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LVA-1992-L-41292
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Title_of_text
Act on the State of Emergency of 2 December 1992.
Main Region
First Region
Country(ies)
Latvia
Subjects (Classification)
Human rights
Adopted on (Date of text)
1992-12-02
Scope of text
National
Type of legislation (Type of text)
Law, Act
Second Region
Abstract/Citation
Defines the state of emergency as "a special legal regime for operation of agencies, enterprises, entrepreneurial associations, institutions and organisations of state power and administration, which allows the restriction of the rights and freedoms of physical persons and legal entities, as well as the imposition of additional duties to the extent and in accordance with the order stipulated by the present law" (section 1). Provides for the forms of State administration during the state of emergency (Chapter II), and for restrictions during the state of emergency (Chapter III). In Chapter IV, deals with guarantees of human rights and responsability. Available in English.
Serial region
Serial title
Printed separately
Page range
5 p.