Basic Law: The Knesset
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Official source(a) Should the Budget Law fail to be adopted within three failure to adopt the months following the commencement of the financial Budget Law year, the day following the termination of the said [Amendments Nos. 30, period (hereinafter – the determining date) shall be 40, 48 (temporary regarded as if the Knesset had decided to dissolve provision), 50 itself before the end of its term, and early elections (temporary provision) & 51] shall be held on the last Tuesday before the end of 90 days from the determining date, unless the Knesset has decided by a majority of its Members, within five days of the determining date to hold the elections on a later date, due to the proximity of the elections date to a festival, holiday, or memorial day, but no later than 100 days after the determining date. (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of clause (a), once the President of the State has initiated proceedings for the formation of a new government in accordance with article 30 of Basic-Law: The Government, should the Knesset express confidence in the new Government on the basis of article 28 of Basic-Law: The Government, or should a law have been adopted concerning the dissolution of the Knesset, or should elections have been held for the Knesset, after the deadline for submitting the Budget Bill on the basis of article 3 of Basic-Law: The State Economy, and before the termination of the three months from the beginning of the financial year, the determining date as stated in clause (a) shall be the day after the end of three months from the beginning of the financial year, or the day after 145 days from the day the Government was formed, whichever is later. Should the Knesset Finance Committee decide, in accordance with article 3(b)(1) of Basic-Law: The State Economy, that the Budget Bill shall be laid on the Knesset table before the 85th day from the date of the formation of the Government, the determining day shall be the day after the 60 days from the day on which the Government laid the Bill. In counting the periods of 146 days, 85 days, and 60 days, as aforementioned, Jewish holidays, and holiday eves, as prescribed by law, shall not be counted. (c) [Expired]
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Basic Law: The Knesset · main.knesset.gov.il · Retrieved 18 August 2026.
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