חוק לתיקון פקודת סדר הדין הפלילי (מעצר וחיפוש) (מס' 18), התשפ"ה-2025Law to Amend the Criminal Procedure Law Ordinance (Arrest and Search) (No. 18), 2025 · automatic translation · suggest a correction

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As part of the Law for the Fight Against Illegal Weapons (Legislative Amendment and Temporary Provision), 2023, an amendment was made to the Criminal Procedure Ordinance (Arrest and Search) [New Version], 1969 (hereinafter – the Ordinance), under which two new grounds were added for conducting a search without a judicial warrant, in order to provide the police with effective enforcement tools to eradicate the phenomenon of illegal weapons. The first ground added allows a police officer to conduct a search without a judicial warrant if a reasonable suspicion arose that a weapon or a substantial part of a weapon, which may serve as evidence for the commission of an offense, is located at the place, and if, due to the immediate need to conduct the search, a warrant cannot be obtained. The second ground added allows the police to conduct a search of documentation or a camera that may serve as evidence for the commission of an offense punishable by at least ten years' imprisonment, including a weapons offense, an offense of shooting at a residential location, or an offense of extortion by threats. With respect to these two grounds, it was determined that the search shall be conducted only with the written approval of a police officer with the rank of chief inspector or above, which shall include the circumstances and reasons for the need for an immediate search without a warrant. It was further determined that if, during the search, an item unrelated to the offense for which the approval to conduct the search was given is discovered, the police officer shall be entitled to seize the item and bring it for examination by a judge, who shall decide what shall be done with it. These arrangements were established as a temporary provision for a period of one year, starting from 15 May 2023, in order to enable an examination of the proposed arrangements. As part of Amendment No. 17 to the Ordinance, it was determined that the said temporary provision would be extended by one year, until 30 June 2025. Now, as part of Amendment No. 18, it was determined to extend the validity of the temporary provision until 30 June 2026, alongside the establishment of new dates within the reporting obligation set out in the Law in this regard.

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