding-up of an an amuta shall be
governed, mutatis mutandis, by the provisions of section 236 of
the Companies Ordinance.
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Chapter Eight: Existing Societies |
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Application for
registration. |
60.
- (a) A society established under the Ottoman Law of Societies of the
29th Rejeb, 1327 (1909) (hereinafter referred to as "the Ottoman Law")
notice of whose establishment under that Law was given before the coming
into force of this Law (such a society hereinafter referred to as an '
'existing society") may, within one year from the coming into force of
this Law, apply to the Registrar for registration as an amuta.
- (b) The Registrar may extend the one-year period referred to in
subsection (a) on application made to him by an existing society during
that year. He may do so only once.
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Registration of
society as
amuta. |
61.
- Where application is made under section 60, the Registrar shall
register the existing society as an amuta in the Register of
Amutot and the provisions of sections 4, 6 and 7 shall apply
mutatis mutandis.
- (b) From the day designated in the certificate as the date of
registration, the existing society shall be an amuta and the
provisions of this Law shall apply thereto.
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Society not
applying for
registration. |
62.Where an existing society does not apply for registration as an
amuta within the period mentioned in section 60, the Registrar may
strike it off. The striking-off proceeding and the revival of the society
after its being struck off shall be governed, mutatis mutandis, by
the provisions of section 242 of the Companies Ordinance. |
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Chapter Nine: Miscellaneous |
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Registrar of
amutot. |
63.The Minister of Justice shall appoint a State employee qualified to
be a Judge of a Magistrates' Court to be Registrar of
Amutot, and he may appoint a State employee or State employees
qualified to be a Judge or Judges as aforesaid to be an Assistant Registrar
or Assistant Registrars. |
| Penalties. |
64.An amuta which contravenes any of the provisions of sections
18, 23, 29, 35 and 38 and every person responsible for the contravention
shall be liable to a fine of 1,000 shekalim. |
Exemption from
application. |
65.The Minister of the Interior may, with the approval of the
Constitution, Legislation and Juridical Committee of the Knesset, prescribe
by regulations that any of the provisions of this Law shall not apply, or
shall apply with variations, as may be stated in the regulations, to
specific categories of amutot. |
Implementation
and regulations. |
66.
- (a) The Minister of the Interior is charged with the implementation
of this Law and may, with the approval of the Constitution, Legislation
and Juridical Committee of the Knesset, make regulations as to any
matter relating to its implementation, including -
- (1) fees payable for acts of the Registrar;
- (2) the registration of pledges of amutot.
- (b) The Minister of Justice may make procedural regulations for
court proceedings under this Law.
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| Inapplicability. |
67.The provisions of this Law shall not apply to -
- (1) societies which are existing political parties or political
parties established less than two years from the date of the coming into
force of this Law;
- (2) societies which are existing employees' or employers'
organisations or employees' or employers' organisations established
before the expiration of three years from the date of the coming into
force of this Law.
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Application of
Ottoman Law. |
68.The Ottoman Law shall apply only to an existing society so long as it
has not been registered as an amuta or has not been struck off
under section 62 and to societies to which this Law does not apply under
section 67. |
Amendment of
Trust Law. |
69.Section 35 of the Trust Law, 5739-1979(3), is hereby
repealed. |
| Commencement. |
70.This Law shall come into force on the 26th Adar Bet, 5741 (1st April,
1981). |
| Publication. |
71.This Law shall be published within thirty days from the date of its
adoption by the Knesset. |
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SCHEDULE
(Section 10)
Model Rules of
Amuta
Article One : Membership |
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Admission of
member. |
1.
- (a) The founders of the amuta shall be members thereof from
the date of registration of the amuta in the Register of
Amutot.
- (b) A person who wishes to become a member of the amuta
shall submit to the board an application as follows:
| "I (name, address and identity number) wish to become a member
of the amuta (name of amuta). The objects and
rules of the amuta are known to me. I undertake that, if
admitted as a member, I shall comply with the provisions of the
rules of the amuta and with the decisions of its general
meeting.". |
- (c) The decision concerning the admission or non-admission of the
applicant as a member of the amuta shall rest with the board.
If the board refuses to admit the applicant, he may lodge objection with
the next general meeting.
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Rights and
duties of
members. |
2.
- (a) A member of the amuta is entitled to attend and vote at
every general meeting and shall have one vote at every voting. He is
entitled to elect and be elected to the board and the control committee.
- (b) A member of the amuta is entitled to take part in its
activities and to enjoy its services.
- (c) The board may, with the approval of the general meeting,
prescribe a membership fee, the payment of which shall be obligatory on
the members.
- (d) Termination of membership of the amuta shall not
dispense from effecting payments due to the amuta from the
member immediately before the termination of his membership in respect
of the period up to such termination.
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Termination of
membership. |
3.
- (a) Membership of the amuta terminates -
- (1) upon the death of the member or, in the case of a member being
a body corporate, upon completion of the winding-up;
- (2) upon withdrawal of the member from the amuta; written
notice of withdrawal shall be given to the board thirty days in
advance;
- (3) upon expulsion of the member from the amuta.
