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More formal citations, which include the series in which the statute or regulation is published,
are often avoided insofar as such references may create confusion, e.g., if the Statute has been
amended.
Statutes are published in English in the Laws of the State of Israel (L.S.I.). Cite these statutes by
volume, “L.S.I.”, first page of the statute, and year of publication.
2.2 Legislative Draft Bills
Cite draft legislation by title, year, series in which the legislation is published (Hatza-ot Hok,
abbreviated H.H.), and first page of the legislation:
94
Draft Bill to Amending the Income Tax Ordinance (No. 21), 1974, H.H., 142.
2.3 Treaties and Conventions
Cite treaties and conventions by title (for a list of treaties and conventions, see Section 1.0 on
Treaties and Conventions on page 266), the abbreviated title of Israel’s treaty series (Kitvei
Amana, abbreviated “K.A.”), date of adoption (optional), volume number, first page of the treaty,
and date of entry of force (optional):
[Treaty Title], K.A. 2, 1.
3.0 Jurisprudence
Cite cases by type of procedure, case number, district or city in which the court is located if the
case was decided by a District or Magistrate Court (in parentheses), name of the parties (in bold,
separated by “v.”), abbreviated title of the reporter, volume, part (in parentheses), and first page
of the case:
Cr. A. 7024/93, The State of Israel v. Pelach, P.D. 49 (1) 1.
D. C. A. (T.A.) 780/70, Iryat Tel-Aviv-Jaffa v. Shulamit Sapir, P. D. 25 (2) 486.
LC 53/33-3 Cohen v. Supersal LTD, PDA 38(1) 39.
3.1 Procedure Types
The two basic procedure types are civil cases (C.C.) and criminal cases (Cr. C.). General
motions may be heard in the civil instance as civil motions (C.M.) or in criminal instances as
criminal motions (Cr. M.).
Cases may be heard in a first instance in the Magistrate Court or in the District Court, depending
on the matter of the case and the amount claimed.
District court cases: