חוק לתיקון דיני הראיות (הגנת ילדים) (תיקון מס' 20), התשפ"ו-2025Law to Amend the Evidence Law (Protection of Children) (Amendment No. 20), 2025 · automatic translation · suggest a correction

Official summary of the law (Knesset)

The Law establishes that when a minor who was questioned by a child investigator as a victim of an offense or as a witness to it has reached the age of 14 at the time of giving testimony but has not yet reached the age of 15, the child investigator may accompany him during his testimony and set conditions for giving the testimony, similarly to the arrangement applicable to children who have not yet reached the age of 14, in order to enable him to give full testimony and reduce the psychological harm that may be caused to him as a result of the testimony. In addition, the temporary provision established following the events of 7 October, according to which children up to the age of 14 who were injured or were witnesses to offenses of killing or abduction in connection with an act of terrorism or a hostile act shall be questioned through a child investigation, has been anchored as a permanent provision. However, the temporary provision regarding the obligation to consult with a child investigator before summoning a child who is a victim of a terrorism offense or a witness to it, which related to investigation of an offense committed during the period from 7 October 2023, has been deleted. In addition, the Law expands the possibility of providing investigation recordings or investigation transcripts whose publication is prohibited, for the purpose of preparing an expert opinion in connection with a criminal proceeding.

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