Deputy ministers

(a) A minister in charge of a ministry may, with the [Amendments Nos. 1, consent of the Prime Minister and the approval of the 4, 8 (and temporary Government, appoint one deputy minister to that provision) & 10) Ministry from among the Members of the Knesset. However, the Prime Minister is entitled to appoint, as stated, two deputy ministers in the Prime Minister’s Office. A deputy minister shall enter office once the Government has notified the Knesset of the appointment. A deputy minister appointed by the Prime Minister shall be called "Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Office". (a1) As close as possible to his appointment, a deputy minister shall make the following declaration of allegiance before the Knesset: "I (the name) undertake to remain faithful to the State of Israel and its laws, to faithfully perform my position as a deputy minister, and abide by the resolutions of the Knesset". (b) A deputy minister shall act in the Knesset and in the Ministry to which he was appointed, in the name of the Minister who appointed him, within the framework of the matters delegated to him. (c) A Member of the Knesset, who withdrew from his parliamentary group shall not be appointed as deputy minister during the term of that Knesset. This provision shall not apply to the splitting of a parliamentary group under conditions prescribed by law. For the purpose of this clause "withdrawing from a Parliamentary Group" - as defined by article 6a of Basic-Law: The Knesset. (d) [Repealed]