Basic Law: Referendum
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Basic Law: Referendum is an Israeli constitutional basic law that regulates the requirement for a national referendum or special parliamentary majority before ceding sovereign territory.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Basic Law: Referendum canonical | 1 |
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Israeli Basic Law
ⓘ
constitutional law ⓘ |
| affects |
Israeli government
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Knesset NERFINISHED ⓘ procedures for ratifying peace agreements involving territorial concessions ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
sovereign territory of the State of Israel
ⓘ
territory where Israeli law, jurisdiction and administration apply ⓘ |
| constitutionalFunction | entrenches procedures for ceding sovereign territory ⓘ |
| constitutionalStatus | part of the Israeli Basic Laws ⓘ |
| country | Israel ⓘ |
| decisionMechanism |
national referendum of Israeli citizens
ⓘ
special majority vote in the Knesset ⓘ |
| entrenches |
parliamentary supermajority for certain territorial concessions
ⓘ
public participation in decisions on ceding sovereign territory ⓘ |
| governs | procedures for transferring territory to a foreign state or entity ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | State of Israel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | Hebrew ⓘ |
| legalEffect | conditions the validity of certain territorial cession agreements on referendum or special majority approval ⓘ |
| legalHierarchy | has higher normative status than ordinary legislation in Israel ⓘ |
| legalSystem | Israeli law NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| legislativeBody | Knesset NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Israeli constitutional framework ⓘ |
| purpose | to limit the government’s ability to transfer sovereign territory without broad public or parliamentary approval ⓘ |
| regulates |
requirement for a national referendum before ceding sovereign territory
ⓘ
requirement for a special parliamentary majority before ceding sovereign territory ⓘ |
| requires |
national referendum for certain agreements involving cession of sovereign territory
ⓘ
special majority in the Knesset as an alternative to a referendum in some cases ⓘ that any law approving territorial cession comply with its referendum or majority rules ⓘ |
| scopeLimitation | applies to ceding territory under Israeli sovereignty or law ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
Knesset approval of territorial withdrawal
ⓘ
national referendum ⓘ territorial concessions ⓘ |
| typeOfRequirement | entrenched procedural requirement ⓘ |
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