חוק השיפוט הצבאי (תיקון מס' 68), התשע"ו-2016Law on Military Jurisdiction (Amendment No. 68), 2016 · automatic translation · suggest a correction

Official summary of the law (Knesset)

The amendment reduces the maximum penalty prescribed for the offense of desertion, which had been set at fifteen years, and establishes instead two levels of punishment that take into account the severity of the offense. Thus, desertion under ordinary circumstances will carry a penalty of seven years, while desertion under aggravated circumstances - defined as absence during operational activity or a combat action of the unit with the intention of not returning to the army - will carry a prison sentence of ten years. In addition, the amendment provides that the period establishing a presumption that a soldier is absent from service with the intention of not returning to the army is extended to eighteen months, instead of the twenty-one-day period that had previously been set by law.

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