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Feb 28, 2022
Proposed Law: Tougher on get Refusers
According to INN, Minister of Religious Affairs Matan Kahane has proposed a law to step up the fight against get refusal.
Kahane has proposed amending the law to expand the sanctions the beis din is allowed to impose upon someone deemed to be a "get refuser".
The new sanctions, if the law would pass, would give beis din the power and authority to prevent prevent banking and commercial services from such a person, prevent use of a credit card and other modern digital payment platforms, slap the refuser with direct fines, require immediate isolation in exceptional cases, and more, in addition to religious sanctions as well called Harchakot dRabbeinu Tam.
The Ministerial Legislative Committee has approved the proposal and it will now move to the Knesset for preparation and voting.
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This is a very necessary reform, but as far as I can tell it is only updating existing laws.
ReplyDeleteCurrently the Beit Din has the authority to confiscate the chequebook of a Get Refuser, which may have been a powerful sanction in the 60s and 70s, but today not so much, so it makes sense to update this authority to more modern forms of banking.
The Rabbinate already has (and uses) the power to confiscate drivers license and passport of get refusers, as well as other sanctions.
But the more power the Rabbinate has to sanction get refusers, the better.
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ReplyDeleteHave the opposition parties taken a stand?
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