Vacancy of the post

(a) The Knesset is entitled, in a resolution taken by a for health reasons majority of its Members, to declare that for health reasons the President of the State is permanently unable to perform his duties. (b) The Knesset shall not adopt the said resolution, save in accordance with a proposal of the House Committee adopted by two thirds of its Members, on the basis of a medical opinion submitted according to rules laid down by the Committee. (c) Should the Knesset adopt a resolution as aforesaid, the office of the President of the State shall become vacant from the day of the resolution. 22.. (a) The President of the State shall temporarily cease to perform his duties, and exercise his powers - (1) Should he leave the borders of the State - from the time of his departure until his return; (2) Should he notify the House Committee that he is temporarily unable to perform his duties, and the House Committee has approved his notification by a majority of the votes - from the approval of his announcement until the end of the period, which the Committee has fixed, or until the President of the State has notified the House Committee that he is no longer unable to perform his duties, whichever is the earlier date; (3) Should the House Committee decide by a majority of two thirds of its members, on the basis of a medical opinion submitted in accordance with the rules prescribed by the Committee, that for health reasons the President of the State is temporarily unable to perform his duties - from the adoption of the decision until the end of the period fixed by the Committee in its decision, or until it has decided that the President is no longer unable to perform his duties. (b) The House Committee shall not prescribe, in accordance with clause (a)(2) or (3), a period of over three months. It is entitled to prolong it, consecutively, for no more than three additional months. A prolongation of the period for above this period requires a resolution by the Knesset adopted by a majority of the Knesset Members, on the basis of a proposal by the House Committee.