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Protection of Holy Places Law, 1967*
- The Holy Places shall be protected from desecration and any
other
violation and from anything likely to violate the freedom of access of the
members of the different religions to the places sacred to them or their
feelings with regard to those places.
- Whosoever desecrates or otherwise violates a Holy
Place shall be liable to imprisonment for a term of seven years.
- Whosoever does anything likely to violate the freedom of
access
of the members of the different religions to the places sacred
to
them or their feelings with regard to those places shall be
liable
to imprisonment for a term of five years.
- This Law shall add to, and not derogate from, any other law.
- The Minister of Religious Affairs is charged with the
implementation
of this Law, and he may, after consultation with, or upon the
proposal
of, representatives of the religions concerned and with the consent
of
the Minister of Justice make regulations as to any matter relating
to
such implementation.
- This Law shall come into force on the date of its adoption by
the Knesset.
LEVI ESHKOL
Prime Minister
ZERACH WARHAFTIG
Minister of
Religious Affairs
SHNEUR ZALMAN SHAZAR
President
* Adopted by the Knesset on 27 June 1967.
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