Text: MK Serving As Minister Who Terminates Membership in Knesset Can Renew
Membership If No Longer Minister
Dr. Aaron Lerner 27 March 2023
[English translation]

Constitution: Knesset

Termination of Knesset Membership of a Minister or Deputy Minister
(Amendment No. 49) 2020

42 c. (a) A member of the Knesset serving as a minister or deputy minister
may terminate his membership in the Knesset according to the provisions of
this section; Termination of such membership shall be by written notice to
the Speaker of the Knesset, together with the written consent of the
chairman of the Knesset member's faction, and the provisions of section 40
shall apply to it; The provisions of this section shall not apply to the
member of the Knesset serving as prime minister, deputy prime minister,
alternate prime minister or acting prime minister.

(Amendment No. 52) 2023

... (c) If the membership in the Knesset of a minister or deputy minister is
terminated according to the provisions of this section, his membership in
the Knesset to which he was elected will be renewed if one of these occurs,
and he will not be required to return and declare allegiance according to
section 15:

(1) He ceased to serve as a minister or as a deputy minister;
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