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Section 16 of חוק־יסוד: השפיטה, בתי משפט אחרים.
This section is in פרק ג׳: בתי המשפט
16. בתי משפט אחרים
בתי משפט מחוזיים, בתי משפט שלום ובתי משפט אחרים – הקמתם, סמכויותיהם, מקום מושבם ואזורי שיפוטם, יהיו לפי חוק.
The text on this page is adapted from the entry חוק־יסוד: השפיטה in the Open Law Book of Hebrew Wikisource, read on 1 November 2026, and is shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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