Termination of service

(a) The Knesset is entitled, by means of a resolution by of the Prime Minister the majority of its members, to remove from office the due to an offense Prime Minister, who was convicted of an offence, and the court decided in its verdict that it involves moral turpitude. (b) Within 30 days of the day on which the verdict was delivered as stated in clause (a), the Knesset House Committee shall decide on its recommendation regarding the removal of the Prime Minister from office, and shall bring its recommendation to the Knesset Plenum. Should the House Committee fail to bring its recommendation within the prescribed period, the Speaker of the Knesset shall raise the issue for debate in the Knesset Plenum. (c) The House Committee and the Knesset shall decide on the removal of the Prime Minister from office only after he has been given the opportunity to state his case to them. (d) Should the Prime Minister not be removed from office under this article, and the verdict as stated in clause (a) has become final, the service of the Prime Minister shall be terminated, and the Government shall be deemed to have resigned on the day on which the verdict became final. (e) The provisions of articles 42a and 42b of Basic-Law: The Knesset shall not apply to the Prime Minister.