Acting President and

(a) Should the position of the President of the State be substitute vacated, and as long as the new President of the State has not assumed office, the Speaker of the Knesset shall serve as Acting President of the State. (b) During the period that the President of the State has temporarily ceased to perform his duties and exercise his powers, the Speaker of the Knesset shall substitute for the President of the State. (c) While serving as Acting President of the State, or as the substitute of the President of the State, the Speaker of the Knesset shall perform the functions assigned to the President of the State by law and exercise the powers vested in the President of the State by law.