- (b) The general meeting may, upon the proposal of the board, decide
to expel a member from the amuta on one of the following
grounds:
- (1) the member has not paid to the amuta what is due to
it from him;
- (2) the member has not complied with the provisions of the rules
or with a decision of the general meeting;
- (3) the member acts in a manner contrary to the objects of the
amuta;
- (4) the member has been convicted of an offence involving moral
turpitude.
- (c) The board shall not propose to the general meeting to expel a
member from the amuta unless it has given him a suitable
opportunity to state his case before it, and it shall not so propose for
one of the reasons mentioned in subsection (b) (1), (2) and (3) unless
it has warned the member and given him reasonable time to remedy the
position.
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Communications
to members. |
4.Any invitation, request, warning or other communication by the
amuta to a member shall be in writing and shall be delivered to him
personally or sent by ordinary mail to his address registered in the
register of members. On the written application of member, the
amuta shall change his address registered in the register of
members. |
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Article Two: General Meeting |
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| Time and place. |
5.The day, hour and place of a general meeting shall be fixed by the
board. |
| Invitation. |
6.A general meeting shall be convened by notice to every member at least
ten days in advance, indicating the day, hour, place and agenda. |
Functions of
ordinary general
meeting. |
7.An ordinary general meeting shall hear reports on the activities of
the board and the activities of the control committee, shall consider them
and the financial report submitted to it by the board, shall decide on the
approval of the said reports and shall elect a board and a control
committee. |
| Quorum. |
8.
- (a) A general meeting shall not be opened unless at least one
quarter of the members of the amuta are present. Where such a
quorum is present at the opening of the meeting, the meeting may
continue its deliberations and pass decisions even if the number of
those present has decreased.
- (b) Where a quorum as aforesaid does not convene within one hour
from the time specified in the invitation, the meeting shall be
considered adjourned for a week to the same hour and place, without need
for another invitation, and those present at the adjourned meeting,
whatever their number, may deliberate and pass decisions.
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Chairman and
secretary. |
9.A general meeting shall elect a chairman and a secretary for itself
from among the members of the amuta. |
| Decisions. |
10.The decisions of a general meeting shall be passed by a majority of
the votes of those voting unless the Law or these Rules requires or require
a different majority. Where the votes are evenly divided, the chairman of
the meeting shall have a casting vote. |
| Minutes. |
11.The secretary of the meeting shall keep minutes thereof. |
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Article Three : The Board |
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Number
of members. |
12.The number of the members of the board shall be fixed by decision of
the general meeting but shall not be less than two. |
Period of
tenure. |
13.
- (a) The board shall hold office from its election by a general
meeting until another general meeting elects a new board. A member of
the outgoing board may be re-elected.
- (b) A member of the board may resign at any time by written notice
to the board. A member of the board shall cease to hold office if he has
been declared legally incompetent or bankrupt.
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Filling vacancy
on board. |
14.
- (a) Where the place of a board member has fallen vacant, the
remaining members or member may appoint another member of the
amuta to hold office as a member of the board until the next
general meeting. Pending such an appointment, the remaining board
members or member may continue to act as a board.
- (b) Where a board member is unable to carry out his functions, the
remaining members or member may appoint a member of the amuta
to take his place until he again carries out his functions.
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Meetings
of board. |
15.The board may itself make rules as to the times of its meetings,
invitations thereto, a quorum thereat and procedure for conducting them. |
| Decisions. |
16.The decisions of the board shall be passed by a majority of the votes
of those voting. Where the votes are evenly divided, the proposal shall be
regarded as rejected. A unanimous decision of all the members of the board
need not be adopted at a board meeting. |
| Minutes. |
17.The board shall keep minutes of its meetings and decisions. |
Right of
representation. |
18.The board may empower two or more of its members to sign on behalf of
the amuta documents which bind the amuta and to perform on
its behalf acts which are within the competence of the board. |
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Article Four: Control Committee |
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Application of
provisions. |
19.The provisions of regulations 12 to 17 shall also apply,
mutatis mutandis, to the control committee; |
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Article Five: Branches |
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Establishment
and organization
of branches. |
20.The amuta may, by decision of the general meeting, establish
branches and prescribe their organisation and the procedure for managing
their affairs. |
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Article Six: Assets after Winding-Up |
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Transfer of
surplus assets. |
21.Where any assets remain after the amuta has been wound up and its
debts have been paid in full, such assets shall be transferred to another
amuta having similar objects. |
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MENAHEM BEGIN
Prime Minister |
YOSEF BURG
Minister of the Interior |
YITZCHAK NAVON
President of the State |
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* Passed by the Knesset on the 15th
Av, 5740 (28th July, 1980) and published in Sefer Ha-Chukkim No.
983 of the 30th Av, 5740 (I2th August, 1980), p. 210; the Bill and an
Explanatory Note were published in Hatza'ot Chok No. 1392 of 5739,
p. 127.
(1) Sefer Ha-Chukkim of 5729, p. 28; LSI
vol. XXIII, p. 32.
(2) Laws of Palestine vol. I, p. 161 (English
Edition).
(3) Sefer Ha-Chukkim of 5739, p. 128; LSI
vol. XXXIII. p. 154. |
