Rules of Procedure
 

PART A
ORGANISATION OF THE KNESSET
CHAPTER FOUR
MEMBERS OF THE KNESSET

Address and communica-
tions1

20.
Every member must furnish the Speaker with an address to which invitations, communications and documents are to be sent; A dispatch to this address shall be considered sufficient notice.
Travel abroad

21.
A Member traveling abroad must so inform the Speaker, and must indicate the period of his stay abroad, and his whereabouts.
Attendance at sittings (amendment No. 24)

22.
A Member shall regularly attend the sittings of the Knesset plenum, and of the Committees of which he is a member, to the best of his ability.
Dispatch of letter of resignation

23.
Should a Member be unable to submit his letter of resignation to the Speaker personally, as provided in article 40 of Basic Law: The Knesset, he shall send it -




(1)
From inside the country - by means of someone authorized for this purpose in writing by the Speaker;




(2)
From abroad - by means of a diplomatic or consular representative of Israel.



Whoever has been authorized as stated in clause (1), or the representative as stated in clause (2), shall verify the Member's signature on the resignation, and indicate the date of the signature on it.




1 This arrangement is not exclusive. The tabling an announcement, on days in which the Knesset sits, is a
legal means of handing an announcements to the Knesset Members. (HCJ 1843/93, MK Rafael Pinhasi v. the Knesset).



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