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(a) A Member of the Knesset, who has been convicted of membership of a a felony in a final verdict, and the court has ruled, Member of the Knesset upon its own initiative or at the request of the Attorney (Amendments Nos. 7, General, that the offence involves moral turpitude, his 18, 26, 32 & 44) membership in the Knesset shall terminate on the day that the verdict became final, and it is immaterial whether the offence was committed while he was a Member of that Knesset, a member of a previous Knesset, or before he became a Member of the Knesset. (b) Clause (a) shall also apply to a Member of the Knesset whose verdict was finalized after he started to serve as a Member of the Knesset. A request by the Attorney General on the basis of clause (a) can be submitted as long as the verdict has not been finalized. The request shall be submitted to the court that issued the verdict, and if an appeal has been filed, to the court of appeal. (1) The Knesset is entitled, by a majority of 90 Members of the Knesset, to decide to terminate the membership of a Knesset Member if it has determined that what is said in article 7a(a)(2) or (3) regarding a candidate, applies to him, after that Knesset was elected. (2) A decision, as stated in paragraph (1), shall be adopted on the basis of a proposal by the House Committee, which was adopted by a majority of three quarters of its members, on the basis of a request of 70 Knesset Members, at least 10 of whom are Members of the Knesset in parliamentary groups that are not sides to agreements that require support of the Government. (3) The position of anyone whose membership in the Knesset was terminated on the basis of paragraph (1) shall be vacated 14 days from the day of the Knesset's decision, but in the period from the Knesset's decision to the day on which the membership shall terminate he will not be entitled to participate in the Knesset's sittings, or the meetings of a Knesset committee, save for the purpose of voting. (4) The Member of the Knesset is entitled to appeal to the Supreme Court on the decision of the Knesset to terminate his membership. (5) This clause shall not apply in a period of elections, as prescribed by law. (6) Details regarding the submission of the request, its deliberation and objections to the decision shall be laid down by law or in the Knesset Rules of Procedure.