Suspension

(a) In the case of a Member of the Knesset, who has been (Amendments Nos. 7, convicted of a felony, and the court has ruled, upon its 26 & 38) own initiative or at the request of the Attorney General, that the offence involves moral turpitude, he shall be suspended from his membership in the Knesset from the day on which the court gave its ruling, and until the date on which the verdict became final. (b) A Member of the Knesset, who was convicted of a felony, and was sentenced to imprisonment, shall be suspended from his membership in the Knesset for the period of his imprisonment. (b1) The provisions of this article shall also apply to a Member of the Knesset, who has been convicted of an offence, as stated in clauses (a) or (b), before he became a Member of the Knesset.